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

#41

Post by VTimofeenko »

unethical_ban wrote: post #27
Glide wrote: post #8

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.

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.

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

#42

Post by nixosbestos »

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.

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

#43

Post by rpdillon »

candiddevmike wrote: post #20

Interesting license choice. Where'd you find it/what motivated you to choose it?

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.

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

#44

Post by entropicdrifter »

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 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.

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

#46

Post by MK2k »

RockRobotRock wrote: post #45

Going up against the *arrs is no small feat. What sets you apart?

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.

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

#47

Post by MK2k »

nixosbestos wrote: post #42

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.

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.

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

#48

Post by MK2k »

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…

> 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 :|

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

#49

Post by MK2k »

schiffern wrote: post #39
pimlottc wrote: post #11

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.

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.

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?
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