screentinker/tizen

ScreenTinker — Tizen TV Player (.wgt)

A Samsung Tizen TV / signage web port of the ScreenTinker player. It speaks the exact same /device socket.io protocol as the Android player, so a Tizen display pairs and plays from the same dashboard with no server changes.

What it does

• Enter a server URL → connects to {server}/device (socket.io v4).
• Registers, shows a 6-digit pairing code; you claim it in the dashboard (Devices → Pair a display). On device:paired it switches to playback.
• Reconnects automatically with a stored device_id + device_token.
• Renders fullscreen single-zone playlists, looping:
  • image → shown for duration_sec (min 3s)
  • video (/api/content/{id}/file or remote_url) → plays to end, then next; single item loops
  • YouTube (mime video/youtube) → muted autoplay <iframe> embed
  • widget → <iframe> of {server}/api/widgets/{id}/render
• Sends device:heartbeat every 15s (with best-effort Tizen telemetry).
• Keeps the screen awake (tizen.power / Samsung appcommon screensaver-off).

Files

config.xml          Tizen TV web-app manifest (privileges, profile, icon)
index.html          setup / pairing / stage screens
css/style.css
js/app.js           device protocol client (register, pair, heartbeat, state)
js/device-control.js Samsung B2B/system fleet control (device:command) — #125
js/player.js        fullscreen playlist renderer
js/socket.io.min.js socket.io-client v4.7.5 (bundled)
icon.png
build-wgt.sh        package (signed if Tizen CLI present, else unsigned)

Fleet control / device:command (#125)

The dashboard can send device:command { type, payload }; js/device-control.js maps it onto a Samsung panel-control surface and reports the outcome back via device:log (tag command, shown live on the device-detail screen) plus a structured device:command-result. If a command needs a content re-pull, the player reloads ~1.2s after reporting.

type	Action on a Samsung panel
reboot	rebootDevice()
screen_off	setPanelMute("ON") — mute ON = backlight OFF (note the inversion)
screen_on	setPanelMute("OFF")
shutdown	setPanelMute("ON") + note: SSSP web API has no true power-off
update	reload to re-pull URL-Launcher content (no in-app OTA)
launch	no-op (already foreground)
reload / refresh	reload
unknown	reported as unsupported

Two surfaces are feature-detected, newest first: webapis.systemcontrol.* (Tizen 6.5/7, synchronous) then b2bapis.b2bcontrol.* (SSSP/Tizen 4, async). For panel power, setPanelMute is tried first, falling back to setDisplayPanel / setPanelStatus on older firmware before declaring it unsupported. run() never throws — it always resolves a uniform { ok, supported, action, note, reload }.

Partner-signing caveat. The b2bcontrol / systemcontrol privileges in config.xml only take effect on a partner-signed .wgt running on a real SSSP panel. On the dev/URL-Launcher/web build (or a consumer TV) the surfaces are absent, so every command returns "unsupported" and the startup capability log reports backend=none. Only a partner-signed build on real hardware fully validates reboot / panel power.

Build

./build-wgt.sh            # -> ScreenTinker.wgt

Without the Tizen CLI this is an unsigned .wgt.

Why the released .wgt is unsigned: Samsung distributor certificates are locked to the DUID of the signer's own TVs, so a .wgt we signed would not install on your TV anyway. Releases therefore ship it unsigned (for inspection only). To actually run it, use path A (no signing) or sign it yourself with your own certificate (path B).

Deploy — two paths

A) URL Launcher / TV browser (easiest, no signing)

No package, no Tizen Studio. Point the TV's URL Launcher (or just its web browser) at your server's built-in web player: https://<your-instance>/player. The TV runs it as a web app on boot, pairs with a 6-digit code, and plays - best for Samsung B2B signage (SSSP). (You can instead self-host this tizen/ folder and point the URL Launcher at …/index.html for the Tizen-specific build.)

B) Signed .wgt (installed app)

A signing profile is already set up on the build box (Tizen Studio CLI 6.1):

• Profile ScreenTinker = a self-signed author cert (~/tizen-studio-data/keystore/author/st_author.p12) + the default Tizen distributor cert. ./build-wgt.sh auto-detects the CLI and signs with it, producing a .wgt with author-signature.xml + signature1.xml.
• This installs on developer-mode Samsung TVs and the Tizen emulator — the right path for a self-hosted fleet you control (enable Developer Mode on each TV once: Apps → enter 12345 → set the host IP).

Install onto a dev-mode TV:

sdb connect <tv-ip>
tizen install -n ScreenTinker.wgt -t <tv-device>

Production / retail (no developer mode): re-sign with a Samsung Partner or Public distributor certificate from the Tizen Certificate Manager (free Samsung account; distributor cert tied to each TV's DUID), then ./build-wgt.sh <thatProfile>. The self-signed author cert is not committed (it lives in ~/tizen-studio-data, password screentinker).

Validated (2026-06-09)

• Protocol: headless test against the live server passed end-to-end — register(pairing_code) → device:registered → pair → reconnect(device_id+token) → device:playlist-update(2 items) → GET /api/content/{id}/file = 200.
• Runtime: loads + renders in Chromium with no JS errors (setup screen verified).
• Not yet on real Tizen hardware — needs signing + a TV (or URL Launcher).

Not yet ported (Android player has these; fullscreen single-zone covers most signage)

Multi-zone layouts, video walls (wall:sync), screenshots, and remote touch. Self-OTA is N/A (Tizen apps update via Samsung's store / URL Launcher refresh, not the Android PackageInstaller flow). Fleet control (device:command: reboot / screen on-off / shutdown / update / launch) is now wired — see the section above (needs a partner-signed build on real SSSP hardware to fully take effect).