# ErsatzTV

**ErsatzTV** is pre-alpha software for configuring and streaming custom live channels using your media library. The software is currently unstable and under active development.

Documentation is available at [ersatztv.org](https://ersatztv.org/).

Want to join the community or have a question? Join us on [Discord](https://discord.gg/hHaJm3yGy6).

## Current Features

- Use local media files and optional sidecar [NFO metadata](https://kodi.wiki/view/NFO_files); no need for a full media server
- IPTV server and HDHomeRun emulation support a wide range of client applications
- Channel-specific streaming mode (MPEG-TS or HLS) and transcoding settings
- Collection-based scheduling, with collections containing television shows, seasons, episodes and movies
- Powerful scheduling options such as chronological collection playback throughout the day or over multiple days
- [Hardware-accelerated transcoding](#Hardware-Transcoding) options (QSV, NVENC, VAAPI)
- [Plex](https://www.plex.tv/) media and metadata
- [Jellyfin](https://jellyfin.org/) media and metadata
- [Emby](https://emby.media/) media and metadata
- Music video libraries

## Planned Features

- Run as a Windows service
- Spots to fill unscheduled gaps

## License

This project is inspired by [pseudotv-plex](https://github.com/DEFENDORe/pseudotv) and
the [dizquetv](https://github.com/vexorian/dizquetv) fork and is released under the [zlib license](LICENSE).