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reisxd / TizenTube

A NodeJS script to remove ads and add support for Sponsorblock for your Tizen TV (2017 and forward).
https://tizentube.live
GNU General Public License v3.0
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No way to patch the YouTube app? #13

Closed SevastianGit closed 11 months ago

SevastianGit commented 11 months ago

If we're already capable of installing our own apps, would there be no way to extract the YouTube app file/package and then patch/modify it? Similar to the basically equivalent LGTV homebrew project. It'd be amazing if it'd manage the same convenient equivalent that is the modified YouTube app on WebOS.

reisxd commented 11 months ago

YouTube for TV app is just a web page. The YouTube LG modification works with root, and there's something called user scripts. User scripts are just extensions that gets injected to the YT web app. Tizen does not have this, nor a known method to root.

There are other ways to simplify the installation of the app, like creating an app that connects to the SDB TCP socket and launching the YT app in debugging mode. Problem with that is we'd have to maintain two seperate codebases, one for TVs that have NaCl support, one for TVs that have Webassembly support. My TV is from 2017 and I can't test Webassembly on my TV.

Also, writing native code and maintaining it for both platforms is not the greatest idea.

Lastly, TizenTube has the same features that YT LG has. The code is forked from YT LG.

TLDR: Not possible due to complexity.

SevastianGit commented 11 months ago

About you saying that it requires root, if to believe their homebrew store page it does not require root and can be installed without issues just by using the official developer mode without gaining root access (you can see on their other apps, like the DVD screensaver, that they tend to specify whether root is required or not).

I am not sure how old my TV is, but if you ever wish/decide to test/try Webassembly stuff, I could try checking how my TV is and would be glad to help if needed

SevastianGit commented 11 months ago

And yeah, I looked into it better, and it is pretty interesting that these apps are mostly just webpages that load from youtube.com/tv

notengo13 commented 11 months ago

try samygo to root your TV if your firmware is supoorted more info on samygo.

SevastianGit commented 11 months ago

try samygo to root your TV if your firmware is supoorted more info on samygo.

Huh, very interesting, but if there's not much homebrew, what really can we use root for? (Any way to at least get ad-free YouTube without need to run server?)

notengo13 commented 11 months ago

try samygo to root your TV if your firmware is supoorted more info on samygo.

Huh, very interesting, but if there's not much homebrew, what really can we use root for? (Any way to at least get ad-free YouTube without need to run server?)

Check this thread [J root] (https://forum.samygo.tv/viewtopic.php?p=99454#p99454) where you can find more info what you can do with root and then you need to check if you can root your TV. It depends on what firmware you have. For legacy's model there was some project also which blocked ads on YouTube. Try to contact with developers from samygo and maybe they can help you to run server on rooted Tizen TV.

SevastianGit commented 5 months ago

YouTube for TV app is just a web page. The YouTube LG modification works with root, and there's something called user scripts. User scripts are just extensions that gets injected to the YT web app. Tizen does not have this, nor a known method to root.

There are other ways to simplify the installation of the app, like creating an app that connects to the SDB TCP socket and launching the YT app in debugging mode. Problem with that is we'd have to maintain two seperate codebases, one for TVs that have NaCl support, one for TVs that have Webassembly support. My TV is from 2017 and I can't test Webassembly on my TV.

Also, writing native code and maintaining it for both platforms is not the greatest idea.

Lastly, TizenTube has the same features that YT LG has. The code is forked from YT LG.

TLDR: Not possible due to complexity.

As far as I can see, it seems that you have officially made it standalone now? Legend! 🙏🙏❤️‍🔥