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GUI application for controlling Samsung Smart TV connected to the same LAN of ubuntu desktop
Is there an Android remote app compatible with LibreOffice Impress under Ubuntu?Ubuntu on Samsung series 7 Chronos. Advice please?Looking for non-gui utility applicationCould you install Ubuntu on an external hdd and run it on a Samsung smart TV?How to share Ubuntu desktop screen to a smart TV?How to start a GUI program on a Linux PC via SSH, with NO local logged-in user at the Server ?How to display/extend/mirror/cast Ubuntu 16.04 screen to a Samsung Smart TV that is connected to the same network?
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I noted that there are no questions about this, and it's sounding very strange.
Anyway, I know the gemote project has been abandoned, so I'm wondering if anything similar has been developed.
In brief, I would like to have a remote controller app in my Ubuntu PC to control my Samsung Smart TV connected to the same local network.
software-recommendation samsung remote smart-tv
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I noted that there are no questions about this, and it's sounding very strange.
Anyway, I know the gemote project has been abandoned, so I'm wondering if anything similar has been developed.
In brief, I would like to have a remote controller app in my Ubuntu PC to control my Samsung Smart TV connected to the same local network.
software-recommendation samsung remote smart-tv
I found samsung-remote (nodeJS module) and samsungctl (python application), not sure how well they work with modern TVs, though.
– danzel
May 29 at 13:03
I'm searching something with a GUI... Could you imagine a command line client while you're watching the TV? :)
– jasmines
May 29 at 13:44
1
@jasmines then please mention that in your question. We can't help if you don't specify what your requirements are.
– terdon♦
May 29 at 14:00
@jasmines I couldn't imagine using a GUI on a computer either. I'd probably use my smartphone for that purpose. Or maybe a gamepad connected to a computer, which is where the python library could be useful. As terdon said, please edit your question and be more specific about your requirements and the intended use case.
– danzel
May 29 at 14:11
@jasmines could you edit your question to specify which functions of TV you want to control and why you to use computer instead of smartphone or classic remote control?
– NicolasSmith
Jun 3 at 5:47
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I noted that there are no questions about this, and it's sounding very strange.
Anyway, I know the gemote project has been abandoned, so I'm wondering if anything similar has been developed.
In brief, I would like to have a remote controller app in my Ubuntu PC to control my Samsung Smart TV connected to the same local network.
software-recommendation samsung remote smart-tv
I noted that there are no questions about this, and it's sounding very strange.
Anyway, I know the gemote project has been abandoned, so I'm wondering if anything similar has been developed.
In brief, I would like to have a remote controller app in my Ubuntu PC to control my Samsung Smart TV connected to the same local network.
software-recommendation samsung remote smart-tv
software-recommendation samsung remote smart-tv
edited May 29 at 14:37
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I found samsung-remote (nodeJS module) and samsungctl (python application), not sure how well they work with modern TVs, though.
– danzel
May 29 at 13:03
I'm searching something with a GUI... Could you imagine a command line client while you're watching the TV? :)
– jasmines
May 29 at 13:44
1
@jasmines then please mention that in your question. We can't help if you don't specify what your requirements are.
– terdon♦
May 29 at 14:00
@jasmines I couldn't imagine using a GUI on a computer either. I'd probably use my smartphone for that purpose. Or maybe a gamepad connected to a computer, which is where the python library could be useful. As terdon said, please edit your question and be more specific about your requirements and the intended use case.
– danzel
May 29 at 14:11
@jasmines could you edit your question to specify which functions of TV you want to control and why you to use computer instead of smartphone or classic remote control?
– NicolasSmith
Jun 3 at 5:47
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I found samsung-remote (nodeJS module) and samsungctl (python application), not sure how well they work with modern TVs, though.
– danzel
May 29 at 13:03
I'm searching something with a GUI... Could you imagine a command line client while you're watching the TV? :)
– jasmines
May 29 at 13:44
1
@jasmines then please mention that in your question. We can't help if you don't specify what your requirements are.
– terdon♦
May 29 at 14:00
@jasmines I couldn't imagine using a GUI on a computer either. I'd probably use my smartphone for that purpose. Or maybe a gamepad connected to a computer, which is where the python library could be useful. As terdon said, please edit your question and be more specific about your requirements and the intended use case.
– danzel
May 29 at 14:11
@jasmines could you edit your question to specify which functions of TV you want to control and why you to use computer instead of smartphone or classic remote control?
– NicolasSmith
Jun 3 at 5:47
I found samsung-remote (nodeJS module) and samsungctl (python application), not sure how well they work with modern TVs, though.
– danzel
May 29 at 13:03
I found samsung-remote (nodeJS module) and samsungctl (python application), not sure how well they work with modern TVs, though.
– danzel
May 29 at 13:03
I'm searching something with a GUI... Could you imagine a command line client while you're watching the TV? :)
– jasmines
May 29 at 13:44
I'm searching something with a GUI... Could you imagine a command line client while you're watching the TV? :)
– jasmines
May 29 at 13:44
1
1
@jasmines then please mention that in your question. We can't help if you don't specify what your requirements are.
– terdon♦
May 29 at 14:00
@jasmines then please mention that in your question. We can't help if you don't specify what your requirements are.
– terdon♦
May 29 at 14:00
@jasmines I couldn't imagine using a GUI on a computer either. I'd probably use my smartphone for that purpose. Or maybe a gamepad connected to a computer, which is where the python library could be useful. As terdon said, please edit your question and be more specific about your requirements and the intended use case.
– danzel
May 29 at 14:11
@jasmines I couldn't imagine using a GUI on a computer either. I'd probably use my smartphone for that purpose. Or maybe a gamepad connected to a computer, which is where the python library could be useful. As terdon said, please edit your question and be more specific about your requirements and the intended use case.
– danzel
May 29 at 14:11
@jasmines could you edit your question to specify which functions of TV you want to control and why you to use computer instead of smartphone or classic remote control?
– NicolasSmith
Jun 3 at 5:47
@jasmines could you edit your question to specify which functions of TV you want to control and why you to use computer instead of smartphone or classic remote control?
– NicolasSmith
Jun 3 at 5:47
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You can use YAD to create GUI front end to CLI commands.
As a comment points out there is a CLI controller for the Samsung Smart TV:
- https://github.com/Ape/samsungctl
You just need to install Yad with sudo apt install yad and create a GUI window like this:

