Samsung Smart TV from the 2023 lineup onwards will support OS Upgrade.
This means that the General Features are not fixed and can be changed every year.
For example, if an OS upgrade firmware is installed on a 2023 (Tizen 7.0) model,
it can be installed as a Tizen 8.0 or later model firmware.
Platform Features
The following table define the detailed specifications according to Tizen platform version and year.
Type
Feature
TV Extension 8.0 Emulator
Tizen 8.0 (2024)
Tizen 7.0 (2023)
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)
App Engine
HTML
HTML5
HTML5
HTML5
HTML5
HTML5
HTML5
HTML5
HTML5
HTML5
HTML5
HTML5
DOM
DOM3
DOM3
DOM3
DOM3
DOM3
DOM3
DOM3
DOM3
DOM3
DOM3
DOM3
CSS
CSS3
CSS3
CSS3
CSS3
CSS3
CSS3
CSS3
CSS3
CSS3
CSS3
CSS3
JavaScript
JSC
V8
V8
V8
V8
V8
V8
V8
V8
V8
JSC
Network Protocol
HTTP
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
HTTPS
WSS
Tizen .NET
Initial
Framework
net6.0 netstandard2.1
net6.0 netstandard2.1
v2.1
v2.1
v2.1
v2.1
v2.0
v2.0
Not supported
TizenFX
11
11
10
9
8
6
5
4
OS Upgrade
Framework
net6.0 netstandard2.1
net6.0 netstandard2.1
v2.1
v2.1
v2.1
v2.1
v2.0
v2.0
Not supported
TizenFX
11
11
10
9
8
6
5
4
Table 2. Platform features
NoteTizen .NET is supported since Tizen 4.0 for Smart TV.
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.
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.
Streaming Feature Support
The following table defines streaming features supported in detail.
Streaming Engine
Container
DRM
Feature
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
No
Yes
HLS
fMP4 (Since Tizen 3.0)
Yes
MPEG-TS
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes (HLS v3)
Yes (-16x ~ 16x, since Tizen 3.0)
Yes (Since Tizen 3.0)
Yes (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.
HLS Tag Support
The folowing table shows the supported HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) tags for Samsung TV and the available Tizen platform version. The HLS tags list refers to HTTP Live Streaming 2nd Edition.
HLS Tag
HLS Protocol Version
Since
Basic Tags
#EXTM3U
Version 3
Tizen 2.3
#EXT-X-VERSION
Media or Multivariant Playlist Tags
#EXT-X-INDEPENDENT-SEGMENTS
Version 6
Not supported
#EXT-X-START
#EXT-X-DEFINE
-
Media Playlist Tags
#EXT-X-TARGETDURATION
Version 3
Tizen 2.3
#EXT-X-MEDIA-SEQUENCE
#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY-SEQUENCE
Version 6
Tizen 3.0
#EXT-X-ENDLIST
Version 3
Tizen 2.3
#EXT-X-PLAYLIST-TYPE
Not supported
#EXT-X-I-FRAMES-ONLY
Version 4
Tizen 2.4
#EXT-X-PART-INF
Version 10 (HLS Low Latency)
Tizen 6.0
EXT-X-SERVER-CONTROL
Media Segment Tags
#EXTINF
Version 3
Tizen 2.3
#EXT-X-BYTERANGE
Version 4
Tizen 2.4
#EXT-X-DISCONTINUITY
Version 3
Tizen 2.3
#EXT-X-KEY
#EXT-X-MAP
Version 5 (HLS fMP4 only)
Tizen 3.0
#EXT-X-PROGRAM-DATE-TIME
Version 3
#EXT-X-GAP
-
Not supported
#EXT-X-BITRATE
Version 8
Tizen 8.0
#EXT-X-PART
Version 10 (HLS Low Latency)
Tizen 6.0
Media Metadata Tags
#EXT-X-DATERANGE
Version 7
Tizen 3.0
#EXT-X-SKIP
Version 10 (HLS Low Latency)
Tizen 6.0
#EXT_X_PRELOAD_HINT
Tizen 7.0
#EXT-X-RENDITION-REPORT
Tizen 6.0
Multivariant Playlist Tags
#EXT-X-MEDIA
Version 4
Tizen 2.4
#EXT-X-STREAM-INF
Version 3
Tizen 2.3
#EXT-X-I-FRAME-STREAM-INF
Version 4
Tizen 2.4
#EXT-X-SESSION-DATA
Version 7
Not supported
#EXT-X-SESSION-KEY
Tizen 2.4
#EXT-X-CONTENT-STEERING
-
Not supported
Custom Tags
#EXT-X-CUE-IN
-
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.
MPEG DASH Attributes Support
The folowing table shows the supported MPEG-DASH Attributes and the available Tizen platform version.
The same drm key should be used for the audio segment and the video segment.
Do not mux the audio segment and the video segment into one segment, but use them separately.
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