HDHomeRun app for Samsung TVs (sideload)

[nickk]

We are testing the new HDHomeRun app for Samsung TVs. Not available in the app store - a Samsung developer account is required to install the package.

Package:
https://download.silicondust.com/hdhome ... _tizen.wgt

How to install:

1. Create a Samsung Developers account.
   https://developer.samsung.com/ then select Sign In, then Create Account
2. Enable "Developer Mode" on your TV - (your model may vary)
   https://developer.samsung.com/smarttv/d ... evice.html
3. Download and install Tizen Studio SDK.
   https://developer.tizen.org/ko/developm ... redirect=1
   Install the following packages
   • Tizen SDK tools (all of it)
   • Extension SDKs: TV Extensions and TV Extension Tools
   • Extension SDKs: Samsung Certificate Extensions
4. Add your TV using the Tizen device manager
   https://developer.samsung.com/smarttv/d ... evice.html
5. Create a certificate chain
   https://developer.samsung.com/smarttv/d ... cates.html
6. Put the install package in your install location's \tizen-studio\tools (by default, this would be C:\tizen-studio\tools)
7. Open Command Prompt and run the following:

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   cd c:\tizen-studio\tools
   tizen install -t YourDeviceName --name hdhomerun_view_tizen_20220206.wgt

   Adjust the path as needed if you installed to a different location.

When posting feedback please be sure to include the model number of your Samsung TV.
Live TV is slow to start playing after a channel change - this relates to the Samsung player component.

Thanks to forum member benniebeeker for the installation writeup these instructions were adapted from.

[Thunderthud]

Installed Tizen Studio program on PC. Can't get into the Developer mode on TV, Model UN55NU8000. Went to APPs and pressed in 12345, using the "123" button on the remote, and nothing happens. It would be nice to get the app back on the Samsung's, after having it working for only one day (years ago), when Samsung disabled it!

[nickk]

Installed Tizen Studio program on PC. Can't get into the Developer mode on TV, Model UN55NU8000. Went to APPs and pressed in 12345, using the "123" button on the remote, and nothing happens. It would be nice to get the app back on the Samsung's, after having it working for only one day (years ago), when Samsung disabled it!

I have a UN43AU8000 and it took me a while to figure out exactly where to be to enter developer mode. It did eventually work with 12345 but I remember it not being exactly how the instructions said.

[signde]

got this installed. the install video was very straightforward. enabling developer mode did not work initially. some googling indicated entering 12345 very quickly which did work. receive the following error at app launch:

Version 20220204d
UPnP discovery is not supported or not working on this TV.
No HDHomeRun devices found on the network; cannot continue

model QN75Q90TAFXZA

was excited to try this out, the specifications for that tv say it supports ac-4 audio which would be great for atsc 3.0 stations

[nickk]

"UPnP discovery is not supported or not working on this TV"
model QN75Q90TAFXZA

The UPnP detection API doesn't seem to work on some models of Samsung TV.
Samsung TVs don't support MDNS and the API doesn't allow for sending UDP packets so UPnP is the only detection method available to apps.

[signcarver]

I recall Samsung was the original reason for "my.hdhomerun.com" discovery as they needed such for the old e series app.

[nickk]

I guess we could do some form of login which then queried the api server for device information.

[signde]

I guess we could do some form of login which then queried the api server for device information.

or even if i could do a one time set of the hdhomerun ip address that the app could remember and use if upnp fails. not as elegant or user friendly as your solution but perhaps simpler as it requires no user login backend system.

i also tried on a UN50MU6300FXZA. it's 4 years old. tizen studio's device manager refuses to connect to it. scanning for devices fails to find it. specifying the ip address of that tv doesn't work either. some light googling says tizen studio has problems connecting to older version of tizen OS. i'm giving up for now but may try again later.

i appreciate that this is being attempting. i am continually impressed by how well y'all respond to feedback here. i write mobile/iot software for a living, i know dealing with all these platforms is a pure chaos.

[signcarver]

Though SD would probably be more open to such via mDNS (realize it isn't an option here) I always felt that it would be great for discover.json of a device to report "friends" of devices it discovers then if I retrieved hdhomerun.local/discover.json I get a list of all devices as part of that json. That would also help with entering only 1 ip address to get things started if all else fails.

[skinny1962]

Will there be a HDHomeRun app for Samsung TVs.at a later date on the App store?

[nickk]

Will there be a HDHomeRun app for Samsung TVs.at a later date on the App store?

If Samsung approves the app it will be in the store, however past experience with Samsung has been mixed.

[foxbat121]

I was able to connect Tizen Studio to my 40MU6290 without problem, but installation failed.

[signcarver]

My same M series it apparently installed fine but nothing but black screen on launch. There were about 20 warnings of potential problems (I e. It was complaining about some simple javascript like async) and it wasn't as simple as the video to import the package which I think might have changed a couple of things... I'm going to try a cli install and see if I get anything but I have a feeling it may need a newer tv (I have a newer Samsung I should be able to try tomorrow as I can work on it while the others people in the house are away. I'd really like to try and get it on my refrigerator.

[foxbat121]

The video was removed by Google which makes it harder to find out how to sideload the app. There are so many fake sites popup in the search list (most of them reference ADB or APK which are not Tizen related).

[Griffo]

I'd love to help test this, but i'm struck trying to get past gate 1 which is developer mode. Neither 12345 or 00000 on the app screen do anything for me. Samsung Frame 2021 model.