Supported Remote Control Functions in TV Apps

Introduction

Samsung TV App

LG TV App

Android TV App

Fire TV App

Apple TV App

Roku TV App

Introduction

When the end-users view your content in your TV Apps, mostly they use the TV’s remote control to navigate the app and control and/or access different features in the app. Muvi’s native TV Apps (Android TV, Fire TV, Apple TV, Samsung TV, LG TV, etc.) support most of the remote-control functions to give your end-user a better viewing experience. In this help article, we have shown different remote-control functions that we support for different TV Apps.

Samsung TV App

Remote Key Name	Remote Key Functions
Arrow Left	The Remote left arrow key helps to navigate the focus among the contents, menus, etc.
	On the player page when pointed in the seek bar an end-user can rewind the video by using the left arrow key of the remote.
	Also, it helps navigate the cursor between words in input fields.

Arrow Right	The remote right arrow key helps to navigate the focus among the contents, menus, etc.
	On the player page, when the focus is in the seek bar an end-user can forward the video by using the right arrow key of the remote.
	Also, it helps navigate the cursor between letters in input fields.

Arrow Up	Up key helps to move the cursor in input fields.
	Move the focus among the content rows/columns.
	On the player, by using the remote up key an end-user can navigate the audio, subtitle, and playback speed list.
	Content scroll (view all popup) toward the top.

Arrow Down	Down key helps to move the cursor in input fields.
	Move the focus among the content rows/columns.
	On the player, by using the remote down key an end-user can navigate the audio, subtitle, and playback speed list.
	Content scroll (view all popup) toward the bottom.

Enter	By clicking on the content by using the enter key an end-user can move to the details page.
	In the menu section, an end-user can move to a particular page by using the enter key.
	The ‘Play’, ‘Pause’, ‘Ok’, ‘Cancel’ can be managed by using the ‘Enter’ key on the player page, popup.

Back	Users can back to the previous page by using the remote ‘Return/Back’ key.
Back	By long-pressing, the back key user can exit from the app

Media Play/Pause	Video can pause if it is in a playing state with help of media play/pause and vice versa.

Media Rewind	With the help of the Media Rewind key, end-users can rewind the video 30sec/(customizable) back from its original state.

Media Fast/Forward	With the help of Media Rewind key video can be forwarded 30sec/(customizable) from its original state.

Media Play	This key plays the content if it is in a paused state.

Media Pause	End-users can use this key to pause the content if it is playing already.

Media Stop	This key helps to stop the playing content on the player.
Media Stop	After stopping the video, it goes to the previous page.

Exit	By pressing the ‘Exit’ key from the remote, you can directly exit from the app to its original state.

Home	Home key helps to minimize the app from its original state (running in background state).
Home	With help of the ‘Home’ key, an end-user can navigate to another (not running) application. This functionality is called multitasking.

LG TV App

Remote Key Name	Remote Key Functions
Arrow Left	The Remote left arrow key helps to navigate the focus among the contents, menus, etc.
	In the Player page when focused on the seek to bar a user can rewind the video by using the left arrow key of the remote.
	Navigate the cursor between words in the input fields.

Arrow Right	The remote right arrow key helps to navigate the focus among the contents, menus, etc.
	On the Player page when the focus on the seeks bar, a user can forward the video by using the right arrow key of the remote.
	Navigate the cursor between letters in the input fields.

Arrow Up	Up key helps to move the cursor in input fields.
	Move the focus among the content rows/columns.
	In player, by using the remote up key a user can navigate the audio, subtitle, and playback speed list.
	Content scroll (view all popup)toward the top.

Arrow Down	Up key helps to move the cursor in input fields.
	Move the focus among the content rows/columns.
	In player, by using the remote up key a user can navigate the audio, subtitle, and playback speed list.
	Content scroll (view all popup)toward the bottom.

Enter	By clicking on the content by using the enter key a user can move to the details page.
	In the menu section, a user can move to a particular page by using the enter key.
	play, pause, ok, cancel can be handled by using the enter key in the player page, popup.

Back	Short press: Returns to the previous panel, or returns to the Home screen if there is no previous page
Back	Long press: Returns to the last input mode.

Wheel	Scrolls content on hover

Home	Short press: Returns to Home Screen.
Home	Long press: Returns to Recent.

