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Create live TV channels from your own media. Access the streams using the simulated HDHomerun tuner or the generated M3U URl.

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Making TV Useful For My 94-yr-old Aunt | Oct 2023
In my experience, modern entertainment takes too much cognitive load to get up and running. With streaming/on demand, I have to make pointed decisions on what show I'm watching. I don't always want to make a decision right now of what to watch, I just want to watch something that's good enough or fits a certain theme. TV Channel creation programs, like DizqueTV[0] or ErsatzTV[1] have taken the load off, or at least lets me do that cognitive work in advance when making the channels.

You still need some way to get input to swap between these digital channels (I use Plex to surface my shows and schedule), but if you have existing local content it really feels like the "old" way of doing TV. You can even add commercials between episodes if you wanted!

I'm not sure if I'd call this foolproof for a 94-year-old, especially since sometimes the software needs to restart, but it's a step above modern streaming IMO.

[0] https://github.com/vexorian/dizquetv [1] https://github.com/ErsatzTV/ErsatzTV

Watch TV from the 90s and earlier | Jul 2023
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Dizquetv is the one and only that I’ve tried so far to be honest, but it just worked exactly how I was hoping right from the start.

https://github.com/vexorian/dizquetv
Ask HN: Most interesting tech you built for just yourself? | Apr 2023
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For those interested in doing something similar there's a Plex add-on for making custom TV channels:

https://github.com/vexorian/dizquetv

Personally I want almost this. I want to rotate the TV shows my kids watch in the morning but I don't want to start part way through a show (the one part of the old analogue experience that I don't miss at all). Difficult to square that circle.
My 90s TV: Browse 90s Television | Jan 2021
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Alternatively, this project hooks up to an existing Plex server and allows you to build channels that can then be connected to over the network (VLC, or anything else that can take a stream, including Plex’s live tv function).

https://github.com/vexorian/dizquetv