# LoopTV

> A lean-back player that turns curated public YouTube channels into television-style stations.

Canonical: https://tv.significanthobbies.com/

lean-back YouTube · no account

## channel-surf youtube like it's *tv*.

Pick a station, hit play, and let random clips run nonstop. No account, no runtime API key, and no platform recommendation feed deciding what's next.

[start watching](https://tv.significanthobbies.com/random)

[browse stations](https://tv.significanthobbies.com/channels)

Illustrative set, not a screenshot. Every number on the dial is a real station in today's catalog.

![LoopTV’s illustrative television set tuned to CH 02 Science, with a station dial and channel knob.](https://tv.significanthobbies.com/images/home-tv-set.webp)

## you pick the station.
looptv picks the clip.

why LoopTV

### stations, not a feed

16 topic stations group 122 public YouTube channels — science, comedy, tech, talks, film, and more. Pick one and it plays.

### random, nonstop playback

No platform recommendation feed. Normal playback shuffles within your chosen station; optional Smart Mix uses only preference weights stored in this browser.

### yours, on your device

Watched history, blocked sources, and Smart Mix preferences live in your browser. No account to create, nothing leaves your device.

## a few honest answers.

### Do I need a YouTube or Google account?

No. Playback runs through the public YouTube IFrame player. There's no sign-in anywhere in LoopTV.

### Where does the catalog come from?

A twice-monthly GitHub workflow refreshes public channel metadata through a cache-first YouTube Data API path, with yt-dlp as a fallback. It commits a checked-in catalog.json, so watching needs no runtime API key; refresh credentials stay in repository Actions.

### What happens when a video can't be embedded?

YouTube returns error 101 or 150 when a channel blocks embedding for a specific clip. The player catches it and immediately picks the next random video — no error toast, no interruption.

### Where is my watch history stored?

Entirely in your browser's localStorage. Clearing site data wipes it. There is no server-side account or database.

### Can I add my own channels?

Yes — LoopTV is MIT-licensed. Fork the repo, append a station to stations.json, run pnpm run build:catalog (requires yt-dlp), and deploy.

## leave something good on in the background.

[start watching](https://tv.significanthobbies.com/random)

Tune to a random station and let it run.