ErsatzTV is 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.
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- 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)
- Plex media and metadata
- Jellyfin media and metadata
- Emby media and metadata
- Music video libraries
- Run as a Windows service
- Spots to fill unscheduled gaps
This project is inspired by pseudotv-plex and the dizquetv fork and is released under the zlib license.