# Virtual Channels for Live TV

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/virtual-channels-for-live-tv/753575>\
**Category:** Feature Suggestions\
**Tags:** livetv-dvr\
**Created:** [October 27, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/virtual-channels-for-live-tv/753575 "2021-10-27T22:44:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rayray2012](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rayray2012](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rayray2012)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:44pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/virtual-channels-for-live-tv/753575/1 "2021-10-27T22:44:39Z")

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Would it be possible to create a plug in for Live TV where the user could create virtual “channels” using their own library? I believe this would be similar to PseudoTV on Kodi, and Virtual Channels on Channels DVR. One of the killer features that Plex has over those other services is the ability to share your library with others and I think if you could create virtual channels with libraries shared with you could be a great feature to add to Plex.

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/virtual-channels-for-live-tv/753575/2 "2021-10-27T22:47:08Z")

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I suppose in that case it might make sense to comment/vote in the dedicated feature suggestion on PseudoTV, doesn’t it? 😉

> [@PseudoTV](https://forums.plex.tv/t/pseudotv/99226/):
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> Basically the ability to emulate the TV watching experience. eg, Watch TV channels created with your own media (and potentially with online media). &nbsp; Running a home media server is pretty awesome: beautiful cover art, playlists, and all your media right at your finger tips. One thing media centers fall short on, however, is recreating that feeling of aimlessly channel surfing just to scratch that TV watching itch. &nbsp; Why Do I Want To Do This? &nbsp; More and more people are “cutting the cord” a…

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**Author:** ![rayray2012](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@rayray2012](https://forums.plex.tv/u/rayray2012)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:50pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/virtual-channels-for-live-tv/753575/3 "2021-10-27T22:50:30Z")

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Apologies. I didn’t see that…

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**Author:** ![tom80H](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/tom80h/32/19753_2.png) [@tom80H](https://forums.plex.tv/u/tom80H)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2021, 10:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/virtual-channels-for-live-tv/753575/4 "2021-10-27T22:51:07Z")

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2021 clean-up: duplicate
