You can use Radiant Media Player to build media-oriented LG Smart TV applications. The player is equipped with various optimisations to work in the following environments:
To get started with your first webOS TV Application follow that webOS TV developer guide.
Using Radiant Media Player in a LG smart TV application is only available for PLATFORM edition customers
A demo app for using Radiant Media Player in a video app for LG TV is available on GitHub
Most player features available for the web are generally available with Radiant Media Player for smart TV applications. Below is a non-exhaustive list of features you can expect to be available on webOS platform:
Feature | webOS 4+ |
---|---|
MPEG-DASH | |
CMAF-HLS | |
Multi-languages audio and captions | |
VAST advertisement | (1) |
Live, DVR, on-demand & low-latency streaming | |
Autoplay with sound | |
Dedicated TV UI | |
Widevine DRM | (2) |
We provide an out-of-box tv-optimized player skin to help you get started with your TV
app. This skin defaults to a
full window mode ideal for a fullscreen experience on larger displays. Other
player skins
can also be used in a context of a smart TV app. The tv-optimized player skin can be
enabled through the skin
setting set to 'tv'.
See our player
skins documentation for more information.
We support video advertisement with the following configuration:
We support Widevine DRM on webOS 4+ devices. Just pass DRM information to the TV player as you would normally do with our web player. See our DRM documentation for more information.
We have released a demo app for using Radiant Media Player in a web app for LG TV. This demo app is available on GitHub.
Refer to our documentation for PLATFORM Edition allowlisting and denylisting.
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