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

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Post by RockRobotRock »

MK2k wrote: post #46
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.

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. Focus on what can set your project apart.

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

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Post by brap »

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.

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

#53

Post by paranoidrobot »

MK2k wrote: post #47
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.

I had similar questions after seeing the release info and doing a quick scan.

I came to the HN Comments here and the first thing I see is someone asking exactly what I was wondering, followed by this:

> If "alongside Plex, Jellyfin" would be an intended use-case then I would've involved those names in the README or website.

I appreciate that this is an open source project you've likely put hundreds or thousands of hours of work into. You're under no obligation to be 'nice' or polite to people.

But the perceived tone of this reply doesn't leave a positive impression.

I see others have also left similarly... negative? sarcastic? replies to other questions about it.

While it may be obvious to you, and other dedicated users - seeing that it's a "frontend" to a media collection doesn't really clarify it.

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

#54

Post by Larrikin »

MK2k wrote: post #47
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.

Information that you can and it doesn't interfere would be useful information.

Having an alternative to Tautili and/or getting more information on my media sounds nice. But I have the media so I can watch it, and if it interferes with that then I am not personally interested.

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

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Post by BLKNSLVR »

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.

It's not worth it obsessively, but casually or with-specific-purpose I believe it is worth the time and effort. It uses 'muscles' that I occasionally need, and would rather not let atrophy - primarily related to the enshittification of all things.

In specific scenarios local copies are far more valuable than 'cloud' availability.

Having said that, maybe we're quibbling over the definition of 'hoarding', which maybe (hah! definitely!) implies obsessive, and therefore implicitly unhealthy - in which case I agree.

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

#56

Post by nixosbestos »

paranoidrobot wrote: post #53
MK2k wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

I had similar questions after seeing the release info and doing a quick scan. I came to the HN Comments here and the first thing I see is someone asking exactly what I was wondering, followed by this: > If "alongside Plex, Jellyfin" would be an intended use-case then I would've involved those names in the README or website. I appreciate that this is an open source project you've likely put hundreds or thousands of ho…

I still have no freaking idea if I can play media through it or with it and at this point, I really don't care.

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

#57

Post by JeremyNT »

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.

I use Kodi with the jellyfin plugins on my shield and it works well. Subtitle support is pretty good but occasionally I need to restart the app to get new subs to display for a show.

The native jellyfin client is ok for simple things but it's far more limited than Kodi.

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

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Post by genewitch »

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 time? even at 480p this will eat into monthly caps. What about things where i know i have one of the only full (as in needs no fills) copies of some media from the 1990s? Less than 5% of the stuff i keep is contemporaneous with the download date.

If one is just downloading "current" things and then figuring out how to store more of it; then i 100% agree. That's a waste of space and time. Chances are you're paying for the right to stream it, and if you don't care about caps, burn the shareholder money for all i care by streaming it whenever you want to see it. Ideally at 4k.

I'll keep downloading and storing stuff i find important - someday when/if youtube deletes some channels i have backed up, or a production company pulls all their content off of streaming platforms, or a different archive with convoluted steps to access content ceases to exist - i'll still have it, with subtitle files, searchable, locally. It happens a lot more often than you think.

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

#60

Post by dbtc »

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…

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