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Redditiscancer789 t1_ixzj1gq wrote

This is cool, but if you want a bit more control over it(as in you have to find the videos+run software) you can use dizquetv to setup a faux cable provider. I use it to simulate 5 or so of my favorite channels as they were in the late 90s/early 2000s and then other channels that are just mish mashes of various categories(ie movie marathon channel, anime, sitcoms, holiday specials, mtv clone with all my fav music videos, marathon channels for my top shows, etc.) It can be a bit of work to setup and maintain but its been really nice when i want those hits of nostalgia or to show my nieces/nephews how things worked 20 years ago.

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startnowstop t1_iy0hj22 wrote

I got the gist of what you're saying and I'm intrigued enough to ask for you to elaboreate.

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Redditiscancer789 t1_iy1dh74 wrote

Basically you need 2 programs, a media aggregator like plex, jellyfin, or emby. Then the dizquetv software. The media aggregator hosts the files on either something on your network like a server/nas or your own local pc harddrives into video on demand categories you want(for example ive got reg tv, anime, kids, then the same for movies, and also music libraries, old commercials, etc.). You can also set commercial filler options including down to literally what commercials can play on what channel. Also if you didnt want to watch "cable" you can also access all the content youve added just via your categories in your apps at any time(barring technical issues) at or away from the house netflix style.

From there you feed the content into playlists on dizquetv and start the server app, add the server as a "tuner" in plex and then enjoy. This is obviously really basic level but its mostly time consuming then technically hard. But just to be 100% clear you have to provide all the content, even down to the bumps/commercials(which ive been slowly ripping over time off youtube and other video hosting sites).

https://ibb.co/7pswnT1 Heres a pic of my first 10 or so channels to give you an idea of what a more mature dizquetv collection would look like.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dizquetv https://www.reddit.com/r/plex For more information.

My personal 2 cents closing thoughts, i much prefer this way as i dont need to worry about rights expiring or any stupid show jumping crap like that, lets me mess around with some technical stuff, and cool apps like dizquetv elevate my viewing experience perfectly into exactly what i want, hate a specific commercial? Just dont add it to your commercial pile. The freedom is insane, but like all good things it didnt appear overnight, it did take some work tracking down my fav shows and bumps/commercials. Plus you are usually slightly behind current releases unless you do....things.

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Messaiga t1_iy2efl1 wrote

This is fucking brilliant. I've got an Unraid server I've been meaning to run a Plex with and this idea gives me way more motivation to complete it such a thing.

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SoulofZendikar t1_iy2nlnz wrote

Are you able to time the commercials to the commercial breaks?

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Redditiscancer789 t1_iy2o4xg wrote

If you mean mid show ad breaks, not unless you manually cut each episode at the appropriate break time in multiple chunks before feeding it into dizquetv.

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psymsi t1_iybjni8 wrote

Source for ads? Best I can think would be to dl a compilation off youtube and cut it up but man...

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pinilloj t1_iy5f843 wrote

Sp o was able to created DizqueTV, able to create channels from my media, but the channel info inside of the Plex LiveTV/DVR section which lets me view the live feeds has me pick a random att channel lineup, instead of the name/graphics of the channels from dizque that I created

**Update** I had missed the step on adding the XML file from DizqueTV when creating the DVR Profile, it is now working beautifully!

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