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I 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.

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ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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- currycourier@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Kinda based tho tbh
  
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  - user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    “If it works, it ain’t stupid” ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯
    
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    BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    It can definitely work and be stupid
    
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- user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.iso
  
  let’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.
  
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thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
That’s absolutely ridiculous. I’m into it.

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ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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tan00k@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.

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- user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  I always finish them.
  
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  - tan00k@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    You always finish an entire TV series?
    
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    user224@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ 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.
    
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