Using this command:
yad --title "Remote Control" --text "Samsung Smart TV" --width 250 --height 400 --form --columns 2 --field "Power:FBTN" --field "Vol +:FBTN" --field "Vol -:FBTN" --field "Input:FBTN" --field "Chan +:FBTN" --field "Chan -:FBTN"
Additional code is required to link each button to the Samsung Control program:
samsungctl --host <host> [options] <key> [key ...]
If I had a Samsung Smart TV I would enjoy writing the full script. However my Smart TVs are Sony and Toshiba. I will try to write a remote control GUI script soon for those TVs.
Seeing it in action
I created a little demo where instead of calling the Samsung Smart TV commands are echoed to the screen.

The one-liner code is a little longer now:
yad --title "Remote Control" --text "Samsung Smart TV" --width 250 --height 400 --form --columns 2 --field "Power:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Power"' --field "Vol +:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Volume Up"' --field "Vol -":FBTN 'bash -c "echo Volume Down"' --field "Input:FBTN" "bash -c 'echo "Input"'" --field "Chan +:FBTN" 'echo "Channel up"' --field "Chan -:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Channel Down"'
As mentioned in comments if you have a Samsung TV newer than 2016 you will also need to download the websocket-client
please, provide an example with a working link binding... I tried --field "Power:FBTN:samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF" --field "Power:FBTN" samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF nothing works...
– jasmines
Jun 3 at 9:05
samsungctl is not a valid option, it seems newer TVs are not supported...
– jasmines
Jun 4 at 19:18
@jasmines I've added new code with button links and information on newer Samsung TVs
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 4 at 23:17
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You can use YAD to create GUI front end to CLI commands.
As a comment points out there is a CLI controller for the Samsung Smart TV:
- https://github.com/Ape/samsungctl
You just need to install Yad with sudo apt install yad and create a GUI window like this:

Using this command:
yad --title "Remote Control" --text "Samsung Smart TV" --width 250 --height 400 --form --columns 2 --field "Power:FBTN" --field "Vol +:FBTN" --field "Vol -:FBTN" --field "Input:FBTN" --field "Chan +:FBTN" --field "Chan -:FBTN"
Additional code is required to link each button to the Samsung Control program:
samsungctl --host <host> [options] <key> [key ...]
If I had a Samsung Smart TV I would enjoy writing the full script. However my Smart TVs are Sony and Toshiba. I will try to write a remote control GUI script soon for those TVs.
Seeing it in action
I created a little demo where instead of calling the Samsung Smart TV commands are echoed to the screen.

