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Lightkeeper 1.0.0

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@chiotas chiotas released this 23 Oct 16:18
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A calm Home screen for LG TVs on older webOS, made to sit beside GlassHouse.

  • The time, the weather for one city and a short row of apps and HDMI inputs over a picture: no ads, no suggestions.
  • Opens with the Home key (through GlassHouse's key filter), when the TV switches on, and after Back from the last app.
  • Set up from a phone or computer at http://<tv-address>:8090, with a live preview of the TV: tiles, names or white logos, a device for each HDMI input, nine backgrounds or your own picture, clock, weather, a one-hour screen saver pause, an optional PIN.
  • Removes itself cleanly and gives the Home key back to LG.

Install: you need root, the Homebrew Channel and GlassHouse already on the TV. Install io.github.chiotas.lightkeeper_1.0.0_all.ipk from GlassHouse's Apps tab (Install app from a URL or file), webOS Dev Manager or ares-install, then open Lightkeeper once: it sets itself up. Step by step in the README.

Tested on an LG OLED C1, webOS 6.5.3, GlassHouse 0.118.0. Written for webOS 4 to 8 and expected to work there, but not tried; see Compatibility. Reports from other TVs are very welcome.

apps.json and lightkeeper.manifest.json describe this release in the Homebrew Channel's catalog format; adding them as a catalog has not been tried yet.

Code under the MIT licence. The default background photograph has its own licence. Use at your own risk: not affiliated with or endorsed by LG Electronics.