[HN Gopher] Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, ...
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Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing
Episode Heatmaps
Fellow hackers, Media Hoarder is celebrating its 2nd birthday
today and it finally supports tv series with the freshly released
v1.4.0. Here's a video showcasing the new features:
https://www.youtube.com/watch/3qfb5UWJrdQ Development wise I've
been joined by an individual named _kolbdog323_ providing lots of
feedback and requests over multiple months which I 'm truly
grateful of, because Media Hoarder is still an absolute side-
project developed by a father of two in his limited spare time :D
Please feel free to discuss features, development and sideproject-y
things, I'm really curious! Media Hoarder Website:
https://media.hoarder.software Blog post "2nd Birthday - TV Series
Support": https://media.hoarder.software/blog/2nd-birthday-tv-
series-s... GitHub project: https://github.com/theMK2k/Media-
Hoarder cheers -- MK2k
Author : MK2k
Score : 93 points
Date : 2024-09-23 13:13 UTC (9 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (github.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (github.com)
| uNki wrote:
| I'm more of a streamer and used to things like JustWatch and like
| it a lot. But your solution provides such an intuitive,
| comprehensive and complete UX at a really amazing speed. Like
| IMDB and JustWatch combined on steroids. Kudos!
| elflaune wrote:
| Can it save metadata in nfo files so that kodi can read them?
| Kodi scraper is really inaccurate imo.
| MK2k wrote:
| Yes, someone (you?) can create a "Kodi .nfo" exporter from the
| SQLite database.
| at_a_remove wrote:
| I _think_ this may be one of the wares I looked at when I was
| hoping to build a catalog of at least my visual media. Something
| in the sense of "I have _this_ on a DVD, I have _that_ on Blu-
| Ray " or "I have this as an .mp4." However, this was complicated
| by looking for something open-source enough that I could stick my
| fingers in the database and go from there to bring the catalog,
| or something like it, to a webpage.
| Glide wrote:
| I just _refreshed_ my setup replacing my shield and trying to get
| Emby and Kodi working together...
|
| This looks great especially since I have complete collections of
| various sci if stuff I loved growing up (Star Trek: TNG, Star
| Gate). The big thing for me is how this supports sitting on the
| couch and looking for something to watch.
| unethical_ban wrote:
| I've been using Jellyfin on Windows server (Arc GPU) for
| server, Shield for client, it's been working pretty well. What
| hardware are you using?
| VTimofeenko wrote:
| I am thinking about picking up a shield as a client in a
| similar setup. If you're using subtitles -- does the shield
| handle them well? That's the part that keeps breaking in the
| native TV client.
| entropicdrifter wrote:
| The Shield uses the same Jellyfin client as any
| AndroidTV/GoogleTV box. You can use Kodi on the Shield if
| you want native support for more subtitle formats, but
| that's also true of other AndroidTV/GoogleTV devices.
| pimlottc wrote:
| This looks cool but I was thrown by how the heatmaps were
| organized; having seasons as rows and episodes as columns would
| be more natural to me.
| MK2k wrote:
| Feel free to open up an issue on GitHub, maybe we introduce an
| option on how heatmaps are shown :)
| schiffern wrote:
| Agree that rows/columns following normal latin writing feeling
| more "natural" to me, but a bigger roadblock is that the chosen
| colors are completely identical for people with the most common
| type of colorblindness. :(
|
| At least I can tilt my screen until the colors get wonky and
| see the pattern! For a while I admit I didn't even notice there
| was color coding at all.
| MK2k wrote:
| I might introduce an option for self-defining the color
| scheme. Care to head over to GitHub and create an issue on it
| and volunteer for testing?
| Brajeshwar wrote:
| My personal thoughts;
|
| When there are quite a few well-established media storage/player
| solutions/toolings, you should look into starting your marketing
| page with why you are different or better than the others. Most
| reasons for people moving between tools is the lack of the
| features in the ones that users are using and hoping it is in the
| new one.
|
| Of course, if you can get a lot of testimonials then that should
| work better.
| MK2k wrote:
| You're right and I am and was hesitant to put Media Hoarder
| directly against established solutions on the front page.
|
| I created a blog post about this when v1.0.0 was released
| (maybe a bit too hidden):
| https://media.hoarder.software/blog/why-media-hoarder
| NoMoreNicksLeft wrote:
| I can't wait until he's so successful that he abandons all of
| his original users/customers, and tries to become some sort of
| third tier streaming solution that can only license movies that
| used to be completely unknown outside of Walmart "2 DVDs for
| $5" bargain bins.
| MK2k wrote:
| this made me chuckle, yes, it's not gonna happen :D
| AlfeG wrote:
| I love pricing page.
| candiddevmike wrote:
| Interesting license choice. Where'd you find it/what motivated
| you to choose it?
| MK2k wrote:
| My pacifist nature lead the choice and I probably saw that
| license on some other random projects iirc.
| rpdillon wrote:
| Thanks for bringing this up. I hadn't noticed it.
|
| > The software may not be used by anyone for systems or
| activities that actively and knowingly endanger, harm, or
| otherwise threaten the physical, mental, economic, or general
| well-being of other individuals or groups
|
| I'm not sure how the United Nations defines economic harm, but
| if anybody's using this to view pirated content, it seems like
| they might not have a license to it (and using it would be a
| separate copyright violation).
