I am developing a video calling app which is already in the testing phase for Android TV and I was wondering if webOS supports UVC Webcams so I could port the app over, users can connect a USB UVC webcam to be able to use the app.

Is there an launcher for webos that is minimalistic and lowers the RAM for better Performance.

Im on devmode but no root, so i can install .ipk

Thank you

Any solution?

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I just noticed a new app on my webOS TV, but I genuinely don't remember opening the LG Content Store or downloading anything recently. It just appeared out of nowhere.

Is this similar to the Microsoft Copilot incident a few months ago, or am I wrong? Has anyone else experienced this?

OS: webOS 25

I've been watching this entire LG WebOS mess, especially after GamersNexus broke the story.

I have an LG Smart TV with the latest WebOS.

Lo and behold this morning I turn on the TV, and it's presenting 2 new mandatory licenses that you must accept to gain full access to the TV. Not optional ones like the others.

First up, new license for Automatic Content Recognition (ACR). They are going to capture everything and phone it home. And this includes scanning your network.

Next, they've now added a voice capture license where they state they will capture audio and phone it home.

So, LG of course was full of it, when they denied everything GamersNexus reported. They just needed time to update the WebOS code and licenses agreements to push an update to force the customers to accept what GamersNexus already reported they were doing.

Taking mine 100% off the net.

LG C4 9.2.2

the wallpaper is a live wallpaper :)

I’ve been working on a little project to bring [MyRetroTVs](https://www.myretrotvs.com/) to LG webOS TVs!

It’s a launcher that lets you watch TV from the 50s through to the 2000s, with a retro TV showroom for choosing decades and proper Magic Remote support.

I’ve also added features like channel switching, shared settings across decades, fullscreen playback, visual effects, and the ability to resume where you left off.

It’s currently designed for LG TVs and has been tested on webOS 9.2.2.

Still a work in progress, but I thought I’d share it in case anyone else wants to give it a try!

Note: there is a fullscreen with tv frame option for ultimate immersion but don’t have it on for too long to prevent burn-in

https://github.com/Nikolay1243/retro-tv-webos

Credit to Joey Cato for creating the original MyRetroTVs websites!

Hi. I have lgtv from 2015 runs on WEBos2. The official client works but interface very laggy.
Is there any alternative jellyfin client for old Lgtv?

so after a lot of trial and error I finally got permanent root on my LG CX (webOS 5.6.2) and decided to pack the whole thing so other ppl can use it.

basically it boots rooted by itself, no pc needed once its set up. the exploit is James McVay's work, all credit to him (already messaged him about it). what I built is the chain around it: root ssh, a small daemon and a tiny homebrew store with a dev mode toggle that never expires

its beta and only certified on my CX, but it should work on other webos 5 TVs too (untested tho). nothing signed gets touched so its pretty safe and fully reversible.

one-click is here: https://github.com/natxobsd/lg-webos5-root

lmk if it works on other models.

Edit: I fixed the hidden prompt in the script. Pull the latest version and try again, it should only ask once now.

When installning glasshouse on a rooted CX. I cannot access the apps any more after rebooting: the home button is dead. Tried reinstall but no luck. The root went fine (slopbro)

Anyone experienced this, and have a fix?

Hi. I have 55lf640v-zd it is from 2015 and the latest version was 04.06.75. I watch movie a lot using external harddrive connected to tv, But unfortunatly Lg media player is just pile of shit. and Webos is so closed nothing is available in store.

I enabled developer mode and downloaded Kodi but Kodi isnt made for this version and crashing upon opening.

Do you have any good video player that supports my current firmware? Thanks

A homebrew app I've been working on, a fork of Nikolay1243's Webos-EARC-Volume-Overlay. With a rooted LG TV sending audio over eARC to a Yamaha receiver, the TV shows almost nothing about what the receiver is doing. This shows it.

What it shows

• Volume popup read from the receiver (half-steps, mute)
• Info bar: sound program, source and app, the audio format the receiver reports, Plex/Jellyfin stream details, video format and HDR/Dolby Vision
• Per-app sound programs for the receiver, including Apple TV apps
• Status and setup pages on the TV; the watcher can also run in Docker
• Android app too (https://imgur.com/a/a1lSGl1)

With an Apple TV

The Apple TV doesn't tell the TV which app is playing, so Home Assistant's Apple TV integration sends the app name to the overlay (a small rest_command automation, YAML in the repo). The overlay uses it to pick the receiver's sound program per app. My rules:

• The info bar shows the app as "Netflix on Apple TV" (or "Netflix on LG TV" for the TV's own apps).
• For Infuse it also shows the Plex stream behind it: codec, channels, bitrate, direct play.
• The Apple TV decodes audio itself and sends PCM, so the receiver can't report a channel count. Channels only show for Plex streams.
• Limit: the YouTube tvOS app often doesn't report now-playing to Home Assistant, so it may not be detected.

Status

• Tested on one setup only: an LG C2 (OLED65C2PSC, webOS 11.2.0) with a Yamaha RX-V485 and one Apple TV.
• The web app is plain ES5, so webOS 4+ sets should be fine in theory, but I haven't tried them.
• Submitted to the Homebrew Channel app list and pending review. Until then it installs from the release tarball or Docker.
• Built with Claude Code (an AI coding agent); I reviewed the code and tested it on my own TV.

[https://github.com/SammySco/webos-av-overlay]

Happy to answer questions, especially about other webOS versions or receivers.

Hey guys I got gpu backed terminal emulator with fish shell on my rooted webos, all efforts done by clause code. Made a custom terminal emulator with minimal dependencies in c to run, what are your thoughts on it

GitHub link