Your Hue lights, in time with your TV. Free and open source.
Overscan captures colors on a Samsung Tizen TV and streams them directly to a Philips Hue Bridge. Once installed, everything runs on the TV: no sync box or computer left running during playback.
Layout preview with synthetic room data. Actual TV rendering can differ.
I am a huge fan of Samsung The Frame series ov TVs. I love the smart TV functionality but was frustrated by the requirement of using an HDMI Box. I was overjoyed when I heard about the official app on the Tizen store. Unfortunately the app is not available for 2019 Frame TVs. Every avenue I explored indicated that there was just no service or API to call. The thing is that the TV has ACR so I knew that it had some sort of method to do screen capture. After a lot of trial, error, and research, I was able to get a functional prototype. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do. I still am not totally sold on how the colors work, and I only tested this with downlights, so I would love feedback and more test results from you.
- Pairs with your Hue Bridge on first launch and remembers the room on each TV.
- Starts or resumes syncing with one remote action.
- Restores the lights' previous settings when you stop.
- Offers Average color blending and an experimental Dominant color style.
- Includes a response setting for comparing how quickly and how smoothly the lights follow the picture. Output-clocked is the default.
- Lets you change bridges or rerun pairing from Help & details.
This is the 1.2.2 prerelease. Build an installer using the build guide, then follow the installation and pairing guide. Downloadable installers will be listed under Releases when available.
You'll need a Samsung Tizen TV, a Hue Bridge, and Entertainment-compatible Hue lights arranged in an Entertainment area using the Hue phone app. The TV and bridge must be on the same network. TVs sharing one bridge must take turns syncing.
Working sync has been tested on two Samsung Frame TVs: a 2019 LS03R and a 2022 LS03B. On the 2019 Frame (Tizen 5.0), confirmed tests include built-in video and HDMI capture, Start/Resume, Stop, Room, Color and BACK. See the tested-TV records and checklist for model-specific results and the checks still needed for 1.2.x.
Compatibility beyond those two TVs is unverified. The capture interface varies by device, so installing successfully does not establish working video capture. A 2024 Tizen 9 TV has been reported without the capture interface; on such a TV the menu says capture is unavailable. Share a successful test or a problem on your TV to help expand the baseline.
Remote controls · Color styles · How it works · Contributing
A particular thank-you to Apps2Samsung and its maintainers and contributors. Their work on TV discovery, signing and sideloading made getting this app onto a real Samsung TV practical. It is our recommended installation tool.
Overscan also builds on exzos's tizen-os-ambilight research and code, the Samsung/Tizen .NET ecosystem, Bouncy Castle, Json.NET and the wider open-source community. See Acknowledgments for the people and projects behind it.
Overscan is MIT-licensed. Adapted upstream code retains its original MIT notice; bundled libraries retain their own license notices. Overscan is an independent community project, unaffiliated with Samsung or Signify/Philips Hue.