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Magic4PC

Allows you to use the magic remote on your webOS LG TV as a mouse for your PC.

Modified to remove the gear icon and make settings open when 'Guide' is pressed.

⚠️THIS VERSION HAS SLEEP DISABLED. Be careful with OLEDs.⚠️

See https://github.com/netham45/magic4pc_altclient for a cross-platform Go client for magic4pc

Installing

Get the .ipk release from the releases page

To install the .ipk, first install the webOS TV SDK on your PC, make sure your TV is rooted (and ready for ssh: see here and here) or you have enabled developer mode, and then install the app from the webOS TV CLI using ares-install --device YOUR_DEVICE_ID_HERE me.wouterdek.magic4pc_1.0.0_all.ipk. Find your device id with ares-install --device-list.

Building from source

The WebOS IPK

  • Install Node.js v14.15.1
  • Go to webos/ directory
  • Run npm install to install dependencies
  • Run npm run build to build the application
  • Run npm run package to create ipk (application package)