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supersaiyanmode / PyWebOSTV

Python API for controlling LG TVs (Web OS)
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Screen capture #31

Closed tinkuad77 closed 3 years ago

tinkuad77 commented 4 years ago

This is working like charm. Is there a way we can capture the image on tv? could you please help.

engineerPapa commented 3 years ago

Just wanted to check here, Is the team working on this requirement?

supersaiyanmode commented 3 years ago

Hi @engineerPapa, there is no team. Just a bunch of folks on the internet that use some of their free time towards this effort.

That being said, this repo is really a client library that knows how to talk to APIs being exposed by the TV. If the TV doesn't expose an API, there isn't much that this library can do. The last time I checked, WebOS doesn't expose an API that lets client capture a screenshot and stream the image back to them (most likely to stay compliant with copyright laws).

engineerPapa commented 3 years ago

Thanks @supersaiyanmode The folks have done a superb job to make life easy. Thanks!

Just a thought, Android Smart TV are supporting screen capture of screen obviously for DRM content we get a black screen. That was the only reason just thought of checking.

supersaiyanmode commented 3 years ago

You're welcome :)

AFAICT, it looks like WebOS doesn't allow that functionality. If this isn't true, and there are documentations of this API or other libraries implementing screenshot -- let me know. I will try to implement it in this library too.

Closing this issue for now..