Castor: A Better and Cheaper Alternative to IPTV for Streaming

Better and Cheaper Than IPTV

I built Castor, a command-line tool that extracts video streams from websites and casts them directly to your TV via DLNA or Chromecast. By using headless Chrome to bypass basic bot protection and ffmpeg for real-time transcoding, Castor eliminates the lag and quality loss of screen mirroring. You can browse TMDB metadata, search for titles, and even burn in auto-generated subtitles without leaving your terminal.

"Imagine buying a very nice TV and figuring out it doesn't allow casting from random websites... Then you switch to the longest HDMI cable you can find. Then you start doing screen mirroring: your computer lags, resolution tanks, nothing feels right."