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
Hardware-accelerated transcoding options (QSV, NVENC, VAAPI)

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

Media Collection

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.

Software Transcoding

The following docker tags are available with software transcoding:

develop - merges to main branch
latest - latest release

Hardware Transcoding

The following docker tags are available with hardware-accelerated transcoding:

develop-nvidia - merges to main branch
develop-vaapi - merges to main branch
latest-nvidia - latest release
latest-vaapi - latest release

QSV transcoding has not been tested in docker.

Development

See development documentation.

License

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

suckerface/ErsatzTV