Video Doorbell snapshots as an overlay on an LG webOS TV

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Display Reolink Video Doorbell snapshots as an overlay on an LG webOS TV.

This project uses sequential JPEG files because older webOS browsers may not reliably display MJPEG, FLV, or repeatedly overwritten JPEG snapshots.

Tested setup

  • LG OLED55B8SLC

  • LG 43UK6470PLC

  • LG webOS 4.x

  • Rooted webOS with SSH access

  • Home Assistant OS

  • go2rtc 1.9.9

  • Reolink Video Doorbell WiFi

How it works

  1. A Reolink doorbell event triggers the Home Assistant automation.
  2. doorbell_snapshot.sh downloads sequential JPEG frames from go2rtc.
  3. Home Assistant launches the custom LG webOS overlay application.
  4. The application displays frame0001.jpg, frame0002.jpg, and so on.
  5. The overlay closes automatically after 10 seconds.

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