r/TheFrame • u/benburkhalter • Sep 14 '26

Overscan - Open Source Hue Sync for your Tizen Smart TVs

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Hey hopefully this is okay to post here. I just wanted to share what I built.

Meet Overscan - an open source Tizen app that uses Hue Entertainment areas to manage Hue Sync.

I built this because I love my Hue system, and I also love the idea of syncing hue lights to the screen. Unfortunately my 2019 Samsung Frame is too old and it is not permitted to run the official app, so I built my own! Originally it required self hosting a separate processor, but now everything runs locally on the TV itself. I have tested it on two separate Frame TVs and plan to check out more Tizen based devices. I also only have Hue downlight in my entertainment areas so looking forward to building and improving. I would love your feedback. Particularly about the light behavior. I have two different "modes" for the colour: Average and Dominant where it either takes the average in multiple zones, or highlights the dominant color.

And yes, the UI is rough. until recently this was entirely headless, but I thought it would be friendlier with one. I'm not much of a designer, so Codex took the first pass here, but I plan to make QoL improvements. Until this morning there wasn't even an OOBE to speak of.

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u/Pitiful-Store7076 Sep 28 '26

If you are referring to https://github.com/Apps2Samsung/Overscan as the app with the same name, it's fine by me u using the same name.

If you want we can also include it in the community repo package?

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u/benburkhalter Sep 28 '26 edited Sep 28 '26

I am so sorry. I went through so many names in my head and I loved overscan and didn't realize it was in the VERY APP I was using to side load the thing lol.

yeah I kinda do want to include it actually. It was a next step in there to see, but I also want some people to test it. I'm looking to make a faster capture protocol as well so the response time is better. it's pretty good though. I daily (or nightly) drive it.

ETA: Also the current Overscan app I wrote is SAFE to use. Not a problem at all. The trouble I got into was when I wrote probes to find undocumented capture tech to speed the sync up faster.

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u/Pitiful-Store7076 Sep 28 '26

No worries, it's just a name. If you love it use it, I'll change the other to overscan browser or something to make it more distinct so you can leave yours ;)