LoopTV
LoopTV — channel-surf YouTube like it's TV.
Pick a station, hit play, and let random clips run nonstop. 16 stations, 122 channels, 8,775 videos in today's catalog. No account, no runtime API key, and no platform recommendation feed deciding what's next.
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 glimpse of the dial
Each tile is a real station in today's catalog. Click any one to tune in.
FAQ
- 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.
Ready to leave something good on in the background?
Tune to a random station and let it run.
Pick a station