General Specifications

Samsung Smart TVs support a Web-based application engine and rich media playback capabilities.

The following tables define the Web platform environment and the media formats supported by various Samsung Smart TV models and the TV emulator.

General Features

Table 1. General features
		2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015	~ 2014
Operating System		Tizen 6.0	Tizen 5.5	Tizen 5.0	Tizen 4.0	Tizen 3.0	Tizen 2.4	Tizen 2.3	Linux 2.6
Graphic Resolution	Application	1920x1080 3840x2160 (YouTube, 8K TV only)	1920x1080 3840x2160 (YouTube, 8K TV only)	1920x1080 (2015 UHD models, all models since 2016) 1280x720 (2015 FHD models)					960x540 / 32 bpp
	Video	-	7680x4320 (8K models) 3840x2160 (4K models) 1920x1080 (FHD models)	3840x2160 (UHD models) 1920x1080 (FHD models)					3840x2160 (2014 UHD model) 1920x1080 / 32 bpp
	Smart Hub	-	1920x1080 3840x2160 (8K TV only)	1920x1080				-	1280x720 / 32 bpp

Platform Features

Important
Widevine Classic has been deprecated by Google. It is no longer supported on Samsung TVs due to maintenance issues.

Tizen (2015 ~)

Table 2. Tizen platform features
Type	Feature	Samsung Smart TV (2015, 2016)	Samsung Smart TV (2017, 2018)	Samsung Smart TV (2019)	Samsung Smart TV 2020 (TV Extension 5.5)	Samsung Smart TV 2021
App Engine	HTML	HTML5	HTML5	HTML5	HTML5	HTML5
	DOM	DOM3	DOM3	DOM3	DOM3	DOM3
	CSS	CSS3	CSS3	CSS3	CSS3	CSS3
	JavaScript	JSC	V8	V8	V8	V8
DRM	PlayReady	Yes PlayReady 2.5 with SL2000	Yes PlayReady 2.5 with SL2000(2017, 2018) PlayReady 3.3 with SL3000(2018)	Yes PlayReady 2.5 with SL2000(2019) PlayReady 3.3 with SL3000(2019)	Yes PlayReady 2.5 with SL2000, PlayReady 4.2 with SL3000	Yes PlayReady 2.5 with SL2000, PlayReady 4.2 with SL3000
	Widevine	Widevine Modular 2.08(2016) Widevine Classic2015,2016)	Widevine Modular 2.08(2017) Widevine Modular 3.2(2018) Widevine Classic(2017)	Widevine Modular 14.1	Widevine Modular 15.2	Widevine Modular 16.3
	AES-128	Yes	Yes	Yes	v4.1	-
	Verimatrix WebClient	Yes (v3.6)	Yes (v4.1)	Yes (v4.1)	Yes	-
Network Protocol	HTTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
	HTTPS
	WSS
Streaming	MPEG-DASH (XML metadata)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
	HLS (M3U8 metadata)	2015 models: HLS v3 2016 models: HLS v7 (See HLS Tag Support)	HLS v7 (See HLS Tag Support)	HLS v7 (See HLS Tag Suppor)	HLS v7 (See HLS Tag Support)	-
	Smooth Streaming	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	-
Subtitles	SMI (UTF-8), SRT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	SMPTE-TT (Text)	Yes
	WebVTT (out-of-band)	No
	Closed Captions	Yes
Tizen .NET (Since 2018)	.NET Standard API	No	.NET Standard 2.0	.Net Standard 2.0	.Net Standard 2.1	.NET Core 3.1
	Xamarin.Forms		Yes	Yes	Yes	-
	TizenFX		Yes	Yes	Yes	-

Note

TTML and DFXP subtitles are only supported for Smooth Streaming.

For HLS streaming, the WebVTT (out-of-band) subtitle format is recommended.

For MPEG-DASH and Smooth Streaming, the SMPTE-TT subtitle format is recommended.

Streaming Feature Support

SampleAES (2017~)

Table 3. Streaming feature support
Streaming Engine	Container	DRM				Search		Feature
		PlayReady	AES-128 (2015~)	Verimatrix	Widevine	Trick Play	Seek	Multi-audio	Multi-subtitle
		PlayReady	Sample AES (2017~))	Verimatrix	Modular	(VOD Only)	(VOD, Live)	Multi-audio	Multi-subtitle
MPEG-DASH	fMP4	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes -16x ~ 16x	Yes	Yes	Yes (Since 2021, Does not support switching between subtitle in fmp4 container and out of band)
Smooth Streaming	fMP4	Yes	No	No	No	Yes -16x ~ 16x		Yes	Yes
HLS	TS	No	Yes	Yes (HLS v3)	No	Since 2017 models: Yes -16x ~ 16x (for content with "#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM_INF" tag)		Since 2017 models: Yes (VOD Only)	Since 2017 models: Yes (VOD Only)

Note
When using Verimatrix, external audio playback is not supported.

