That’s absolutely ridiculous. I’m into it.
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user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months agoI prefer NGINX with autoindex. Lightweigh, no JavaScript, looks like every Linux ISO mirror, filenames already have all the required info, can be quickly searched with CTRL+F, fits perfectly to my laziness.
If you want some improvement, you can use FancyIndex module.
But the files need to be in codecs supported by your browser(s). I prefer AV1+Opus in WebM container which have been supported by Firefox for a while. At this point it’s really only Safari not supporting AV1 because it relies on hardware decoding and Apple wants you to buy new hardware.
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
The biggest issue with that is it requires all of your media to be in a flat folder for search to work right.
Auto index has a mode to return results in json. With a touch of html and js you can make a page that will crawl the directory tree and build a simple searchable cache of name to path, and then you can play it from there. It ends up making a request per folder, but in realistic terms it’s not gonna be enough to actually be noticable.
You can then use something like this on a cron to convert anything your browser can’t play and you’re pretty close to a minimalist media server with only static files.
The one I used to use was just a bash script so I didn’t have to wrangle python modules, but I can’t seem to find it.I ended up dropping it when I bought a nas with all that stuff built in and it generally made my life easier. Worth the money if you can afford it.
tan00k@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Do you just remember where you are in every show (or movie that you only partway watched)? That’s the biggest appeal of jellyfin/plex to me, so I can go in and continue from where I left off without keeping track.
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
I always finish them.
tan00k@lemmy.world 2 months ago
You always finish an entire TV series?
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Not a series, but then yes, I remember where I ended. Or I can just write it on a note if the series is still being made and it will take some time.
ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Sorry, your media server is just files you play on a browser?
I mean, not shaming, I just had never heard of that being preferable to Plex/Emby/Jellyfin.
currycourier@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Kinda based tho tbh
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
“If it works, it ain’t stupid” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 2 months ago
It can definitely work and be stupid
user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
Yeah, I am too lazy to set up something like Jellyfin. It only makes sense for me with music, for which I use Navidrome. But again, my setup is mostly directory/filename based, so it’s really being carried with m3u playlists as opposed to proper metadata.
I mean, maybe I’ll use Jellyfin if I’ll do something in a proper way, but currently I don’t see the point of it. And anyway, I can always copy the URLs to VLC, which will even accept DVD ISO files.
e.g.:
vlc --no-dvdnav-menu http/dvdnav://192.168.49.1:8080/media/ISOs/Interstellar.isolet’s me play entire copy of a DVD, properly with menus and bonus features, just as if I used the DVD directly.
Although I don’t do this anymore because of storage limitations, but I’ll likely return back to it once I’ll have a proper media server and LAN.