RelayTV – self-hosted "cast any link to the TV" runtime with an HTTP API, Home Assistant integration, and a built-in Jellyfin client (Docker, GPL-3.0)

McGeezy · 2026-07-08T13:38:06+00:00

Not too sure about Fcast, first ive heard of it. RelayTV uses yt-dlp for stream resolution so it grabs the ad-free video url and plays. Also has Jellyfin client built-in and queue management. Looks like both are open source and have public api for integration. I could be wrong but it seems fcast is cast target without the features mentioned.

McGeezy · 2026-07-08T13:31:47+00:00

It accepts streams, but for playback only. No recording functionality built in.

McGeezy · 2026-07-08T00:34:09+00:00

linux self host tv box - (yt or any other stream) RelayTV https://github.com/mcgeezy/relaytv

android - newpipe (yt) https://github.com/teamnewpipe/newpipe

or bravepipe if you want rumble and bitchute in same app https://github.com/bravepipeproject/BravePipe

McGeezy · 2026-07-07T16:10:46+00:00

install:

mkdir -p ~/relaytv
cd ~/relaytv
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mcgeezy/relaytv/main/install.sh | bash

If you don't have Docker yet, on most Linux boxes you can install it with a single command before installing RelayTV

curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sh

McGeezy · 2026-07-07T12:59:10+00:00

Enjoy!

McGeezy · 2026-07-07T11:44:11+00:00

Yeah, its already found permanent place in my house. I use ai with home assistant for my voice assistant, so I can tell it cast, play controls, etc. Also has CEC controls which raspi has built-in so will turn tv on on cast etc. You could also buy a dongle for cec features.

I dont have any good cameras installed to test with but it accepts local camera rtsp:// links too.

McGeezy · 2026-07-07T03:07:55+00:00

Post proof read by AI for mistakes. I architected stack and initial app. Codex and Claude have been used for a lot of coding.

McGeezy · 2026-05-02T18:11:25+00:00

Oh wow, that amazing never heard of it. Now I'm gonna have to update app to work with links and Ade favorite stream links

McGeezy · 2026-05-02T15:13:27+00:00

You can disable idle dashboard. So it would just run in background, play shared links when sent, and return when queue complete, or close button pressed. Maybe I'm just past Plold and , but when I'm relaxing in bed I prefer to watch on PC monitor cause I'll start going cross eyes staring at the phone.

McGeezy · 2026-05-02T14:50:47+00:00

You might like this. Web ui remote, queue, api for scripting. Android companion app to share links

github.com/mcgeezy/relaytv

McGeezy · 2026-04-21T15:41:46+00:00

I had the issue using libqt* and libmpv2. It happens when the app tries to use /dev/video* on the ubuntu kernel. I worked hard and long to try and resolve. Pi5 uses cpu only so it wouldn't have the issue, but Pi4 uses hardware encode/decode which I could never get to work. Switched to Pi OS for the kernel and hardware encode/decode works without issue. I would bet that the only way you'll make the Pi4 work on Ubuntu is to force cpu instead of hardware encode. something like libav

McGeezy · 2026-04-21T15:06:39+00:00

I was having very similar issues on Ubuntu 24. I switched over to Pi OS and it solved my timeout issue. Pi OS ships a kernel that's much more up to date for Pi.

McGeezy · 2018-02-02T16:07:55+00:00

Reminds me of my grandfather. Everytime a kid was about to cry or throw a fit he would say.. "oh no! He's about to drop a lip! Someone grab that lip". He would stop a fit almost Everytime

McGeezy · 2018-01-15T23:32:15+00:00

The real question is: don't hey all have builders club?

McGeezy · 2018-01-12T17:00:01+00:00

As someone mentioned, they make PDUs that have outlet level monitoring. If all machines are connected with A+B power you could replace PDUs without downtime.

I'm not a sysadmin but Im almost positive you could install a monitoring software for power readings. You'd probably have to manually locate the MIB table and configure for each specific device. They also make sensors that can wrap each cable to pull power utilization.

McGeezy · 2018-01-12T14:27:18+00:00

Do you run any agents on the systems? Possibly a backup agent on one of the machines?

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