[LG webOS TV] – Photo View / Media Player feature

Photo View / Media Player feature Using the Media Player Press the home button → Run the Media Player App → Select a device to use from the device list. → Select the content to play. 1. You can select a device connected to your TV. 2. Displayed only when music is playing. Press the on-screen equalizer icon button to access the Play Music screen. 3. Launch Search 4. View Type : Selects a content display mode. Sort : Select the option to sort content Group : If you filter your Music you can group contents into categories such as Artist and Album Selection Play : You can select and play multiple pieces of content. Delete : You can select and delete multiple piece of content. User Guide : Move to the User Guide App Quit App : Turns off the app from running in the background. 5. Close the app. Note You cannot delete files that are shared from other devices. Different settings items are available depending on the filtering or model you selected. Certain content may not be displayed on the list if the number of all content exceeds 40,000. IMPORTANT NOTICE A customer has reported that while attempting to cast pictures from his smartphone onto his LG webOS TV using Connect|SDK app, all he was obtaining was a black screen. The matter was quickly investigated and came across the following valuable piece of information taken literally from the Connect|SDK app website. Should you be experiencing the same dilemma, please refer to below disclaimer. Connect|SDK - Screen Mirroring With Connect SDK integrated in the mobile app, it can cast the screen and sound into the TV screen. This allows you to extend the screen of a mobile app to a larger TV screen and share it with your family. This guide assumes that you completed the setup described in the Setup Instructions. There are two ways to display the screen to your TV. Screen mirroring: A way to display the entire app screen to the TV. Dual screen: A way to create a second screen of the app and display it on the TV while leaving the app screen separate. Dual screen is provided as a screen mirroring function. Note This feature is only supported on LG webOS 22 TV and more recent versions. SOURCE: Connect|SDK website Viewing Photos You can select a photo from the Media Player app and view the photo. You can use more features by pressing the ▼ button on the remote control while viewing a photo. 1. Shows the previous content. 2. Starts the slide show. 3. Shows the next content. 4. Rotates photos. 5. Enlarges or reduces the photo. 6. 360-degree photos can be viewed in 360 degrees. Note Using the 360° VR Play on a normal photo may distort the image. Some models may not support this feature. 7. Plays a music file selected from the storage device as background music. 8. Sets the photo size or changes the speed or effects for the slideshow. Note Some models may not support this feature. Note Customers wishing to stream media pictures from their Windows OS computer, please remember to GRANT PERMISSION to streaming media files from PC as the Windows DEFAULT setting is turned OFF. 1. From your Windows Settings Menu, access the Network & Internet section. Then click on Network and Sharing Center option: 2. Click on the Media Streaming options at the left of the screen. 3. Finally, simply turn ON the MEDIA STREAMING by clicking on button at center of the screen. Playing Videos You can select a video from the Media Player app and play the video. Pressing the ◄ / ► buttons on the remote control allows you to skip backward/forward 10 seconds. You can access more features by pressing the ▼ button on the remote control while playing a video. 1. Shows the previous video. 2. Plays or pauses the video. 3. Shows the next video. 4. You can change subtitle settings. 5. Rotates Videos 6. Fast-rewinds the video at higher speeds. 7. You can do the settings related to play on repeat of the video. 8. Fast-forwards the video at higher speeds. 9. 360-degree videos can be viewed in 360 degrees. Note Using the 360° VR Play on a normal photo may distort the image. Some models may not support this feature. Resume Play : You can set continue watching to resume playing from the last viewed scene. Note Play Speed : Sets Playback Speed. Audio Track : You can set audio tracks. User Guide : Move to the User Guide App. Quit App : Turns off the app from running in the background. Listening to Music 1. You can set the random play mode. 2. You can set the repeat play mode. 3. Lyrics are available for music files that provide them.In some music files, you can choose a lyric section and move the playback position. Note The lyrics feature is only supported on some devices. The lyrics may not be displayed in sync depending on the lyrics data in the music file. 4. You can listen to music with the screen turned off 5. Lyrics Sync : You can set the lyric speed. Note This feature may not be supported depending on the music. 6. User Guide moved to User Guide App 7. Quit App : Turns off the app from running in the background. Viewing Photos and Videos from Televisions manifactured before 2021 You can view photos and videos using the Photo and Video App. Press the Home button on the remote control → Run the Photo and Video App → Select your desired storage device. → Select and view your desired photo or video. 1. Select your desired type of content and viewing method. 2. Select and delete the desired content Note You cannot delete files that are shared from other devices. 3. Select the content you want to play. You can only select the same type of content as you first selected 4. Launch Search Note Certain content may not be displayed on the list if the number of all content exceeds 40,000. Using Photo Player Selecting a photo in the Photo and Video app runs the photo player. You can view your saved photos. 