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Jason DoveandGitHub 871a031467 rework television media (#26)
* rework television media

* refactor poster saving

* television and movie views are working again

* remove dead code

* use paper styling for all cards

* add show poster, plot to seasons page

* remove missing shows; cleanup interfaces

* fix split show display (same show in different folders/sources)

* add placeholder "add to schedule" button

* no more duplicate television shows, even with the same show split across sources

* stop releasing CLI for now

* use season number as season placeholder

* add television shows to collections

* add television seasons to collections

* add television episodes to collections

* add movies to collections

* remove movies, shows, seasons, episodes from collections

* fix page width and menus

* fix buffer size defaults

* fix chronological episode ordering

* allow deleting media collections

* don't get stuck building a playout with an empty collection

* schedule editing and playouts work again

* minor cleanup

* remove dead code

* fix bugs with viewing movies as they are loading

* add scanner tests; support nested movie folders

* update collections docs

* rearrange order of schedule items

* add show and season to schedule

* delete schedules that use legacy collections, reset all posters

* move cleanup to new migration

* load fallback metadata when nfo fails; don't require metadata in ui

* update readme and screenshots
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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
  • 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

In Development

  • Plex media, metadata and collections

Planned Features

  • Jellyfin media, metadata and collections
  • Run as a Windows service
  • Spots to fill unscheduled gaps

Preview

Television Show

Television Show

Media Collection

Media Collection

Plex Live TV

Plex Live TV Stream Sintel is © copyright Blender Foundation | durian.blender.org

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.