webosbrew / youtube-webos

YouTube app for webOS without ads

youtube-webos

YouTube App with extended functionalities

Features

• Advertisements blocking
• SponsorBlock integration
• Autostart

Note: Configuration screen can be opened by pressing 🟩 GREEN button on the remote.

Pre-requisites

• Official YouTube app needs to be uninstalled before installation.

Installation

• Use webOS Homebrew Channel - app is published in official webosbrew repo
• Use Device Manager app - see Releases for a prebuilt .ipk binary file
• Use webOS TV CLI tools - ares-install youtube...ipk (for webOS CLI tools configuration see below)

Configuration

Configuration screen can be opened by pressing 🟩 GREEN button on the remote.

Autostart

In order to autostart an application the following command needs to be executed via SSH or Telnet:

luna-send-pub -n 1 'luna://com.webos.service.eim/addDevice' '{"appId":"youtube.leanback.v4","pigImage":"","mvpdIcon":""}'

This will make "YouTube AdFree" display as an eligible input application (next to HDMI/Live TV, etc...), and, if it was the last selected input, it will be automatically launched when turning on the TV.

This will also greatly increase startup performance, since it will be runnning constantly in the background, at the cost of increased idle memory usage. (so far, relatively unnoticable in normal usage)

In order to disable autostart run this:

luna-send-pub -n 1 'luna://com.webos.service.eim/deleteDevice' '{"appId":"youtube.leanback.v4"}'

Building

• Clone the repository

git clone https://github.com/webosbrew/youtube-webos.git

• Enter the folder and build the App, this will generate a *.ipk file.

cd youtube-webos

# Install dependencies (need to do this only when updating local repository / package.json is changed)
npm install

npm run build && npm run package

Development TV setup

These instructions use the webOS CLI tools. See https://webostv.developer.lge.com/develop/tools/cli-introduction for more information.

Configuring webOS CLI tools with Developer Mode App

This is partially based on https://webostv.developer.lge.com/develop/getting-started/developer-mode-app.

• Install Developer Mode app from Content Store
• Enable Developer Mode
• Enable key server and download TV's private key: http://TV_IP:9991/webos_rsa
  The key must be saved under ~/.ssh (or %USERPROFILE%\.ssh on Windows)
• Configure the device using ares-setup-device (-a may need to be replaced with -m if device named webos is already configured)
  • PASSPHRASE is the 6-character passphrase printed on screen in developer mode app
  • privatekey path is relative to ${HOME}/.ssh (Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.ssh)

ares-setup-device -a webos -i "username=prisoner" -i "privatekey=webos_rsa" -i "passphrase=PASSPHRASE" -i "host=TV_IP" -i "port=9922"

Configuring webOS CLI tools with Homebrew Channel / root

• Enable SSH in Homebrew Channel app
• Generate SSH key on developer machine (ssh-keygen -t rsa)
• Copy the private key (id_rsa) to the ~/.ssh directory (or %USERPROFILE%\.ssh on Windows) on the local computer
• Append the public key (id_rsa.pub) to the /home/root/.ssh/authorized_keys file on the TV
• Configure the device using ares-setup-device (-a may need to be replaced with -m if device named webos is already configured)
  • privatekey path is relative to ${HOME}/.ssh (Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.ssh)

ares-setup-device -a webos -i "username=root" -i "privatekey=id_rsa" -i "passphrase=SSH_KEY_PASSPHRASE" -i "host=TV_IP" -i "port=22"

Installation

npm run deploy

Launching

• The app will be available in the TV's app list. You can also launch it using the webOS CLI tools.

npm run launch

To jump immediately into some specific video use:

npm run launch -- -p '{"contentTarget":"v=F8PGWLvn1mQ"}'