# sony-bravia-linux: pre-Android BRAVIA platform and media behavior

> sony-bravia-linux investigates the Linux-based, pre-Android Sony BRAVIA platform and reconstructs selected media and portal behavior for owner-run services. Its documentation records observations from 2011–2012 AZ1, AZ2 and AZ3 sets, including remote input, browser media handling and 3D signalling. The repository also contains tools for H.264 3D SEI and related media workflows.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Firmware
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-06
- Original resource: <https://github.com/danielcamposramos/sony-bravia-linux>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/danielcamposramos/sony-bravia-linux/blob/b5e616ee01f1486d52a2b1d3317415605f538bf1/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sony-bravia-linux-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/sony-bravia-linux-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/sony-bravia-linux-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Scope:** The documented platform scope is 2011–2012 pre-Android Sony BRAVIA AZ1, AZ2 and AZ3 chassis families.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports testing media behavior on two owned TVs.
- **License:** The main LICENSE file is GPL-2.0; the README also identifies separate licences for parts of the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/danielcamposramos/sony-bravia-linux/blob/b5e616ee01f1486d52a2b1d3317415605f538bf1/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/danielcamposramos/sony-bravia-linux/blob/b5e616ee01f1486d52a2b1d3317415605f538bf1/docs/README.md>

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