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 device models and the TV emulator.

General Features

Feature		2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	2015
Operating System		Tizen 6.5	Tizen 6.0	Tizen 5.5	Tizen 5.0	Tizen 4.0	Tizen 3.0	Tizen 2.4	Tizen 2.3
C# API Version		9.9.0	8.8.4	6.6.0	5.5.0	4.4.0	Not supported
Graphic Resolution	Application	3840x2160 (YouTube, 8K UHD models only) 1920x1080 (2015 UHD models, all models since 2016) 1280x720 (2015 FHD models)
	Video	7680x4320 (8K UHD models) 3840x2160 (4K UHD models) 1920x1080 (2015 FHD models)
	Smart Hub	3840x2160 (8K UHD models only) 1920x1080							-

Table 1. General features

The following table define the detailed specifications according to Tizen platform version and year.

Type	Feature	Tizen 6.5 (2022)	Tizen 6.0 (2021)	Tizen 5.5 (2020)	Tizen 5.0 (2019)	Tizen 4.0 (2018)	Tizen 3.0 (2017)	Tizen 2.4 (2016)	Tizen 2.3 (2015)	TV Extension 6.5 Emulator
App Engine	HTML	HTML5	HTML5	HTML5	HTML5	HTML5	HTML5	HTML5	HTML5	HTML5
	DOM	DOM3	DOM3	DOM3	DOM3	DOM3	DOM3	DOM3	DOM3	DOM3
	CSS	CSS3	CSS3	CSS3	CSS3	CSS3	CSS3	CSS3	CSS3	CSS3
	JavaScript	V8	V8	V8	V8	V8	V8	V8	JSC	JSC
Network Protocol	HTTP	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	HTTPS
	WSS
Tizen .NET	.NET Standard	v2.1	v2.1	v2.1	v2.1	v2.0	No	No	No	No
	Xamarin.Forms	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	TizenFX	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Table 2. Platform features

NoteTizen .NET is supported since Tizen 4.0.

The following table defines the player specific features supported by Samsung devices.

Important

Widevine Classic has been deprecated by Google. It is no longer supported on Samsung TVs due to maintenance issues since Tizen 4.0.
Verimatrix Web Client will no longer be supported on Samsung TVs released from 2023 onwards. In addition, starting from 2023, no Verimatrix Web Client technical support will be provided for any TV models.

Type	Feature		Tizen 6.5 (2022)	Tizen 6.0 (2021)	Tizen 5.5 (2020)	Tizen 5.0 (2019)	Tizen 4.0 (2018)	Tizen 3.0 (2017)	Tizen 2.4 (2016)	Tizen 2.3 (2015)	TV Extension 6.5 Emulator
DRM	PlayReady		v2.5 (SL2000) v4.4 (SL3000)	v2.5 (SL2000) v4.2 (SL3000)	v2.5 (SL2000) v4.2 (SL3000)	v2.5 (SL2000) v3.3 (SL3000)	v2.5 (SL2000) v3.3 (SL3000)	v2.5 (SL2000)	v2.5 (SL2000)	v2.5 (SL2000)	No
	Widevine	Modular	v16.4	v16.3	v16.3	v14.1	v3.2	v2.08	v2.08	No	No
	Widevine	Classic	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
	AES	AES-128	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
	AES	SAMPLE-AES	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		No	No	Yes
	Verimatrix	Web Client	v4.1	v4.1	v4.1	v4.1	v4.1	v4.1	v3.6	v3.6	v4.1
Streaming Engine	MPEG-DASH (XML metadata)		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Smooth Streaming		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	HLS (M3U8 metadata) ※ See HLS Tag Support		v7	v7	v7	v7	v7	v7	v7	v3	v7
Subtitles	SMI (UTF-8), SRT		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	SMPTE-TT								Yes	Yes
	WebVTT (out-of-band)								No	No
	Closed Caption								Yes	Yes

Table 3. Multimedia player features

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(text) subtitle format is recommended.

The following table defines streaming features supported in detail.

Streaming Engine	Container	DRM					Feature
Streaming Engine	Container	PlayReady	Widevine Modular	AES-128	SAMPLE-AES (Since Tizen 3.0)	Verimatrix Web Client	Trick Play	Seek	Multiple Audio	Multiple Subtitles
MPEG-DASH	fMP4	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (-16x ~ 16x)	Yes	Yes	No
Smooth Streaming	fMP4		No							Yes
HLS	fMP4 (Since Tizen 5.5)		Yes							Yes
HLS	MPEG-TS	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes (HLS v3)	Yes (-16x ~ 16x, since Tizen 3.0)		Yes (VOD only, since Tizen 3.0)	Yes (VOD only, since Tizen 3.0)

Table 4. Streaming feature support

Note

When using Verimatrix, external audio playback is not supported.
For seamless switching condition, audio and video packets should be processed with the same duration value. (frame rate, codec profile /level, sampling rate)
Trick Play of HLS is available for content with EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM_INF tag.
Widevine Modular and Trick Play are only supported to VOD streaming.

The folowing table shows the supported HLS tags and the available Tizen platform version.

HLS Tag	HLS Version	Since
`EXTM3U`	Version 3	Tizen 2.3
`EXTINF`
`EXT-X-TARGETDURATION`
`EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE`
`EXT-X-KEY`
`EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY`
`EXT-X-VERSION`
`EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME`		Tizen 3.0
`EXT-X-ALLOW-CACHE`		Not supported
`EXT-X-STREAM-INF`		Tizen 2.3
`EXT-X-ENDLIST`		Tizen 2.3
`EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE`		Not supported
`EXT-X-BYTERANGE`	Version 4	Tizen 2.4
`EXT-X-I-FRAMES-ONLY`
`EXT-X-MEDIA`
`EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF`
`EXT-X-MAP`	Version 5	Tizen 6.0 (HLS fMP4 only)
`EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE`	Version 6	Tizen 3.0
`EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS`		Not supported
`EXT-X-START`
`EXT-X-SESSION-DATA`	Version 7
`EXT-X-DATERANGE`		Tizen 3.0
`EXT-X-SESSION-KEY`		Tizen 2.4
`EXT-X-CUE-IN`	HLS Customized Tags	Tizen 3.0
`EXT-X-CUE-OUT`
`EXT-X-CUE-OUT-CONT`

Table 5. HLS tag support

Note

Media Sequence number among streams/renditions should be same for sync.
Discontinuity sequence number, if present in manifest file (.m3u8) must be in-sync among streams/renditions.