1. Returns to the entire content list. 2. You can play background music by running the music player. 3. You can zoom the photos in/out. 4. Starts the slide show. 5. Rotates photos. 6. 360-degree photos can be viewed in 360 degrees. Note Using the 360° VR Play on a normal photo may distort the image. Some models may not support this feature. You can set the size of a photo or change the speed and effect of a slide show. Note Some models may not be supported. Supported Photo Files File Format Format Resolution jpeg, jpg, jpe JPEG Minimum : 64 × 64 Maximum Normal Type : 15360 (W) × 8640 (H) Progressive Type : 1920 (W) × 1440 (H) png PNG Minimum : 64 × 64 Maximum : 5760 (W) × 5760 (H) bmp BMP Minimum : 64 × 64 Maximum : 1920 (W) × 1080 (H) avif, heic, heif AVIF/HEIF Minimum : 64 × 64 Maximum : 4800 (W) × 3600 (H) 9600 (W) × 7200 (H) (8K models only) Using Video Player Selecting a video in the Photo and Video app runs the video player. You can view your saved videos. 1. Returns to the entire content list. 2. You can select other content by displaying the playlist while watching a video. 3. You can control basic video playback functions. 4. Rotates videos. Note Some models may not be supported. 5. 360-degree photos can be viewed in 360 degrees. 6.You can do the settings related to play on repeat of the video. 7. You can set additional options. Setting Additional Options 1. You can change subtitle settings. 2. You can set audio tracks. 3. You can set continue watching to resume playing from the last viewed scene. 4. Returns to the basic operation screen. Supported Video Files Maximum Data Transfer Rate Full HD video H.264 1920 × 1080@60P BP/MP/HP@L4.2 Maximum 40Mbps HEVC 1920 × 1080@60P Main/Main10@L4.1 Maximum 40Mbps ULTRA HD video (ULTRA HD models only) H.264 3840 × 2160@30P BP/MP/HP@L5.1 Maximum 50Mbps HEVC 3840 × 2160@60P Main/Main10@L5.1 Maximum 60Mbps HFR video (HFR support models only) HEVC 3840 × 2160@120P Main/Main10@L5.2 Maximum 60Mbps Dolby Vision video (Dolby Vision support models only) HEVC 3840 × 2160@60P Main/Main10@L5.1 Maximum 50Mbps HEVC 7680 × 4320@60P Main/Main10@L6.1 Maximum 100Mbps (8K models only) 8K video (8K models only) AV1 7680 × 4320@60P HEVC 7680 × 4320@60P Main/Main10@L6.1 Maximum 100Mbps VVC 7680 × 4320@60P Supported External Subtitles smi, srt, sub (MicroDVD, SubViewer 1.0/2.0), ass, ssa, txt (TMPlayer), psb (PowerDivX), dcs (DLP Cinema) Supported Embedded Subtitles Matroska (mkv) : Sub Station Alpha (SSA), Advanced Sub Station Alpha (ASS), SRT MP4 : Timed Text Supported Video Codecs Video Codecs chart Extension Media Codec .asf.wmv Video VC-1 Advanced Profile (WMVA excluded), VC-1 Simple and Main Profiles Audio WMA Standard (WMA v1/WMA Speech excluded), WMA 9 Professional .divx .avi Video DivX3.11, DivX4, DivX5, DivX6, XViD (except 3 warp-point GMC), H.264/AVC, Motion Jpeg, MPEG-4 Audio MPEG-1 Layer I, II, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3), Dolby Digital, LPCM, ADPCM, DTS .mp4 .m4v . mov Video H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, HEVC Audio AAC, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3) .3gp .3g2 Video H.264/AVC, MPEG-4 Audio AAC, AMR-NB, AMR-WB .mkv Video MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, VP8, VP9, HEVC Audio Dolby Digital, PCM, DTS, MPEG-1 Layer I, II, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3), AAC . ts . trp . tp . mts Video H.264/AVC, MPEG-2, HEVC Audio MPEG-1 Layer I, II, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3), Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, AAC, PCM . ts . trp . tp . mts Video H.264/AVC, MPEG-2, HEVC Audio MPEG-1 Layer I, II, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3), Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, AAC, PCM .mpg .mpeg . dat Video MPEG-1, MPEG-2 Audio MPEG-1 Layer I, II, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3) .vob Video MPEG-1, MPEG-2 Audio Dolby Digital, MPEG-1 Layer I, II, DVD-LPCM . rm . rmvb Video RV30, RV40 Audio Realaudio6(cook), AAC LC, HE-AAC Cautions for Video Playback Some subtitles created by users may not work properly. The video and subtitle files should be placed in the same folder.For subtitles to display correctly, the video and subtitle files must have the same name. Subtitles on an NAS (Network Attached Storage) device may not be supported depending on the manufacturer and model. We do not support any stream that contains GMC (Global Motion Compensation) Supports only ULTRA HD models] ULTRA HD Video: 3840 X 2160 Attention : Your ULTRA HD TV may not support HEVC encoded contents that are not officially supplied by LG. Unsupported codecs are only available after a software upgrade. Video Codecs chart Extension Media Codec .mkv .mp4 .ts Video H.264/AVC, HEVC Audio Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, AAC, HE-AAC File size limit is dependent on the encoding environment. Works only if above is a version of Windows Media Audio V7. Does not support AAC Main Profile. Video files created by some encoders may not be played back. Video files in formats other than the ones specified here may not be played back. Playback of of video files stored on the USB storage device that do not support High Speed,may not work properly TV supports DTS audio codec when USB/HDMI video file playback offers it. VP9 video codec may not be supported depending on the model. Similar Articles Picture Preset Mode Multi View feature [television] Always Ready feature [television] * This guide was created for all models, so the images or content may be different from your product.

