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 8409:8409 \
  -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]:8409.

Development

See development documentation.

License

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