Specifications and Feature Support Q&A
specifications and feature support q&a the following questions are related to the specifications for and the features supported by samsung smart tvs faq search form search q1 which tv models are included in each model group? for the mapping of samsung smart tv product year and lineup with the model groups at the samsung apps tv seller office, see tv model groups for smart tv or htv model groups for smart hospitality display tvhtv#model group q2 which platforms are samsung smart tvs distributed with? 2016 and later samsung smart tvs are distributed with and can run tizen applications only 2015 models are distributed with tizen applications, but for backward compatibility, can run samsung legacy platform applications 2010 to 2014 models are distributed with and can run samsung legacy platform applications only tvhtv#platform q3 which media formats are supported? for detailed information on the supported music, picture, and video formats and decoders, see media specifications tvhtv#media specifications#media format q4 which tv models support the samsung product api? the samsung product api is supported on 2012 and later samsung smart tv models for hospitality display, see samsung product api tvhtv#samsung product api q5 which tv models support multitasking? all samsung tvs since 2015 support multitasking, except the "15tv_standard2" model group multitasking is also supported on the tv emulator since tizen tv extension 2 1 2 tvhtv#multitasking support q6 which tv models support high dynamic range hdr video? not all samsung tvs support hdr video to determine whether the tv supports hdr content, use the ishdrtvsupport method of the avinfo api tvhtv#hdr q7 which features are supported by the web engine? for information on the supported web engine features, see web engine specifications tvhtv#web engine q8 do samsung tvs support es6 javascript? samsung tvs partially support es6 javascript for a list of supported es6 features, see web engine specifications tvhtv#javascript#es6 q9 why do some web engine features not work properly on specific tv models? make sure the web engine used by the tv supports the feature for information on the tv web engine version and the supported features, see web engine specifications tvhtv#web engine q10 which samsung tvs support playready and widevine? support for playready and widevine depends on the tv model year for information on the supported versions, see mse/ese tvhtv#playready#widevine q11 which playready drm versions are supported? the playready drm support depends on the tv model year 2012 to 2013 models support playready 1 2 2014 to 2017 models support playready 2 5 2018 and later models support playready 3 3 for more information, see mse/ese tvhtv#playready#drm q12 is widevine modular drm supported? widevine modular is supported since 2017 tv models for 2016 and older models, use widevine classic tvhtv#widevine modular#drm q13 can i specify a minimum required platform version for my application? in the "config xml" file, define the minimum required platform version for your application in the required_version attribute of the tizen application element you must also specify the api version used for the application, by defining the value of the "'http //samsung com/tv/metadata/devel api version" key within a tizen metadata element if the api version is greater than the minimum required platform version, the application launches on devices using lower platform versions, but unsupported api features do not work tvhtv#config xml#required platform version q14 is the web speech api supported? since 2017 models, you can implement text-to-speech tts functionality using the web speech api for information on supporting tts in your application, see text to speech tvhtv#web speech api#accessibility q15 are id3 tags supported? since 2016 tv models, id3 tags containing timed meta data are supported for http live streaming hls media tvhtv#http live streaming#id3 tag q16 which subtitle formats are supported for smooth streaming? when implementing smooth streaming, you can use ttml, dfxp, and smpte-tt internal subtitles or captions tvhtv#smooth streaming#subtitle format#ttml#dfxp#smpte tt q17 is the rtmp streaming protocol supported? streaming over rtmp is supported on 2012 to 2014 tvs only for information on the supported network protocols, see general specifications tvhtv#rtmp#streaming#samsung legacy platform#network protocol q18 are unicast rtp streams supported? unicast streaming over rtp is not supported on tv for information on the supported network protocols, see general specifications however, rtp is supported on htv for information on this, see additional media specifications tvhtv#rtp#streaming#network protocol q19 do samsung smart tvs support scalable vector graphic svg images? no because svg images are not supported, they can display incorrectly on samsung tvs using jpg and png images is recommended tvhtv#scalable vector graphic#image format q20 can i customize the ui sound effects, such as when a button is clicked, in my application? no customizing the ui sound effects is not supported on samsung tvs tvhtv#ui sound effect q21 can i use custom fonts in my application? since 2014 tv models, custom fonts are supported custom arabic fonts are not supported on 2013 and older tv models tvhtv#font#arabic q22 can i use "iframe" elements in my application? you can use iframe elements in your application, but they can only display content they do not support user interaction with the content, the tizen or samsung product apis for smart tv neither samsung product apis for hospitality display when the user clicks an iframe element, the content opens in the web browser this behavior cannot be disabled tvhtv#iframe q23 do samsung smart tvs support java applications? no, samsung smart tvs do not support java applications tvhtv#java q24 is hybrid broadcast broadband tv hbbtv supported? no, samsung smart tvs do not support hbbtv tvhtv#hbbtv