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Re: Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing Episode Heatmaps

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Post by genewitch »

dbtc wrote: post #60
genewitch wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

a decade? no offense, especially if you're a millennial - ten years isn't that long. I have hundreds of compact disks approaching three times that old. "ad hoc torrent" sounds great, but you're at the whims of seeds, and cease and desist letters. This also doesn't take into account monthly bandwidth "caps". There's somethings i have for background noise and visuals that i got on YT - what, i should stream it every ti…

You sound less like a "media hoarder" and more like an Archivist.

that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.

Re: Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing Episode Heatmaps

#62

Post by BLKNSLVR »

genewitch wrote: post #59
brap wrote: post #52

From a former obsessive media hoarder of over a decade, to my fellow media hoarders, my sincere advice: give up. Just stop. Delete it all and embrace streaming or ad hoc torrent if you need it. All of this hoarding is just not worth your time.

a decade? no offense, especially if you're a millennial - ten years isn't that long. I have hundreds of compact disks approaching three times that old. "ad hoc torrent" sounds great, but you're at the whims of seeds, and cease and desist letters. This also doesn't take into account monthly bandwidth "caps". There's somethings i have for background noise and visuals that i got on YT - what, i should stream it every ti…

I'm not an avid youtube watcher, but there was a specific user-made video to a rare version of a song that I used to keep coming back to. It's not on Youtube any more. That version of the song isn't even on youtube any more.

I'm fairly lazy / procrastinatey when it comes to things like that, but thank f*ck I yt-dlp'd it (and really not too long before it was taken down - and I don't know why and can't track down why or who made the clip).

Maybe I need to do a search to see if other people are looking for it...

And if anyone cares to know: The Mountains of Madness CD1 (I think) version Idalah Abal by John Zorn / Electric Masada, and the film clip was a bunch of still of various, mostly fringe, some quite gross/confronting art pieces. For me, it fits beautifully with the phrenetic music.

I think there's a big, thick, mental health-related line that separates an archivist from a hoarder.

Edit: OK, there are more versions the song on yt, eg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swpvDV6Qvik, but that custom film-clip ain't.

Edit 2: Wrong on both counts, my search-fu ain't what it used to be. It's still there: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9jk6lolne8

There was a good couple of years it didn't float to the surface of any unchanged search query.

Cool story bro, pity it makes your argument eat itself... sigh.

Re: Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing Episode Heatmaps

#63

Post by amy-petrik-214 »

diggan wrote: post #33
slightwinder wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

> 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 integratio…

>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.

Translation for those who can't read between the lines:

- it doesn't support media scanning

- the authors are going hard on not saying this outright. Figure the idea is more downloads from people aspiring to scan their media (who got duped), but then "fall in love" with the program when they see how great it is albeit unable to do what they wanted, scan media. 0/10 this is catfishing, be honest and listen to what the users want, a solution for media scanning. A meta-data organizer is useless without metadata! Which is what the scanner produces!

Re: Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing Episode Heatmaps

#64

Post by antisthenes »

brap wrote: post #52

From a former obsessive media hoarder of over a decade, to my fellow media hoarders, my sincere advice: give up. Just stop. Delete it all and embrace streaming or ad hoc torrent if you need it. All of this hoarding is just not worth your time.

Nah.

You do you though.

It doesn't take much to "hoard". Especially these days it's easier and cheaper than ever. Slap 2x20TB drives in your PC and you're essentially a data hoarder already.

I do notice that younger generations absolutely love giving up though.

Re: Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing Episode Heatmaps

#65

Post by genewitch »

BLKNSLVR wrote: post #62
genewitch wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

a decade? no offense, especially if you're a millennial - ten years isn't that long. I have hundreds of compact disks approaching three times that old. "ad hoc torrent" sounds great, but you're at the whims of seeds, and cease and desist letters. This also doesn't take into account monthly bandwidth "caps". There's somethings i have for background noise and visuals that i got on YT - what, i should stream it every ti…

I'm not an avid youtube watcher, but there was a specific user-made video to a rare version of a song that I used to keep coming back to. It's not on Youtube any more. That version of the song isn't even on youtube any more. I'm fairly lazy / procrastinatey when it comes to things like that, but thank f*ck I yt-dlp'd it (and really not too long before it was taken down - and I don't know why and can't track down why…

one of the reasons i try and remember to download playlists or all videos from a channel in at least 480p dates back when a zen landscaper/lawn maint/mower guy's videos got wiped because people doxxed his clients. He was, to us, the audio-visual equivalent of an anti-anxiety medication. He had a "dingo" style mower, where you stand on an articulating platform; behind something that looks like the things they use to wax/clean floors in markets with tile floors.

I hadn't seen many (if any) videos, prior to his, where someone would go "clean up" around either abandoned or neglected properties (like a rental off season or something) - weed-eating the sidewalks and shoveling. It's more common now, i see several different creators doing similar videos now; and things like powerwashing driveways, the carpet ones (those are pretty zen if you like gross, unidentifiable liquids), and a few others.

The closest thing i've found to his stuff is Andrew Camarata (@ on YT), but their videos are much louder in general.

anyhow, all this to say - it spurred me into action. I started using "home server" stuff shortly after.

Re: Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing Episode Heatmaps

#66

Post by unethical_ban »

VTimofeenko wrote: post #41
unethical_ban wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

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.

The subtitles I use are most often ones in separate files alongside the video files, named appropriately for the jellyfin server to see it. I think embedded subs work well too, sometimes needing burning in, but my server can handle transcoding.

Re: Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing Episode Heatmaps

#67

Post by MK2k »

pdimitar wrote: post #58

Thanks so much for posting this. Instant bookmark. Do you plan on writing comparisons with other tools like Jellyfin and Kyoo?

You're welcome :)

I didn't plan to do direct comparisons, but it's not the first time someone asked about this, I might have to do it...

Re: Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing Episode Heatmaps

#68

Post by taskforcegemini »

throwaway314155 wrote: post #21
MK2k wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Feel free to open up an issue on GitHub, maybe we introduce an option on how heatmaps are shown :)

It is so strange to me when people get downvoted for suggesting a possible solution is to volunteer some effort. HN is all about open source until someone mentions creating a PR or even just a simple issue. Is this forum the definitive spot for complaining about software? Filing an issue on GitHub is the correct thing to do. It has higher visibility for a longer period of time than a hacker news comment and is more l…

isn't "show hn" also meant to get some feedback? responding to feedback with a counterrequest seems off

Re: Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing Episode Heatmaps

#69

Post by pjc50 »

brap wrote: post #52

From a former obsessive media hoarder of over a decade, to my fellow media hoarders, my sincere advice: give up. Just stop. Delete it all and embrace streaming or ad hoc torrent if you need it. All of this hoarding is just not worth your time.

Obsession is a problem in any activity.

Re: Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing Episode Heatmaps

#70

Post by [deleted] »

RockRobotRock wrote: post #51
MK2k wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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 shoul…

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