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.

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Current Features

Use local media files and optional sidecar NFO metadata; 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
Automatic creation of television media collections
Powerful scheduling options such as chronological collection playback throughout the day or over multiple days
OpenAPI spec for easy scripting from other languages (available while running at /swagger/v1/swagger.json)
Command line project for easy shell scripting

In Development

Plex media, metadata and collections
Published Docker image

Planned Features

Jellyfin media, metadata and collections
Meta collections to logically group other collections
Run as a Windows service
Spots to fill unscheduled gaps

Preview

ErsatzTV UI

Plex Live TV

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Running ErsatzTV

The easiest way to run ErsatzTV is with Docker:

docker run -d \
  -e TZ=America/Chicago \
  -p 8989:8989 \
  -v /path/to/appdata/config:/root/.local/share/ersatztv \
  -v /path/to/shared/media:/path/to/shared/media:ro \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  jasongdove/ersatztv

After running ErsatzTV for the first time, configure it by visiting the web UI at http://[address]:8989.

Development

See development documentation.

License

This project is inspired by pseudotv-plex and the dizquetv fork and is released under the zlib license.

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