This article lists the media and DRM formats supported by webOS TV and webOS TV emulator.
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Media and DRM formats unmentioned in this article are not supported or not recommended for use in webOS TV.
Streaming Protocol
Protocol | Supported in webOS TV | Supported in Emulator |
---|---|---|
HTTP/HTTPS | Supported | Supported |
HLS | Supported | Emulator 1.0 ~ 4.0: Supported Emulator 5.0: Not supported |
For the media playback features,
Seek: Supported
Live Seek: Supported on webOS TV 3.0 or later
Fast Forward & Reverse: Not supported
For the best playback quality, the duration of the audio & video segment must be the same. webOS TV doesn't support different segment duration between audio & video.
For HLS tags,
EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME: Not supported
EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE: Not supported
EXT-X-DATERANGE: Not supported
EXT-X-I-FRAMES-ONLY: Not supported
EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF: Not supported
EXT-X-SESSION-DATA: Not supported
EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS: Not supported
EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY: ONLY supported for PTS discontinuity on webOS TV 3.0 or later.
Apart from PTS discontinuity, other discontinuities aren't supported (codec, container, etc.).EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE: Not supported
EXT-X-MEDIA: VIDEO TYPE is not supported
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Media and DRM formats unmentioned in this article are not supported or not recommended for use in webOS TV.
Streaming Protocol
Protocol | Supported in webOS TV | Supported in Emulator |
---|---|---|
HTTP/HTTPS | Supported | Supported |
HLS | Supported | Emulator 1.0 ~ 4.0: Supported Emulator 5.0: Not supported |
For the media playback features,
Seek: Supported
Live Seek: Supported on webOS TV 3.0 or later
Fast Forward & Reverse: Not supported
For the best playback quality, the duration of the audio & video segment must be the same. webOS TV doesn't support different segment duration between audio & video.
For HLS tags,
EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME: Not supported
EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE: Not supported
EXT-X-DATERANGE: Not supported
EXT-X-I-FRAMES-ONLY: Not supported
EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF: Not supported
EXT-X-SESSION-DATA: Not supported
EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS: Not supported
EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY: ONLY supported for PTS discontinuity on webOS TV 3.0 or later.
Apart from PTS discontinuity, other discontinuities aren't supported (codec, container, etc.).EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE: Not supported
EXT-X-MEDIA: VIDEO TYPE is not supported
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DRM
DRM Name | Supported in webOS TV | Supported in Emulator |
---|---|---|
PlayReady | Yes | No |
Widevine Classic | Partially | No |
Widevine Modular | Yes | No |
For PlayReady,
We strongly recommend that you do not use the pre-delivery method for the general OTT streaming service. Instead, use the post-delivery method for the OTT streaming service.
The non-persistent license is not provided on webOS TV 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0.
For Widevine,
Because Widevine Classic is a legacy solution that is deprecated soon, we strongly recommend you not to use this solution for the new app development.
For more details on DRM, see Playing DRM Content.
Streaming Protocol & DRM Combination
DRM | Streaming Protocol | |
---|---|---|
webOS TV 6.0 | PlayReady version 4.0 | HTML5 MSE/EME
|
AES128 | HLS version 7 | |
Widevine Modular version 16 | HTML5 MSE/EME
| |
webOS TV 5.0 | PlayReady version 4.0 | HTML5 MSE/EME
|
AES128 | HLS version 7 | |
Widevine Classic version 6 | Widevine Classic version 6 | |
Widevine Modular version 15 | HTML5 MSE/EME
| |
webOS TV 4.5 | PlayReady version 3.0 | HTML5 MSE/EME
|
AES128 | HLS version 5 | |
Widevine Classic version 6 | Widevine Classic version 6 | |
Widevine Modular version 14 | HTML5 MSE/EME
| |
webOS TV 4.0 | PlayReady version 3.0 | HTML5 MSE/EME
|
AES128 | HLS version 5 | |
Widevine Classic version 6 | Widevine Classic version 6 | |
Widevine Modular version 3.2.1 | HTML5 MSE/EME
| |
webOS TV 3.5 | PlayReady version 3.0 | HTML5 MSE/EME
|
AES128 | HLS version 3 | |
Widevine Classic version 6 | Widevine Classic version 6 | |
Widevine Modular version 3.0.5 | HTML5 MSE/EME
| |
webOS TV 3.0 | PlayReady | HTML5 MSE/EME
|
AES128 | HLS version 3 | |
Widevine Classic version 6 | Widevine Classic version 6 | |
Widevine Modular version 2.2 | HTML5 MSE/EME
| |
webOS TV 2.0 | AES128 | HLS version 3 |
Widevine Classic version 6 | Widevine Classic version 6 | |
webOS TV 1.0 | AES128 | HLS version 3 |
Widevine Classic version 6 | Widevine Classic version 6 |
For HLS,
The Byte-Range feature is supported from version 4.