HLS Tag Support

Table 4. HLS tag support
HLS Tag	HLS Version	Availability
"EXTM3U"	Version 3	Since Tizen 2.3 (2015 models)
"EXTINF"
"EXT-X-TARGETDURATION"
"EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE"
"EXT-X-KEY"
"EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY"
"EXT-X-VERSION"
"EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME"		Not supported
"EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE"		Not supported
"EXT-X-STREAM-INF"		Since Tizen 2.3
"EXT-X-ENDLIST"		Since Tizen 2.3
"EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE"		Not supported
"EXT-X-BYTERANGE"	Version 4	Since Tizen 2.4 (2016 models)
"EXT-X-I-FRAMES-ONLY"		Since Tizen 2.4 (2016 models)
"EXT-X-MEDIA"		Since Tizen 3.0 (2017 models)
"EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF"		Since Tizen 2.4 (2016 models)
"EXT-X-MAP"	Version 5	Not Supported
"EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE"	Version 6	Since Tizen 3.0 (2017 models)
"EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS"		Not supported
"EXT-X-START"
"EXT-X-SESSION-DATA"	Version 7
"EXT-X-DATERANGE"
"EXT-X-SESSION-KEY"		Since Tizen 2.4 (2016 models)

Samsung Legacy Platform (2010 ~ 2014)

Table 5. Samsung Legacy Platform features
Type		Feature	2010		2011		2012		2013		2014 TV/AV & 2015 AV
Type		Feature	TV/AV	SDK 1.5	TV/AV	SDK 2.5	TV/AV	SDK 3.5	TV/AV	SDK 4.5	TV/AV	SDK 5.1
Application Engine		HTML	HTML 4.01	HTML 4.01	HTML 5	HTML 5	HTML 5	HTML 5	HTML 5	HTML 5	HTML 5	HTML 5
		DOM	DOM 2	DOM 2	DOM 2	DOM 2	DOM 3	DOM 3	DOM 3	DOM 3	DOM 3	DOM 3
		CSS	CSS 2.1	CSS 2.1	CSS 3	CSS 3	CSS 3	CSS 3	CSS 3	CSS 3	CSS 3	CSS 3
		JavaScript	JavaScript 1.6	JavaScript 1.6	JavaScript 1.6	JavaScript 1.8	SquirrelFish	SquirrelFish	V8	V8	JSC	JSC
Flash	Browser Plug-in	SWF	Flash 8.0 FlashLite 3.1 ActionScript 2.0	Flash 8.0 FlashLite 3.1 ActionScript 2.0	Flash 8.0 FlashLite 3.1 ActionScript 2.0	Flash 10.1 ActionScript 2.0/3.0	Flash 10.1 ActionScript 3.0	Flash 10.1 ActionScript 3.0	Flash 11.1 ActionScript 3.0	Flash 11.1 ActionScript 3.0	Flash 11.1 ActionScript 3.0	No
	Standalone				Flash 8.0 FlashLite 3.1 ActionScript 2.0
	Standalone				Flash 10.1 ActionScript 3.0 (TV D6000 and higher, BD D6700 and higher only)
	AIR	AIR	No	No	AIR for TV 2.5.1	No	AIR for TV 2.5.1 (TV D6000 and higher, BD D6700 and higher only)	No	AIR for TV 3.0	AIR 3.0	AIR for TV 3.0
	Streaming	Streaming	RTMP/RTMPe	RTMP/RTMPe	RTMP/RTMPe	RTMP/RTMPe	RTMP/RTMPe	RTMP/RTMPe	RTMP/RTMPe	RTMP/RTMPe	RTMP/RTMPe
DRM		WMDRM 10 PD	Yes	No	Replaced with PlayReady	No	Replaced with PlayReady	No	Replaced with PlayReady	No	Replaced with PlayReady
		PlayReady	No		Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
		Widevine Classic	Yes		Yes		Yes		Yes
		Verimatrix	No		No		Yes (EU/US TV only)		Yes (TV only)
VOD	Streaming	HTTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes
		HTTPS
		MMS*2
		RTP/RTSP	No	No	No	No
	Adaptive Streaming	HAS (XML metadata)	Yes OIPF Rel2, MPEG2 TS only, AES-128		Yes OIPF Rel2, MPEG2 TS only, AES-128	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
		MPEG-DASH (XML metadata)	No		No	No	Yes Fragmented MP4, PlayReady	No	Yes Fragmented MP4, PlayReady	No	Yes Fragmented MP4, PlayReady	No
		HLS (M3U8 metadata)	Yes OIPF Rel2, MPEG2 TS only, AES-128		Yes OIPF Rel2, MPEG2 TS only, AES-128	Yes	Yes OIPF Rel2, MPEG2 TS only, AES-128	Yes	Yes OIPF Rel2, MPEG2 TS only, AES-128	Yes	Yes OIPF Rel3, MPEG3 TS only, AES-128	Yes
		HLS audio	No		No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Live Streaming	Adaptive Streaming	HAS LS			No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
		HAS LS			Yes HLS v3, MPEG2 TS only, AES-128	Yes	Yes HLS v3, MPEG2 TS only, AES-128	Yes	Yes HLS v3, MPEG2 TS only, AES-128	Yes	Yes HLS v3, MPEG3 TS only, AES-128	Yes
		WidevineLS	Yes		Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
		Smooth Streaming LS	No		No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes