I was hoping to find a plugin that I could use to set up a schedule of shows and movies, to replicate the old-school feel of watching TV. Does anyone know of something like that?

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[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

https://ersatztv.org/

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Now I just need something to inject period-appropriate ads, and it'll be exactly like watching old TV!

[–] notnotmike@programming.dev 9 points 3 months ago

Looks like that may be supported! Now I'm wanting to get in on this

[–] fitgse@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

You can find archives of “bumps”. The adult swim ones are fantastic, but the Nickelodeon ones are good too.

[–] imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

Fantastic, thanks!

[–] buedi@feddit.org 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not exactly what you asked, but for old-school TV I use Tvheadend and it is not a Jellyfin Plugin. Instead, everything (including Jellyfin) plugs into Kodi in our Household and relatives.

Oldschool TV (Scheduling, Recordings, Live TV) is run via Tvheadend and a USB TV Cable adapter.
Youtube runs via a self-hosted Invidious instance.
My own Music lies on a NAS, indexed by Kodi and Jellyfin.
Some TV Shows and Movies lie also on a NAS indexed by Kodi and Jellyfin.

Media is scattered over various places and services and Kodi pulls them all together.

TV via Tvheadend=Added to Kodi via the Tvheadend Plugin.
Youtube/Invidious=Added to Kodi via the Invidious Plugin.
Jellyfin=Added to Kodi via the Invidious Plugin.
Other media that´s on the NAS=Added to Kodi via Library scanning.
Mediathekview=Added to Kodi via the Mediathekview Plugin.

Kodi serves all Media with a unified interface, no matter what it is or where it comes from. When using the TV we see Kodi and we pick what we want to consume.

Additionally, other family members can connect via Wireguard to my network, have one of those old Ex-Android TV Boxes on the TV on which Kodi (CoreElec or Libreelec) with the necessary Plugins is installed and they have the same unified experience. No need to "learn" how to use different UIs / Software for different Media. For the consumer it is all in one place --> Kodi :-)