ErsatzTV

ErsatzTV has been archived and is no longer actively maintained. See the announcement for details.

ErsatzTV is an open-source platform that transforms your personal media library into live, custom TV channels.

Enjoy a classic TV experience with your own content, complete with Electronic Program Guide (EPG), channel scheduling, and seamless streaming to all your devices.

Documentation is available at ersatztv.org.

Want to join the community or have a question? Join us at the ErsatzTV Community or on Discord.

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)
• Plex media and metadata
• Jellyfin media and metadata
• Emby media and metadata
• Song and music video libraries
• Pre-roll, mid-roll, post-roll filler options
• Subtitle burn-in