The one-liner code is a little longer now:
yad --title "Remote Control" --text "Samsung Smart TV" --width 250 --height 400 --form --columns 2 --field "Power:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Power"' --field "Vol +:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Volume Up"' --field "Vol -":FBTN 'bash -c "echo Volume Down"' --field "Input:FBTN" "bash -c 'echo "Input"'" --field "Chan +:FBTN" 'echo "Channel up"' --field "Chan -:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Channel Down"'
As mentioned in comments if you have a Samsung TV newer than 2016 you will also need to download the websocket-client
please, provide an example with a working link binding... I tried --field "Power:FBTN:samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF" --field "Power:FBTN" samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF nothing works...
– jasmines
Jun 3 at 9:05
samsungctl is not a valid option, it seems newer TVs are not supported...
– jasmines
Jun 4 at 19:18
@jasmines I've added new code with button links and information on newer Samsung TVs
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 4 at 23:17
add a comment
|
You can use YAD to create GUI front end to CLI commands.
As a comment points out there is a CLI controller for the Samsung Smart TV:
- https://github.com/Ape/samsungctl
You just need to install Yad with sudo apt install yad and create a GUI window like this:

Using this command:
yad --title "Remote Control" --text "Samsung Smart TV" --width 250 --height 400 --form --columns 2 --field "Power:FBTN" --field "Vol +:FBTN" --field "Vol -:FBTN" --field "Input:FBTN" --field "Chan +:FBTN" --field "Chan -:FBTN"
Additional code is required to link each button to the Samsung Control program:
samsungctl --host <host> [options] <key> [key ...]
If I had a Samsung Smart TV I would enjoy writing the full script. However my Smart TVs are Sony and Toshiba. I will try to write a remote control GUI script soon for those TVs.
Seeing it in action
I created a little demo where instead of calling the Samsung Smart TV commands are echoed to the screen.

The one-liner code is a little longer now:
yad --title "Remote Control" --text "Samsung Smart TV" --width 250 --height 400 --form --columns 2 --field "Power:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Power"' --field "Vol +:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Volume Up"' --field "Vol -":FBTN 'bash -c "echo Volume Down"' --field "Input:FBTN" "bash -c 'echo "Input"'" --field "Chan +:FBTN" 'echo "Channel up"' --field "Chan -:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Channel Down"'
As mentioned in comments if you have a Samsung TV newer than 2016 you will also need to download the websocket-client
please, provide an example with a working link binding... I tried --field "Power:FBTN:samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF" --field "Power:FBTN" samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF nothing works...
– jasmines
Jun 3 at 9:05
samsungctl is not a valid option, it seems newer TVs are not supported...
– jasmines
Jun 4 at 19:18
@jasmines I've added new code with button links and information on newer Samsung TVs
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 4 at 23:17
add a comment
|
You can use YAD to create GUI front end to CLI commands.
As a comment points out there is a CLI controller for the Samsung Smart TV:
- https://github.com/Ape/samsungctl
You just need to install Yad with sudo apt install yad and create a GUI window like this:

Using this command:
yad --title "Remote Control" --text "Samsung Smart TV" --width 250 --height 400 --form --columns 2 --field "Power:FBTN" --field "Vol +:FBTN" --field "Vol -:FBTN" --field "Input:FBTN" --field "Chan +:FBTN" --field "Chan -:FBTN"
Additional code is required to link each button to the Samsung Control program:
samsungctl --host <host> [options] <key> [key ...]
If I had a Samsung Smart TV I would enjoy writing the full script. However my Smart TVs are Sony and Toshiba. I will try to write a remote control GUI script soon for those TVs.
Seeing it in action
I created a little demo where instead of calling the Samsung Smart TV commands are echoed to the screen.

