piccap
PicCap is an frontend app, which you can install on your TV, to make TV content capturing as easy as possible.
- Sideload / dev mode
- Alpha
- Low brick risk
This project hasn't been claimed by its maintainer yet, so its details come from the community. Is it yours? Claim it
What's Changed
- Update hyperion-webos to 00c932f by @TBSniller in https://github.com/TBSniller/piccap/pull/108
hyperion-webos backend changes
- Optimize memory management and frame conversions https://github.com/webosbrew/hyperion-webos/pull/143 by @sundermann
Before you start
- How hard is it?
- MediumInstall an app on your computer and follow its steps.
- What you need
- Comfort with the command line
- A computer
- Another hack installed first
- Can it break my device?
- Very unlikely to break anything. It may void your warranty.
- Can I undo it?
- The project doesn't say. Assume you can't.
Did it work for you?
Did piccap 0.5.3 work on your LG OLED C3?
No reports yet for 0.5.3.
One-tap reports from owners. Bricked reports are checked before they count.
Compatibility
Devices: LG OLED C3.
No compatibility information yet.
Getting started
From the project's README ("How to install"):
What do you need?
- Root access to your TV
- webOS 3.4 or above
- Latest version of Homebrew Channel installed, as we take use of its elevate-service script
- Brain with some basic knowledge - We haven't encountered any bricks, but standard no warranty clause applies
Easy way Open Homebrew Channel and install PicCap directly from there.
Manual way First you will have to build it from scratch, or download pre-compiled IPK from releases.
Copy IPK to TV scp /home/[USER]/downloads/org.webosbrew.piccap[version]all.ipk root@[TVIP]:/tmp/org.webosbrew.piccap[version]all.ipk
On TV install IPK luna-send -i -f luna://com.webos.appInstallService/dev/install '{"id":"org.webosbrew.piccap","ipkUrl":"/tmp/org.webosbrew.piccap[version]all.ipk","subscribe":true}'
Risk and recovery
- Brick risk
- Low
- Voids the warranty
- Yes
- Requires opening the device
- No
Releases
| Version | Name | Released |
|---|---|---|
| 0.5.3 | org.webosbrew.piccap_0.5.3Latest | 6 July 2026 |
| 0.5.2 | org.webosbrew.piccap_0.5.2 | 19 October 2025 |
| 0.5.1 | org.webosbrew.piccap_0.5.1 | 15 February 2025 |
| 0.5.0 | org.webosbrew.piccap_0.5.0 | 28 January 2025 |
| 0.4.3 | org.webosbrew.piccap_0.4.3 | 11 March 2023 |
| 0.4.2 | org.webosbrew.piccap_0.4.2 | 29 September 2022 |
| 0.4.1 | org.webosbrew.piccap_0.4.1 | 24 September 2022 |
| 0.2.3 | org.webosbrew.piccap_0.2.3 | 21 January 2022 |
| 0.1.0 | org.webosbrew.piccap_0.1.0 | 10 November 2021 |
| 0.0.9 | org.webosbrew.piccap_0.0.9 | 28 October 2021 |
Credits, license and support
- License
- MIT