In version 5, the following features are partially supported: Byte-Range, Multi-Audio, WebVTT Multi-subtitles (only for VoD)
Image
Name | File Extension | Supported in webOS TV | Supported in Emulator |
---|---|---|---|
JPEG | .jpg, .jpeg | Yes | Yes |
Graphics Interchange Format | .gif | Yes | Yes |
Portable Network Graphics | .png | Yes | Yes |
Bitmap | .bmp | Yes | Yes |
WebP | .webp | Yes | Yes |
Subtitle
Name | File Extension | Supported in webOS TV | Supported in Emulator |
---|---|---|---|
WebVTT | .vtt | Yes | Yes |
Media Source Extensions
webOS Version | Supported MSE Version |
---|---|
webOS TV 6.0 | Media Source Extensions W3C Recommendation 17 November 2016 |
webOS TV 5.0 | Media Source Extensions W3C Recommendation 17 November 2016 |
webOS TV 4.x | Media Source Extensions W3C Proposed Recommendation 04 October 2016 |
webOS TV 3.x | Media Source Extensions Editor's Draft 10 December 2013 |
webOS TV 2.x | Not supported |
webOS TV 1.x | Not supported |
Encrypted Media Extensions
webOS Version | Supported EME Version |
---|---|
webOS TV 6.0 | Encrypted Media Extensions W3C Recommendation 18 September 2017 |
webOS TV 5.0 | Encrypted Media Extensions W3C Recommendation 18 September 2017 |
webOS TV 4.x | Encrypted Media Extensions W3C Working Draft 31 March 2015 |
webOS TV 3.x | Encrypted Media Extensions W3C Editor's Draft 19 July 2012 (0.1b) |
webOS TV 2.x | Not supported |
webOS TV 1.x | Not supported |
- LS, SM, UH, XF, XS series
To check your webOS Signage firmware version, launch the Information app from the launcher.
As shown in the illustration on the right, you can find your device information as well as the firmware information on the Information app.
The following two labels listed in the table below inform your device's firmware version.
To update your webOS Signage firmware, follow the steps below.
Download the latest version of firmware image file (.epk).
Copy or move the downloaded image file into the /LG_MONITOR directory in your USB flash drive.
OBSERVE! If you have LS55A/LS35A model AND your SoC firmware version is earlier than v02.00.00, then store the image file in the /LG_DTV directory of your USB flash drive.- Insert the USB flash drive carrying the firmware to update with, into the webOS Signage device.
- Follow the instructions on the screen
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- Connect Ethernet cable.
Connect power supply.
Start the screen and go through the initial setup guide.
Make sure that the internal date/time on the screen is correct!
Press and hold the Menu or Settings button on the remote until a speechbubble toast appears in the top right corner.
Enter 8080 and click OK on the remote.
Under Application Launch Mode, select 'Local'.
Under Fully Qualified Domain Name, select 'On'.
Enter the player software URL (we recommend to use a USB keyboard).
This is one of the following:http://go.dise.tv/webos2/scap_app.zip(Or WebOS3 instead of WebOS2 devices)
Used in the normal case. The player needs to have internet access.http://go.dise.tv/beta/x.y.z/scap_app.zip
ONLY use this when you have been instructed by DISE Support to use a special version. The player needs to have internet access.http://server-ip-or-fqdn/player/scap_app.zip
ONLY use this when the player has no internet access and server is installed on-premises.
- For Local Application Upgrade, select 'REMOTE'.
Answer Confirm when asked for Application Upgrade.
You will now have a confirmation saying 'Success'.
Turn off the screen and turn it back on again.
After a little while, a 6-digit code, a discovery code, will be presented on the screen.
- This code is unique to the player. Make a note of it or take a photo because we will need it in the next step, which is in DISE CX Portal.
- Log in to Portal and select the Players tab.
- Click Add to create a new player.
- In the dialog appearing, enter a name, the 6-digit discovery code, and click Save.
If you have already created a content playlist you want to play on the screen you may also specify it here - otherwise you can configure this later. - You will notice that the player software on the screen will subsequently receive the settings, register with CX Portal and download some content.
Offline server registration
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In the case when the screen does not have internet access, replace steps 13-18 with these:
- Insert a USB keyboard in the screen.
- Click the 5 button on the remote or tab down to 'Click here to enter settings manually'.
- In the new dialog, enter the settings to connect to CX Portal.
- The player will register in CX Portal by the name 'DISE', and play a default playlist.
- Log in to CX Portal, locate the player, then set a new playlist by going into it, click Edit, then select a new playlist.
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To rotate the portrait mode, for example when the screen is mounted the other way around:
- Click and hold the Settings key on the remote for 5 seconds.
- A toast appears. Enter your password (default 8080) and then Ok.
- Select Rotation.
- Select the appropriate rotation from the list.
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