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Alright, ladies and gentlemen. Thinking caps needed. #Apple #movies #tv

Posted by Whitewatermoose
Tags: apple, ask.recommendations, apps, streaming

I own a significant library of movies and tv shows. Somewhere near a 1000 combined tv/movies.

Is there an app out there that allows me to “EASILY” create a Pluto TV style streaming app for my elderly family and/or kids tv shows and movies, that plays like “live tv”.

All the items are purchased off of Apple Store, iTunes, Apple Movies and TV Shows. For reference.

4 comments

  1. mordae
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    If you own a library I recommend Jellyfin. If you do not own said library but are just holding a non-transferrable, perpetual, cancellable license to view said titles on some DRM video platforms I...

    If you own a library I recommend Jellyfin. If you do not own said library but are just holding a non-transferrable, perpetual, cancellable license to view said titles on some DRM video platforms I don't think there is a durable solution.

    EDIT: Oh, live TV. No idea. ffmpeg script to stream them off disk should be fairly trivial. If your server has the GPU it can transcode on the fly for compatibility.

    What's your network topology here? Everyone on a VPN? VPN-bridged routers? Your own server with a public IP address?

    4 votes
  2. ocean-hai
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    https://ersatztv.org/ Is the answer if I understand your ask correctly. If you buy that machine that can produce tv channels you can also connect it to your server and have this go straight to...

    https://ersatztv.org/ Is the answer if I understand your ask correctly. If you buy that machine that can produce tv channels you can also connect it to your server and have this go straight to their tv in a specific channel. Saw a YouTube video on it once.

    4 votes
  3. motdiem
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    I haven’t tried any, but I’ve been looking into ersatztv and TVguide for a similar purpose, maybe they can work for you.

    I haven’t tried any, but I’ve been looking into ersatztv and TVguide for a similar purpose, maybe they can work for you.

    2 votes
  4. moocow1452
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    Not sure about how you'd do it entirely within the Apple ecosystem. Maybe custom playlists or OBS screen sharing? Best bet may be to take what you can out of Movies Anywhere since Apple DRM is a...

    Not sure about how you'd do it entirely within the Apple ecosystem. Maybe custom playlists or OBS screen sharing? Best bet may be to take what you can out of Movies Anywhere since Apple DRM is a pain about such things.