# ErsatzTV/legacy

Open-source platform that transforms your personal media library into live, custom TV channels.

Repository: https://github.com/ErsatzTV/legacy
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/legacy
Homepage: https://ersatztv.org/
Language: C#
License: Zlib
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-20T16:14:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 98/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 98, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2031, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 13, "gap_med": 19, "n_releases_24m": 22}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2917, forks 212 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.035943+00:00)

## What it is
ErsatzTV (legacy) is an open-source, self-hosted IPTV server that turns a personal media library into custom live TV channels with EPG and scheduling. It streams via IPTV with hardware-accelerated transcoding and integrates with Plex, Jellyfin, and Emby.

## Use cases
- turn my plex library into live tv channels
- self-hosted iptv server with epg
- create custom tv channel schedules from my media
- stream my movie collection as a live tv channel
- generate electronic program guide for custom channels
- hardware accelerated transcoding for iptv streaming
- dizquetv alternative for custom live channels

## When to choose
- you want an all-in-one self-hosted IPTV server with scheduling, EPG, and transcoding built in
- you use Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby and want to broadcast your library as live TV
- you need hardware-accelerated transcoding (NVENC, QSV, VAAPI, AMF, VideoToolbox)

## When to avoid
- you want a lightweight transcoding-only server paired with third-party schedulers (consider ErsatzTV Next instead)
- you need on-demand streaming rather than scheduled live channels
- you require a project under heavy active feature development, since legacy is in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: streaming, video-processing, scheduling, self-hosted
- domain: media, self-hosted
- platform: windows, self-hosted
- tags: iptv, epg, live-tv, media-server, plex, jellyfin, emby, ffmpeg, transcoding, pseudotv, video, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- ErsatzTV/legacy (main) score 98

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.035943+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:34:04.169984+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ErsatzTV/legacy (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.035943+00:00, sha ccb10688f399)
  - homepage: https://ersatztv.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:15.644184+00:00, sha e0e89271b67b)
  - site_page: https://ersatztv.org/next-docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:15.653200+00:00, sha f70d22e1e3f0)
  - site_page: https://ersatztv.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:15.654860+00:00, sha edbc5677b988)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.