Configuration

📄️ Config Versions

Every ErsatzTV Next config file declares the version of its format in a version property. ErsatzTV Next checks the version when it loads the file, so a file written for a different format fails with a clear error instead of being misread.

📄️ Stream Copy

By default, ErsatzTV Next transcodes every item, so every item has the same codec, resolution and audio layout. With stream copy, ErsatzTV Next passes the source video or audio through without re-encoding it. This uses much less CPU or GPU and keeps the source quality. In exchange, the output changes whenever the source does.

📄️ Frame Rate

By default, ErsatzTV Next keeps each item's source frame rate, so the channel's frame rate changes whenever the source does. Some clients stutter or stop when the frame rate changes mid-stream, and graphics can look uneven when the content's rate changes underneath them.