Archive - Home Video Player
A native tvOS player for home videos on a network drive, with HLS playback and resume across devices.
View on the App Store ↗Senior Android TV and streaming engineer
I build the apps people watch on TV.
Ten-plus years of Android, focused on streaming since 2021: TV apps, video players, DRM and store releases on Android TV, Fire TV, webOS, Tizen and Apple TV. I take contract work with US companies, remotely from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (LATAM): one to two hours ahead of New York, four to five ahead of the Pacific coast.
What I work on
Video playback
Media3 and ExoPlayer on Android, AVFoundation on Apple TV. HLS and DASH, live and on demand, adaptive bitrate.
DRM and ads
Widevine and PlayReady protected streams, with server-side and client-side ad insertion.
TV platforms
Android TV and Google TV, Fire OS, LG webOS, Samsung Tizen and tvOS, including navigation that works with a remote.
Native code when it matters
JNI and C++ from my time on Uber's Maps SDK team, for the parts where Kotlin alone is not enough.
Services in detail
Android TV apps
Google TV and Android TV apps, from remote-control navigation to the Play Store release.
Fire TV apps
Fire OS builds and releases on the Amazon Appstore.
Media3 and ExoPlayer
Streaming playback, DRM and ad insertion on Android.
Apple TV apps
SwiftUI and AVFoundation on tvOS.
Android TV vs Fire TV
What changes when one app ships to both stores.
Selected work
FreeCast 2021 to 2025
Select TV and FreeCast Watch on Android, Android TV, Fire OS, webOS and Tizen. Live TV and on-demand playback over HLS and DASH with Widevine DRM, shipped on Google Play and the Amazon Appstore.
Claro TV+ 2024
A new Android TV and Fire OS app for one of Brazil's largest pay-TV operators, with 4K streaming over DASH and HLS and multi-DRM.
Uber 2021 to 2022
Android engineer on the Maps SDK team, working in JNI and C++, shipped to the Rider, Eats and Driver apps.
Full history
Every role, stack and date is in my CV.
Apps I built and published
Archive - Home Video Player
The Android TV version: home videos, photos and music from a network drive, built with Media3.
View on Google Play ↗Automate Your Work Once and for All
My practical guide to AI-assisted software work: mapping a codebase, reusable agent skills, and checking results before trusting them.
About the bookIPTV player
An IPTV player for Apple TV, Android TV, phones and Android Auto, with M3U playlists and an XMLTV program guide.
Common questions
- Which TV platforms do you build for?
- Android TV and Google TV, Amazon Fire TV (Fire OS), LG webOS, Samsung Tizen and Apple tvOS.
- What is your video playback and DRM stack?
- Media3 and ExoPlayer on Android and AVFoundation on Apple TV; HLS and DASH, live and on demand; Widevine and PlayReady DRM; server-side and client-side ad insertion.
- How much experience do you have?
- Ten-plus years of Android development, focused on streaming and TV since 2021, including FreeCast, Claro TV+ and Uber's Maps SDK team.
- Which apps have you published on your own?
- Archive - Home Video Player, on the Apple App Store for Apple TV and on Google Play for Android TV.
- How do you work with US companies?
- Business-to-business contracts through my own company in Brazil, invoiced in US dollars, working remotely from Rio de Janeiro, one to two hours ahead of New York and four to five ahead of the Pacific coast.
About me
I'm Raphael, a senior Android engineer from Rio de Janeiro. I also write practical books about AI-assisted software work.
- Contract, business to business. I work through my own company in Brazil and invoice in US dollars.
- Your hours. Brazil is one to two hours ahead of New York and four to five hours ahead of the Pacific coast, depending on the season.
- AI in the daily work. I use AI coding tools every day, on my own accounts, and review every change before it ships.