Short:        Video streaming for fast Amigas
Author:       Dominik 'Zodiac' Hohaus
Uploader:     SirZodiac gmx net (Dominik 'Zodiac' Hohaus)
Type:         util/misc
Version:      1.4
Requires:     util/libs/mui38usr dev/mui/MCC_NList-0.128
Architecture: m68k-amigaos >= 3.9
Distribution: Aminet
Kurz:         Video Streaming für schnelle Amigas

ZodiTV can play your favorite TV station stream from any country live on your 
Amiga. It remote controls FFmpeg on a PC in your LAN for real time transcoding
the video stream. Additionally it can search and play Youtube videos.

Features:
- Full control of FFmpeg yet easy to use
- Both RiVA and FroggerNG MPEG players are supported with full control of
  player arguments
- Higher playback performance & quality than similar solutions and no Docker
  needed
- Add your own IPTV streamlists
- Keep your favorite TV episode after watching it
- Tune your settings until your precious Amiga turbocard is fully utilized
- Autosave settings on exit
- Check for update on Aminet
- Native MUI workbench application

Requirements:
- A very fast networking RTG Amiga, like a PiStorm, Vampire, A600GS, A1200NG, 
  RetroPi or UAE
- AmigaOS 3.2+ or 3.9 (also tested on CaffeineOS and CoffinOS)
- Roadshow, Miami, or any AmiTCP compatible stack
- AmiSSL v5+
- MUI 3.8+ (also tested on MUI 5) with MCC_NList and MCC_TextEditor
- Picasso96 v2.0+
- FroggerNG 2.07+ or RiVA 0.54+ with mpega.library
- curl 8.18+
- smb2fs with filesysbox (Not required when running under UAE)
- A PC in your LAN (Windows, Linux) with a SMB shared directory

Installation:
Extract the LHA archive. Open the HTML file with a browser for software 
links, installation and configuration instructions and documentation of
ZodiTV. Sorry, no Amigaguide because it does not support weblinks and is
difficult to read on other platforms.

Changelog:
v1.0 (28.03.2026)
- initial Release

v1.1 (29.03.26)
- Stack size fixes on startup and when launching players
- Added wait time to preferences
- Removed curl path textinput (should be in path)

v1.2 (06.04.2026)
- New zapping feature: Streams can now be quickly switched without pressing stop
- Increased max. wait time for file to appear to 20s
- Made the presets dropdown more prominent
- Changed high-spec presets to MPEG-1 for better performance

v1.3 (31.05.2026)
- Added Youtube support: Searching videos with thumbnail display and streaming playback
- The FFMpeg presets are now intelligent, so that the number of pixels of the output video frame are constant regardless of the aspect ratio
- The fps conversion of the presets was made intelligent, so that 23,97 fps does not get converted to 24 or 25fps but 30 fps will get reduced
- Because of the intelligent presets, the custom FFMpeg arguments have been removed as they have become unnecessary
- More space for editing the FFMpeg arguments by using the TextEditor MCC
- On startup ZodiTV now checks if the watcher version matches

1.4 (15.07.2026)
- Added Twitch support: Search, video playback, and chat reading and sending<br>
- Added Youtube description and upload date<br>
- Added Stop&Keep button to Youtube and Twitch<br>
- Added a CON window to show the FFmpeg output in case of an error<br>
- Fixed multiple bugs where switching channels did not work when the stream was still playing<br>
- Reworked watcher scripts - these must be updated on your PC<br>