Remote Key Name	Remote Key Functions
D-PAD Left	D-Pad Left key helps to navigate the focus among the contents, menus, etc.
	In the Player page when Player Controls are hidden, clicking on D-Pad Left will start the Continuous Rewind until canceled
	Navigate the cursor in input fields

D-PAD Right	D-Pad Right key helps to navigate the focus among the contents, menus, etc.
	In the Player page when Player Controls are hidden, clicking on D-Pad Right will start the Continuous Fast Forward until canceled
	Navigate the cursor in input fields

D-PAD Up	Move the cursor between input fields.
	Move the focus among the content rows/columns.
	In player by using the D-Pad Up key a user can navigate the audio, subtitle, and resolution list
	Content scroll (view all popup) towards the top

D-PAD Down	Move the cursor between input fields.
	Move the focus among the content rows/columns.
	In player, by using the D-Pad Down key a user can navigate the audio, subtitle, and resolution list
	Content scroll (view all popup) towards the bottom

D-PAD Center	By clicking on the content by using the D-Pad Center key a user can move to the details page
	In the menu section, a user can move to a particular page by using the D-Pad Center key
	PLAY, PAUSE, OK, CANCEL can be handled by using the enter key in the player page, popup

Back	Navigates to Previous Page (Screen)
Back	Other Custom Declared Actions

Media Play/Pause	Plays Media if Paused & vice versa

Media Rewind	Rewinds Media by certain(predefined) time

Media FastForward	Fast Forwards Media by certain(predefined) time

Media Play	Plays current media

Media Pause	Pauses current media

Media Stop	Stops playback of current media

Media Next	Plays the next media if available

Media Previous	Plays the previous media if available

Home	Goes to the Android Home Screen leaving the current App in the background

Remote Key Name	Remote Key Functions
D-PAD Left	D-Pad Left key helps to navigate the focus among the contents, menus etc.
	In the Player page when Player Controls are hidden, clicking on D-Pad Left will start the Continuous Rewind untill cancelled
	Navigate the cursor in input fields

D-PAD Right	D-Pad Right key helps to navigate the focus among the contents, menus etc.
	In the Player page when Player Controls are hidden, clicking on D-Pad Right will start the Continuous Fast Forward untill cancelled
	Navigate the cursor in input fields

D-PAD Up	Move the cursor between input fields.
	Move the focus among the content rows/columns.
	In player by using the D-Pad Up key an user can navigate the audio, subtitle and resolution list
	Content scroll (view all popup) towards top

D-PAD Down	Move the cursor between input fields.
	Move the focus among the content rows/columns.
	In player by using the D-Pad Down key an user can navigate the audio, subtitle and resolution list
	Content scroll (view all popup) towards bottom

D-PAD Center	By clicking on the content by using the D-Pad Center key an user can move to the details page
	In the menu section an user can move to a particular page by using the D-Pad Center key
	PLAY, PAUSE, OK, CANCEL can be handled by using the enter key in the player page, popup

Back	Navigates to Prfevious Page (Screen)
Back	Other Custom Declared Actions

MediaPlayPause	Plays Media if Paused & vice versa

MediaRewind	Rewinds Media by certain(predefined) time

MediaFastForward	Fast Forwards Media by certain(predefined) time

Home	Goes to the Android Home Screen leaving the current App in the background

Apple TV App

Key#	Remote Key Name	Remote Key Functions
1	Touch Surface	- Swipe gestures are used to navigate inside the applications. - In player swipe up gesture is used to activate the player controls and left, right to focus different controls - Press the touch surface to select the item.
2	MENU	- Press to return to the previous page. - Press and hold the key to go back to the apple tv home screen.
3	TV/Home	- Press to return to the TV/Home screen. - Press twice to view open apps. - Press and hold to open sleep options.
4	Siri	- Press and hold to talk. - Press and hold to give input to a text field.
5	Volume	- Increase or decrease the volume.
6	Play/Pause	- Press to play/pause a video.

Roku TV App

Remote Key Name	Remote Key Functions
OK	Selects or activates the item in focus.
	Preferred: OK button should reveal a Heads Up Display (HUD) containing video-relevant information and actions (which should dismiss when it times out or when the Back button is pressed).
	Toggle between video play and pause.

Back	Navigate users to a previous screen
Back	Exit video playback and return to the referring screen (E.g., Content details page).

up/down/left/right key	Use the directional pad to move the focus

Replay	Auto rewinds the video ~20 seconds and resume playback.

Play/Pause	If the video is playing, a button press pauses the video.
	If the video is paused, a button press resumes video playback.
	If the video is rewinding or fast-forwarding, pressing the Play button switches to video playback at the current rewind or fast-forward position.

Rewind/Fast-forward	For long-form content (E.g., 30 minute TV show), usually 3 rewinds/fast-forward speeds are offered.
	For short-form content, it's okay to reduce the number of speeds to 2 or just 1.
	The rewinding button is used to control the speed of the player.
	A forwarding button is used to control the speed of the player.
	Pressing and holding the rewind or the fast-forward button accelerates the video to the fastest speed: Current state >> Rew x 3 or Current state >> Ffwd x 3.

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