Phosphor

TLTV client application. Stream viewer with federation support and a management dashboard for cathode servers.

What it does

• Watch any channel on the TLTV federation via tltv:// URIs
• TV guide grid with channel discovery, 30-minute time slots, red now line, click-to-tune
• Manage a cathode server — channels, playlists, programs, schedules, playout, output pipelines, peers, relays, tokens, plugins
• IPTV endpoints — m3u and XMLTV links for external players (VLC, Kodi, Tivimate)
• Logs — real-time server log viewer with level/source filtering and SSE streaming
• Theme the viewing experience (operator-controlled, set via the management dashboard)

Quick start

npm install
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env — set VITE_TLTV_NODE to your cathode's address
npm run dev

Docker

docker build -t phosphor .
docker run -p 3000:80 phosphor

In the cathode dev stack:

cd ../cathode
docker compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml up -d --build phosphor

The production image runs as a non-root user. Source maps are disabled.

Architecture

Phosphor is a SvelteKit SPA that builds to static files served by sirv. No server-side rendering — everything runs in the browser.

lib/tltv/      TLTV protocol SDK (pure TypeScript, zero deps)
               URI parsing, Ed25519 verification, channel resolution,
               node discovery, peer exchange

lib/cathode/   Cathode management client (pure TypeScript)
               Implements BackendAdapter interface — when other TLTV
               servers appear, add a new adapter here

lib/themes/    Viewer theming via CSS custom properties
               Built-in: Midnight, Phosphor Green, Broadcast, Ice Planet
               Custom: import/export JSON, stored in localStorage

lib/stores/    Svelte 5 reactive state (runes)

The protocol SDK and cathode client are framework-free TypeScript with no Svelte imports. They're structured for extraction into standalone packages when needed.

Control Panel

Connect to a cathode instance at /control with URL + API key. If no playout backend is running at the target address, the connect form shows an error instead of entering a broken dashboard. Sidebar groups: Station, Content, Network, Settings (plus dynamic Plugins group when plugins are loaded).

Station

• Overview — At-a-glance dashboard: engine status, now-playing, inputs summary, outputs summary, system stats
• Inputs — Per-layer input source management with inline editing
• Playout — Engine control surface with layer Take/Cut, text overlay, text presets
• Outputs — Output pipeline management (HLS, RTMP, file, null) with inline config editing
• Channels — Multi-channel CRUD with encoding presets
• Schedule — Visual week grid editor for multi-layer program blocks

Content

• Playlists — Global named playlist CRUD with two-panel drag-and-drop builder
• Library — Media file browser with upload, delete, metadata view

Network

• Peers — Peer management
• Relays — Relay management
• Tokens — Access token management per channel
• IPTV — Copy-paste URLs for external IPTV players

Plugins

Dynamic sidebar entries for each loaded plugin with dedicated settings pages.

Settings

• Server — Encoding, storage, backup/restore
• Plugins — Plugin list with active status, click to configure
• Logs — Real-time log viewer with level/source filters and SSE streaming
• Client — Default channel, viewer theme picker + JSON import/export

Development

The VITE_TLTV_NODE env var tells the dev server which TLTV node to use as the default hint for channel resolution (e.g. localhost:8888). Vite proxies /api/*, /hls/*, /tltv/*, and /.well-known/tltv to this address so local-mode viewing and management work without CORS issues.

In production this env var isn't needed — phosphor is served from the same origin as cathode, so location.host is the TLTV node.

Channel resolution

TLTV channel IDs are Ed25519 public keys — cryptographic identifiers with no server information embedded. Resolution requires at least one hint about where to find the channel:

tltv://[email protected]:8888     Full URI with hint
tltv://TVxxx...                        Bare ID — resolves via local node + peer discovery

Resolution verifies Ed25519 signatures (rejects invalid), checks protocol version (v === 1), and follows migration documents (up to 5 hops). After tuning, metadata is refreshed every 60s to detect stream URL changes, name changes, and key migrations. The guide polls every 30s.

Theming

Themes control the viewer experience (player, channel bar, TV guide). The management dashboard uses a fixed admin look regardless of theme.

Built-in themes: Midnight (default), Phosphor Green, Broadcast, Ice Planet. Custom themes are JSON objects with CSS custom property overrides. See src/lib/themes/types.ts for the full token list.

Related

• cathode — TLTV reference server
• cathode-plugins — Plugin system
• protocol — TLTV protocol specification