|
| But I suppose if you're pirating your media anyway, violating
| the media center's copyright wouldn't really be a concern.
| CrypticShift wrote:
| Would it be possible to import titles as a text list, instead of
| requiring files?
|
| I'm not a hoarder, but I do have a (very) long Excel file of
| movies and documentaries that I want to watch or have already
| watched. Most of them are available on streaming sites or for
| rent/download on demand.
|
| You've got a great IMDb scraper and filtering UI. That's all I
| really need! :)
| MK2k wrote:
| Still based on files, however, Media Hoarder doesn't care if
| you feed it 0-byte files. So yes, you can export your Excel
| file as such.
|
| Actually, I do use 0-byte files in my tests and demos. They are
| artificially created in the following way:
| https://github.com/theMK2k/media-hoarder-testset-generator
| yegle wrote:
| Sounds like you can generate a folder of files from an input
| excel using FUSE.
| slightwinder wrote:
| This really needs some explanation, in text, of what it's
| actually doing and what media means here.
| MK2k wrote:
| Thanks, I wasn't aware that it might leave room for
| interpretation or confusion.
| diggan wrote:
| Literally the first sentence is "Media Hoarder is THE frontend
| for your Movie and TV Series collection if you love metadata,
| filter abilities and easy management." and secondly there is a
| huge screenshot below that with everything you need to
| understand.
|
| Not sure how it can be made any more clear than what it is?
| slightwinder wrote:
| This is not really explaining the purpose. Does it scan
| video-Files to collect entries? Or is it manual input? Can I
| import data from somewhere? Does it play files? Does it
| integrate into netflix&co. to gather new entries? And let's
| not talk about more special features..
|
| Why is it called media, when it seems to only handle movies &
| series? There are many more types and categories of media.
| And why is the feature-list on Github just a long list of
| filters, while it at the same time sells itself as "THE
| frontend" for whatever it's doing. The small bit of data
| managment and filters I see on github is on the level of an
| excel-sheet, which very far from what I would call "THE
| frontend".
|
| So my question is, what is missing here?
| diggan wrote:
| > This is not really explaining the purpose. Does it scan
| video-Files to collect entries? Or is it manual input? Can
| I import data from somewhere? Does it play files? Does it
| integrate into netflix&co. to gather new entries? And let's
| not talk about more special features..
|
| Those are all either answered in the README, answered in
| files linked from the README or not mentioned in the
| README/docs (like Netflix integration, playing files) so
| one can feel safe to assume it's not a feature if it's not
| listed as a feature.
| MK2k wrote:
| > playing files
|
| Thanks for pointing this out. Of course, Media Hoarder
| "plays files" - by launching the media player of your
| choice. I quickly updated the README :|
| dnpls wrote:
| It would be interesting to integrate it with Trakt data so I can
| sync the watched / watchlist from my Trakt library and find new
| movies and series to watch.
| cormorant wrote:
| So, like, this is for pirated movies and TV shows, right? This
| and all the alternatives mentioned in the comments too?
|
| Or are people really ripping DVDs and Blu-Rays from huge personal
| collections?
| diggan wrote:
| > So, like, this is for pirated movies and TV shows, right?
|
| Can be used, probably yeah. Doesn't mean that's the primary
| purpose. I know plenty of people who buy DVDs and rip them as
| it's easier to play it back than letting kids fiddle around
| with DVD players and disks.
| RajT88 wrote:
| Can confirm I know some folks who rip their DVD/BluRay
| collection to stream in the home.
|
| There's other use cases as well:
|
| - DVR'd recordings
|
| - Public domain videos
|
| - Archived web content
|
| - Home videos / Phone videos
|
| I actually use JellyFin for all of these use cases, and also
| rip my movie collection using Handbrake. Do most people use
| it for pirated content? Probably.
| kupopuffs wrote:
| The library is a pirate's best friend
| nixosbestos wrote:
| So can I "cast" content managed in this system? Does it integrate
| with Jellyfin? Or is this STRICTLY about managing the files +
| metadata and you're still expected to use it alongside
| Plex/Jellyfish's own metadata management?
|
| I found it surprisingly hard to answer this question poking
| around at the website and links shared in this thread.
| MK2k wrote:
| If "alongside Plex, Jellyfin" would be an intended use-case
| then I would've involved those names in the README or website.
|
| Of course you can run Media Hoarder alongside them, it won't
| interfere, but that'd be about it.
| RockRobotRock wrote:
| Going up against the *arrs is no small feat. What sets you apart?
| MK2k wrote:
| First of all, I don't use any _arr. From what I see the_ arr
| tools are used for obtaining media, less so presenting and
| providing a UI. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I assume that *arr
| tools and Media Hoarder might actually go well together.
| RockRobotRock wrote:
| Each project is separated in terms of the type of media
| they're used for (ex. Sonarr for TV, Radarr for Movies), but
| they share a common design language. They don't obtain media
| directly, but are commonly paired with Usenet/BitTorrent to
| obtain media. Aside from that, they allow similar
| functionality in terms of a pretty UI to organize and manage
| your collection. They have no playback functionality, though.
|
| You should definitely look into them more because there's a
| huge overlap.
| oxygen_crisis wrote:
| Has anyone rolled this into a docker container yet?
|
| Would you like me to share if I can't find one and wind up doing
| it myself?
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