TV, WebDAV & DLNA

Your project albums can be watched on a TV or opened from a file manager, in three ways. All three are read-only, and each device only sees the projects you choose for it: all your projects (including ones you create later), or a fixed list. With all projects, WebDAV and DLNA list the active ones; TV mode has tabs for active, archived and all albums. Manage everything under Account → TV & devices.

	TV mode	WebDAV	DLNA
Works on	Any TV or device with a web browser	Finder, Windows Explorer, Infuse, rclone, TV file managers	The TV's own photo & video app
Install	Nothing (optional LG app)	Nothing	Nothing
Sign-in	Link once with a code	User name + token	None (local network only)
Network	Anywhere the server is reachable	Anywhere the server is reachable	Same local network, host networking
Best for	Slideshows, tags, videos with a remote	Browsing and copying files	"It just shows up on the TV"

TV mode

A full-screen viewer made for remote controls: albums as a grid with Active, Archived and All tabs, filters for photos, videos and tags, slideshows with adjustable speed, and video playback. A slideshow shows nothing but the pictures: captions, the position and the progress bar appear for a few seconds when you press a key or move the pointer, and OK keeps them up. While a slideshow runs, TV mode keeps the TV from starting its screensaver.

1. On the TV, open https://<your-server>/tv in the web browser.
2. The TV shows a QR code and an 8-character code. Scan the QR code with your phone, or open https://<your-server>/link and type the code.
3. Sign in if asked, pick the projects the TV may show, and press Link TV.

The TV remembers the link. To unlink it, use Settings → Unlink this TV on the TV, or remove it under Account → TV & devices.

Remote control

Key	Albums and grids	Viewer
Arrows	Move focus	◀ ▶ previous / next, ▲ ▼ show details
OK	Open	Show or hide details; play or pause a video
▶ / ❚❚	In an album, start a slideshow from the focused item	Start or pause the slideshow
Back	Go back	Close the viewer
Channel ▲ ▼	Scroll a page

The LG Magic Remote pointer works too: point to focus, click to open, and click the viewer to advance.

TV mode is built for old TV browsers as well as new ones: it targets the browser engine of LG webOS 4 (2018) and later, and needs nothing beyond what comparable TV browsers offer. Photos are shown from their 2048-pixel rendition, which every TV decodes quickly. Videos play in the TV's own player, so the TV must support the video's codec; H.264 MP4, which most providers return, plays everywhere.

Media links

Images and videos are loaded straight from storage with presigned links, exactly as the web app does. If the web app shows your media in a browser on the same network as the TV, TV mode will too. If not, check S3_PUBLIC_ENDPOINT.

Install as an LG TV app

TV mode can also sit on the webOS home screen as its own app. The app only opens your server's /tv page, so it never needs updating when Remix Studio does.

1. Put the TV in developer mode with LG's Developer Mode app and install the webOS TV CLI from LG's developer site.

2. Build the app with your server address:

   node scripts/package-webos.mjs --url https://remix.example.com
   ares-package dist/webos-app
   ares-install --device tv io.remixstudio.tv_1.0.0_all.ipk

WebDAV

The albums appear as a read-only network drive: one folder per project, one file per album item, named by date and prompt (20260925-143012_a-cat-on-the-moon_1a2b3c4d.png). Files are the originals.

1. Under Account → TV & devices → WebDAV, add an access token and copy it. It is shown only once.
2. Connect to https://<your-server>/dav/ with any user name and the token as the password.

Client	How
macOS Finder	Go → Connect to Server…, enter the address
Windows Explorer	This PC → Map network drive, enter the address. Windows only sends passwords over HTTPS.
Infuse, Kodi	Add a WebDAV share
rclone	rclone config → WebDAV, vendor "other"
TV file managers	Add a WebDAV network location, where the app supports it

DLNA

DLNA puts a media server on your local network that TVs find by themselves: it appears as a source in the TV's photo and video app (on LG, Photo & Video; on Samsung, Media). Inside it are Recent and one folder per project; a project with tagged items also has a Tags folder.

DLNA is off by default and needs:

• The same local network. Discovery uses UDP multicast, which does not cross routers or the internet. Remix Studio has to run on a machine in your home network, such as a NAS.

• Host networking. Docker's default bridge network does not forward multicast. Start the app with the DLNA override (Linux hosts only):

  docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.dlna.yml --profile app up -d

  Outside Docker, set DLNA_ENABLED=true.

Then add a DLNA server under Account → TV & devices → DLNA. Its name is what the TV shows. You can run several, for example one per family member with different projects.

DLNA has no passwords

Anyone on your local network can browse a DLNA server. Remix Studio serves DLNA on its own port (DLNA_HTTP_PORT), which a reverse proxy should never publish, and answers only direct requests from private and directly connected addresses. Inside your network there is no further protection, so limit each server's projects if that matters.

If the TV does not list the server:

• Check that Account → TV & devices says Announcing on with an address on the TV's network. If there are several interfaces, pick the right one with DLNA_INTERFACES.
• Make sure the host firewall lets the local network reach UDP port 1900 and the DLNA port (DLNA_HTTP_PORT, by default the app's port + 1, e.g. 3001).
• Some TVs rescan only when their media app opens: close and reopen it.