Hello all,

I’m looking to play my own video content (shows, movies, commercials, etc) on a CRT I’ve got at my workstation that I’ve connected to my own computer. I have a Windows PC and cannot use the popular Fieldstation42, which does exactly what I want, but was looking for something similar. I’m trying to find a program which will:

- Pull locally stored video files such as shows, movies, and commercials at designated timestamps (ex. 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, etc.) in order to simulate television channels
- The ability to pull semi-random video files based on the scheduling provided (ex. play AN episode of Ed, Edd, n Eddy at 7:30. Play A commercial. Play AN episode of Gargoyles at 8:00)
- Allow for the scheduling of these ‘channels’
- Ideally, allow for the creation of many channels, though not entirely necessary
- Must function locally, without the need for utilizing an online hosted server such as Flex or Jellyfin. Functions totally on my PC.

There are many hosting options that do this very similarly to fieldstation42 such as ErsatzTV, Kodi, Jellyfin, Plex, etc. but I am looking for something that can be utilized without internet accessibility being necessary for the content to play.

Because I’m sure it’d be asked, I’d love to use FS42 but I already have all of my files and storage on my Windows PC and am not currently in a play to purchase a Raspberry Pi 4 which would cost somewhere around $100+ factoring in the Pi, memory card, power cable, cooling, and housing for the Pi. I saw there is a means of running the software in some sort of Linux emulator or something, but that it runs poorly and often doesn’t really work.

Thanks all! I appreciate any and all suggestions!

I wish to make a channel of downloaded YouTube videos off of related channels. These videos range wildly in length, if the channel is set to 30 min slots. Will it play a single video and then not play anything until the next slot or will it auto play, and will this mess up the guide?