The one-liner code is a little longer now:
yad --title "Remote Control" --text "Samsung Smart TV" --width 250 --height 400 --form --columns 2 --field "Power:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Power"' --field "Vol +:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Volume Up"' --field "Vol -":FBTN 'bash -c "echo Volume Down"' --field "Input:FBTN" "bash -c 'echo "Input"'" --field "Chan +:FBTN" 'echo "Channel up"' --field "Chan -:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Channel Down"'
As mentioned in comments if you have a Samsung TV newer than 2016 you will also need to download the websocket-client
You can use YAD to create GUI front end to CLI commands.
As a comment points out there is a CLI controller for the Samsung Smart TV:
- https://github.com/Ape/samsungctl
You just need to install Yad with sudo apt install yad and create a GUI window like this:

Using this command:
yad --title "Remote Control" --text "Samsung Smart TV" --width 250 --height 400 --form --columns 2 --field "Power:FBTN" --field "Vol +:FBTN" --field "Vol -:FBTN" --field "Input:FBTN" --field "Chan +:FBTN" --field "Chan -:FBTN"
Additional code is required to link each button to the Samsung Control program:
samsungctl --host <host> [options] <key> [key ...]
If I had a Samsung Smart TV I would enjoy writing the full script. However my Smart TVs are Sony and Toshiba. I will try to write a remote control GUI script soon for those TVs.
Seeing it in action
I created a little demo where instead of calling the Samsung Smart TV commands are echoed to the screen.

The one-liner code is a little longer now:
yad --title "Remote Control" --text "Samsung Smart TV" --width 250 --height 400 --form --columns 2 --field "Power:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Power"' --field "Vol +:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Volume Up"' --field "Vol -":FBTN 'bash -c "echo Volume Down"' --field "Input:FBTN" "bash -c 'echo "Input"'" --field "Chan +:FBTN" 'echo "Channel up"' --field "Chan -:FBTN" 'bash -c "echo Channel Down"'
As mentioned in comments if you have a Samsung TV newer than 2016 you will also need to download the websocket-client
edited Jun 4 at 23:16
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please, provide an example with a working link binding... I tried --field "Power:FBTN:samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF" --field "Power:FBTN" samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF nothing works...
– jasmines
Jun 3 at 9:05
samsungctl is not a valid option, it seems newer TVs are not supported...
– jasmines
Jun 4 at 19:18
@jasmines I've added new code with button links and information on newer Samsung TVs
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 4 at 23:17
add a comment
|
please, provide an example with a working link binding... I tried --field "Power:FBTN:samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF" --field "Power:FBTN" samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF nothing works...
– jasmines
Jun 3 at 9:05
samsungctl is not a valid option, it seems newer TVs are not supported...
– jasmines
Jun 4 at 19:18
@jasmines I've added new code with button links and information on newer Samsung TVs
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 4 at 23:17
please, provide an example with a working link binding... I tried --field "Power:FBTN:samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF" --field "Power:FBTN" samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF nothing works...
– jasmines
Jun 3 at 9:05
please, provide an example with a working link binding... I tried --field "Power:FBTN:samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF" --field "Power:FBTN" samsungctl --host 192.168.1.117 KEY_POWEROFF nothing works...
– jasmines
Jun 3 at 9:05
samsungctl is not a valid option, it seems newer TVs are not supported...
– jasmines
Jun 4 at 19:18
samsungctl is not a valid option, it seems newer TVs are not supported...
– jasmines
Jun 4 at 19:18
@jasmines I've added new code with button links and information on newer Samsung TVs
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 4 at 23:17
@jasmines I've added new code with button links and information on newer Samsung TVs
– WinEunuuchs2Unix
Jun 4 at 23:17
add a comment
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I found samsung-remote (nodeJS module) and samsungctl (python application), not sure how well they work with modern TVs, though.
– danzel
May 29 at 13:03
I'm searching something with a GUI... Could you imagine a command line client while you're watching the TV? :)
– jasmines
May 29 at 13:44
1
@jasmines then please mention that in your question. We can't help if you don't specify what your requirements are.
– terdon♦
May 29 at 14:00
@jasmines I couldn't imagine using a GUI on a computer either. I'd probably use my smartphone for that purpose. Or maybe a gamepad connected to a computer, which is where the python library could be useful. As terdon said, please edit your question and be more specific about your requirements and the intended use case.
– danzel
May 29 at 14:11
@jasmines could you edit your question to specify which functions of TV you want to control and why you to use computer instead of smartphone or classic remote control?
– NicolasSmith
Jun 3 at 5:47