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benjamin 6c5fee849e Bootstrap Castarr from NodeCast prototype
Imported the native TV app (Kotlin, ExoPlayer, embedded remote server, QR
pairing) plus CONTEXT.md and ADRs 0001-0005. Rename, Compose for TV UI and
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status: superseded by ADR-0003
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# NodeCast is a companion to the nodecast-tv server, not standalone
The first cut of the native TV app parsed M3U playlists itself and needed no
backend. We decided to make it a thin companion instead: the TV app is the only
client of a nodecast-tv server, which owns sources, channels, EPG, favorites
and users. Rationale: those features already exist server-side and would
otherwise be rebuilt in the app; the household already runs the server.
Consequence: the app is not usable without a reachable nodecast-tv instance.
The app-side M3U parser is deliberately kept as a generic-source fallback so
M3U/XMLTV servers like ErsatzTV can be added later without rearchitecting.