[LG webOS TV] – Photo View / Media Player feature

Photo View / Media Player feature

Using the Media Player

Setting Additional Options

Full HD video

ULTRA HD video (ULTRA HD models only)

HFR video (HFR support models only)

Dolby Vision video (Dolby Vision support models only)

8K video (8K models only)

Supported External Subtitles

Supported Embedded Subtitles

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File Format	Format	Resolution
jpeg, jpg, jpe	JPEG	Minimum : 64 × 64 Maximum Normal Type : 15360 (W) × 8640 (H) Progressive Type : 1920 (W) × 1440 (H)
png	PNG	Minimum : 64 × 64 Maximum : 5760 (W) × 5760 (H)
bmp	BMP	Minimum : 64 × 64 Maximum : 1920 (W) × 1080 (H)
avif, heic, heif	AVIF/HEIF	Minimum : 64 × 64 Maximum : 4800 (W) × 3600 (H) 9600 (W) × 7200 (H) (8K models only)

Extension	Media	Codec
.asf .wmv	Video	VC-1 Advanced Profile (WMVA excluded), VC-1 Simple and Main Profiles
.asf .wmv	Audio	WMA Standard (WMA v1/WMA Speech excluded), WMA 9 Professional
.divx .avi	Video	DivX3.11, DivX4, DivX5, DivX6, XViD (except 3 warp-point GMC), H.264/AVC, Motion Jpeg, MPEG-4
.divx .avi	Audio	MPEG-1 Layer I, II, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3), Dolby Digital, LPCM, ADPCM, DTS
.mp4 .m4v . mov	Video	H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, HEVC
.mp4 .m4v . mov	Audio	AAC, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3)
.3gp .3g2	Video	H.264/AVC, MPEG-4
.3gp .3g2	Audio	AAC, AMR-NB, AMR-WB
.mkv	Video	MPEG-2, MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, VP8, VP9, HEVC
.mkv	Audio	Dolby Digital, PCM, DTS, MPEG-1 Layer I, II, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3), AAC
. ts . trp . tp . mts	Video	H.264/AVC, MPEG-2, HEVC
. ts . trp . tp . mts	Audio	MPEG-1 Layer I, II, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3), Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, AAC, PCM
. ts . trp . tp . mts	Video	H.264/AVC, MPEG-2, HEVC
. ts . trp . tp . mts	Audio	MPEG-1 Layer I, II, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3), Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, AAC, PCM
.mpg .mpeg . dat	Video	MPEG-1, MPEG-2
.mpg .mpeg . dat	Audio	MPEG-1 Layer I, II, MPEG-1 Layer III (MP3)
.vob	Video	MPEG-1, MPEG-2
.vob	Audio	Dolby Digital, MPEG-1 Layer I, II, DVD-LPCM
. rm . rmvb	Video	RV30, RV40
. rm . rmvb	Audio	Realaudio6(cook), AAC LC, HE-AAC

Extension	Media	Codec
.mkv .mp4 .ts	Video	H.264/AVC, HEVC
.mkv .mp4 .ts	Audio	Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, AAC, HE-AAC