Camilo Botero

I vibe-coded a small self-hosted tool that turns YouTube channels/playlists into a Live TV experience inside Jellyfin (or any other IPTV player) no downloads, no storage, just a lightweight proxy running on a Raspberry Pi 4.

How it works:
→ You paste a YouTube URL into a small web UI
→ yt-dlp resolves the stream on demand
→ Jellyfin sees it as a real IPTV channel, with EPG guide built from actual video titles and durations
→ Channels persist across restarts, add/delete from the browser

Built with Python/Flask + Docker. Since this was vibe-coded with Claude, the code is functional but I wouldn't call it production-grade.

Do you think would anyone actually use this? Should I clean it up and put it on Codeberg, GitLab, or GitHub? 👀

#Jellyfin #SelfHosted #RaspberryPi #HomeServer #OpenSource

Mar 24 at 4:52pmWeb
Show threadPaul Chambers🚧2d ago
@camilobotero I could see my wife appreciating something like this for her Jellyfin experience...
Show threadchebra2d ago
@camilobotero
https://channelsurfer.tv - saw this last week, but it's not open source and has restrictions for creating your own lists, so I though "that could be a nice little project for vibe-coding". So yes, I'd like to see it.
Channel Surfer - Watch YouTube Like It's Cable TV

Turn your YouTube subscriptions into a 2000s cable TV guide. Flip channels, watch what's on, and relive the golden age of channel surfing.

Channel Surfer
Show threadCamilo Botero2d ago
@chebra @paul
I’ll create a repo and share it here. I’ll let you know once it is done :)
Show threadCamilo Botero6h ago

@chebra @paul

As promised, I’ve created the repo:
https://github.com/boterocamilo/yt-iptv-rpi

I hope you enjoy it! :)

GitHub - boterocamilo/yt-iptv-rpi

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Show threadCamilo Botero1d ago

@chebra This is how it looks in my phone, using the UHF app (iptv player).

Disclaimer: I did this project to take my kids away from YouTube without them losing their favourite shows.

Show threadJakob1d ago

@camilobotero
I really love those projects getting back live tv. But every time I think about using a project like that I realize that there is a reason live tv is being replaced by on demand services. Because I lack the time and flexibility of watching TV when it's on rather than when I got time.

Just by personal opinion, I still think it's a cool project

Show threadCamilo Botero1d ago
@jakob I completely get it, I even share your opinion. The only thing here was making a new experience for my kids, similar to what I had when a child, avoiding YouTube apps (and everything that it comes with it: surveillance, ads, shitty content, etc), and keeping those safe shows for them available.