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Re: Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

#41

Seems to be missing some context. What is this used for? Piracy?

I am not sure how this would help with piracy? It can only play a stream you already have access to, it doesn’t break encryption or anything.

The default config has a bunch of such sources: https://github.com/stupside/castor/blob/main/config.yaml

sources: - proxies: - "https://vidsrc-embed.ru" templates: movie: "/embed/movie/{itemID}" episode: "/embed/tv/{itemID}/{season}-{episode}"

  - proxies:
      - "https://1embed.cc"
      - "https://www.vidking.net"
    templates:
      movie: "/embed/movie/{itemID}"
      episode: "/embed/tv/{itemID}/{season}/{episode}"

  - proxies:
      - "https://www.rivestream.app"
    templates:
      movie: "/embed/torrent?type=movie&id={itemID}"
      episode: "/embed/torrent?type=tv&id={itemID}&season={season}&episode={episode}"

  - proxies:
      - "https://www.rivestream.app"
    templates:
      movie: "/embed?type=movie&id={itemID}"
      episode: "/embed?type=tv&id={itemID}&season={season}&episode={episode}"

Re: Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

#42

For a no hacks alternative, I built TV Explorer. It puts the channel's published HLS stream into your browser with no interim steps. Uses the public GitHub list of more than 10,000 free channels. https://tvexplorer.live

I think https://tv.garden/ has more channels than your especially if i look at Japan

Re: Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

#43
post #29

> I built it because I couldn't cast web video from my laptop to my TV: no Chromecast, no AirPlay. Looks like Claude built it.

You're absolutely right and let me be honest about the honest load-bearing smoking-gun you point at.

That's the core tension — and you're right to call it out! Let me walk back my claims.

Re: Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

#44

For a no hacks alternative, I built TV Explorer. It puts the channel's published HLS stream into your browser with no interim steps. Uses the public GitHub list of more than 10,000 free channels. https://tvexplorer.live

This as a Jellyfin plugin would be awesome!

Re: Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

#45

For a no hacks alternative, I built TV Explorer. It puts the channel's published HLS stream into your browser with no interim steps. Uses the public GitHub list of more than 10,000 free channels. https://tvexplorer.live

I think https://tv.garden/ has more channels than your especially if i look at Japan

Both of these are amazing

Re: Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

#46

For a no hacks alternative, I built TV Explorer. It puts the channel's published HLS stream into your browser with no interim steps. Uses the public GitHub list of more than 10,000 free channels. https://tvexplorer.live

Just stays on the loading screen for me (Safari, iOS 26).

Re: Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

#47

For a no hacks alternative, I built TV Explorer. It puts the channel's published HLS stream into your browser with no interim steps. Uses the public GitHub list of more than 10,000 free channels. https://tvexplorer.live

Love it

Re: Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

#49
post #31

For a no hacks alternative, I built TV Explorer. It puts the channel's published HLS stream into your browser with no interim steps. Uses the public GitHub list of more than 10,000 free channels. https://tvexplorer.live

That is an unbelievably slick thing that you've got there. It feels very light-weight, it's approximately instantly-responsive. Back button works. I don't understand the stats (or my contribution to them), but whatever. (the closed-captioning pop-up causes some overlay issues for me, though) moar edit: Upon further review with my very not-special desktop box, I'm reasonably confident that this is the quickest, most-r…

> What aren't you doing that everyone else is doing?

Seems to be the fact that there's no advertising, tracking or other SDKs and the entire JS is contained in two files.

Re: Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

#50
post #33
post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Main use case

I mean I get it, but also it's funny that you commented this 5 minutes after you edited the readme[1] to add in the exact type of plausible deniability I remarked was absent. [1] - https://github.com/stupside/castor/commit/847abd1ad0dbe893fc...

Shhhh...
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