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Install Unofficial Apps on a Samsung TV with Apps2Samsung (VLC, Jellyfin & more) The Samsung TV app store has no VLC and no Jellyfin. But with Samsung's own Developer Mode and the open-source tool Apps2Samsung , you can sideload Tizen community apps (.wgt) in just a few clicks. Here's the full walkthrough — from enabling Developer Mode to actually installing and running VLC — based on the latest interface. Apps like Jellyfin and VLC aren't available in the Samsung TV app store, so you can't install them the normal way. But many open-source communities offer great free apps, and you can install them easily. There's only one hurdle: putting your Samsung TV into Developer Mode . This isn't a hack — it's a feature Samsung officially built into Tizen TVs, so it's not hard. Here's how. STEP 1 Enable Developer Mode on the TV First, open the Apps screen on your TV and go to Settings . ▲ The Samsung TV Apps screen. Move to the gear-shaped Se...

ESP32-S3 Project, Part 2 Waking a Desktop PC From Fully Shut Down Using an AliExpress ESP32-S3 Board Following up on Part 1 (Geekble Nano), here's how to remotely power on a desktop PC using a new ESP32-S3 dev board I picked up on AliExpress. The code is 100% identical to Part 1, but the board layout and BIOS setup are a bit different. ESP32-S3 AliExpress USB HID Wi-Fi Wake-on-LAN BIOS Setup Table of Contents Why a Second Board — MacBook vs. Desktop Chapter 1 — Unboxing the AliExpress ESP32-S3 Chapter 2 — Board Layout: Two USB Ports, Which One to Use Chapter 3 — Setup (100% Identical to Part 1) Chapter 4 — Waking From Fully Shut Down: BIOS Setup Chapter 5 — Installation: Wired Directly Inside the PC Case Chapter 6 — Real-World Results vs. Traditional WOL Introduction Why a Second Board — MacBook vs. Desktop Part 1 covered building a USB HID Wake-on-LAN alternative with a Geekble Nano ESP32-S3. An ESP32-S3 dev board I ordered from AliExpr...

ESP32-S3 Project Wake a Sleeping PC Over Wi-Fi Building an ESP32-S3 USB HID WOL Device A hands-on build log for waking a Windows PC that doesn't support Wake-on-LAN, by turning an ESP32-S3 into a USB keyboard and triggering it remotely over Wi-Fi. ESP32-S3 Geekble Nano USB HID Wi-Fi Arduino IDE Wake-on-LAN Progress ✓ Buy board ✓ Unbox ✓ Arduino IDE ✓ Board Package ✓ Blink ✓ USB HID ✓ Wi-Fi ✓ HTTP Server ✓ Wake API ✓ Wake from sleep ✓ Table of Contents Project Overview & How It Works Chapter 1 — Meet the Geekble Nano ESP32-S3 Chapter 2 — Unboxing Chapter 3 — Installing Arduino IDE Chapter 4 — Installing the ESP32 Board Package Chapter 5 — Blink Test Chapter 6 — Implementing a USB HID Keyboard Chapter 7 — Connecting to Wi-Fi Chapter 8 — Building the HTTP Web Server Chapter 9 — Implementing the /wake API Troubleshooting — Real Issues I Ran Into Chapter 10 — Live Test: Waking Windows From Sleep Introduction Project Over...