Image: reddit.com · Saw the LG guy fix Plex on his TV, so I fixed it on my Samsung
A fast Plex client for a slow Samsung TV
A web app built with Claude Code replaced a Samsung TV's slow official Plex app, cutting launch from about a minute to about a second.
Credits
- Reddit poster djbiccboii Source ↗
- Repository account rfaile313 Source ↗
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The full story
The poster's 2022 Samsung Q60B took about a minute to open the official Plex app, and search lagged badly. Samsung TVs only run web apps, so with Claude Code they built one that treats the TV's browser "like a game engine": GPU-driven movement, little redrawing, and video sent straight to the hardware decoder.
On the same TV, the app opens in about a second and shows search results as you type. 98.7% of their library (3,952 movies and episodes) plays directly in hardware with no transcoding. It is open source, and they have only tested it on their own TV.
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From a short post by the maker, so the details are as they tell them.
- Reddit: Saw the LG guy fix Plex on his TV, so I fixed it on my SamsungReddit poster: djbiccboiiPosted
The maker's post on r/ClaudeCode.
If it disappears: archived copy of Reddit: Saw the LG guy fix Plex on his TV, so I fixed it on my Samsung (opens in a new tab)
- The code: github.comRepository account: rfaile313
The project on GitHub.