Neat, navigable UI. Pulls posters, metadata, etc. Can generate ātrickplayā images so youāve thumbnails when scrolling the progress bar. You can sync playback across connected clients (I mostly use that feature for multi-room music playback). Restrictions by account and/or tags so the little ones donāt end up watching Ichi the Killer, SalĆ³, your complete Cronenberg collection, or that library you created populated by a script routinely checking the e621 API for the latest animation uploads.
Runs in browser and on clients for Windows, Linux, Android, probably iOS too but homie donāt Apple. Took every bit of space but I even sideloaded it onto my old Samsung Tizen TV (wouldnāt actually recommend, little slow, build an HTPC or just nab an Nvidia Shield).
If you can get by without any/all of that, nothing wrong just browsing directories and playing media with your local player on a single device. In my case Iād need to set up overly complicated network shares and then configure every single device I want to have access. Iād need to change how I organize my libraries, then probably spend a little time writing an ansible playbook (thatād only really be worth it when adding new devices in the future) butā¦ no thanks.
Neat, navigable UI. Pulls posters, metadata, etc. Can generate ātrickplayā images so youāve thumbnails when scrolling the progress bar. You can sync playback across connected clients (I mostly use that feature for multi-room music playback). Restrictions by account and/or tags so the little ones donāt end up watching Ichi the Killer, SalĆ³, your complete Cronenberg collection, or that library you created populated by a script routinely checking the e621 API for the latest animation uploads.
Runs in browser and on clients for Windows, Linux, Android, probably iOS too but homie donāt Apple. Took every bit of space but I even sideloaded it onto my old Samsung Tizen TV (wouldnāt actually recommend, little slow, build an HTPC or just nab an Nvidia Shield).
If you can get by without any/all of that, nothing wrong just browsing directories and playing media with your local player on a single device. In my case Iād need to set up overly complicated network shares and then configure every single device I want to have access. Iād need to change how I organize my libraries, then probably spend a little time writing an ansible playbook (thatād only really be worth it when adding new devices in the future) butā¦ no thanks.