Command line webOS remote for LGTVs. This tool uses a connection via websockets to port 3000 on newer LG TVs, there are other tools which use a restful connection to port 8080 however that port is closed on newer firmware versions.
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This version saves the configuration file under the same folder path as the script itself; Not under the user home directory.
ADDED: notificationWithURL command, allows any media URL (image, rtsp video, etc) to be passed and displayed as thumbnail with notification message.
(note that this requires both ffmpeg v4.2.2> and base64 [coreutils-base64] packages installed to work correctly!)
UF830V, UJ6570, [please add more!]
Updated to work with Python 3.8.3 on Linux (QNAP w/Entware), your milage may vary.
All devices with firmware major version 4, product name "webOSTV 2.0"
Also tested by @ouija with "webOSTV 3.5"
scan
auth Hostname/IP Authenticate and exit, creates initial config ~/.lgtv.json
audioStatus
audioVolume
closeApp appid
getTVChannel
input3DOff
input3DOn
inputChannelDown
inputChannelUp
inputMediaFastForward
inputMediaPause
inputMediaPlay
inputMediaRewind
inputMediaStop
listApps
listChannels
listInputs
listServices
mute muted
notification message
nofificationWithURL message url
off
on
openAppWithPayload payload
openBrowserAt url
openYoutubeId videoid
openYoutubeURL url
setInput input_id
setTVChannel channel
setVolume level
startApp appid
swInfo
volumeDown
volumeUp
Requires wakeonlan, websocket for python and arp (in Debian/Ubuntu: apt-get install net-tools)
There's a requirements.txt included
virtualenv venv
source venv/bin/activate
pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python lgtv.py on
$ python lgtv.py off
# If you have the youtube plugin
$ python lgtv.py openYoutubeURL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
# Otherwise, this works reasonably well
$ python lgtv.py openBrowserAt https://www.youtube.com/tv#/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
You need to auth with the TV before being able to use the on command as it requires the mac address.
YouTube doesn't appear to work via the openYoutubeURL or openYoutubeId command with "webOSTV 3.5" I believe it is because YouTube needs to be paired with the device and this script currently doesn't support that.
I found some examples of this 'pairing' method in other sources:
- https://github.com/ConnectSDK/Connect-SDK-iOS-Core/blob/master/Services/WebOSTVService.m
- https://github.com/ConnectSDK/Connect-SDK-Android-Core/blob/master/src/com/connectsdk/service/WebOSTVService.java
- https://github.com/ConnectSDK/Connect-SDK-Android-Core/pull/93/files?diff=split&short_path=04c6e90&unchanged=expanded
- https://www.programcreek.com/java-api-examples/index.php?api=com.connectsdk.core.AppInfo
I also found the "mute" command does not work unless invoked with the command python lgtv.py mute muted and then a volumeUp or volumeDown command will unmute.