I created this project some years back and the project just reached v1.1.0. I know most people have jellyfin servers and all set up, but if you have just a local folder of all your series saved up, you can use this to remember what you were watching.
All feedback is welcome. You can also contribute to the project
I have jellyfin all set up on a media server so this won’t do much for me. That said, this is pretty slick looking and has a good use case. If I’d not been aiming to share with my long distance girlfriend I’d probably have opted for this kind of thing. Nice work op!
Do you know how to code? If so I would love on adding network share features. But I don’t have a server and all setup to test it.
Unfortunately my coding is limited to a semester of python in college so i’m not much use there.
Ohhh. No worries. Thanks for the feedback. If I ever acquire the hardware to test I will add the features
Honestly, I wouldn’t try to develop this for network sharing. That would make it encroach a lot on the territory of dedicated server software like jellyfin which most likely has a lot more development power behind it.
Probably better to focus on your niche
I am building this mainly for my personal use. Plus most of dedicated software tries to pander to a large audience incuring bloat. Hence I am not adding networking features now. But I really love my software and if I set up over the network media servers I will update this to that. It’s ultimately my code and as you can see by the lack of other people contributing and the software not being that massively popular I don’t think anybody will mind.
This looks awesome, I’ll be sure to check it out.
…How do I use it? I downloaded it via MSYS2 on Windows 10 and I’m struggling to find a way to run the app.
If you installed it via
cargo install offlix
Then t should be available as a cli app. Also the app should be located in .cargo/bin in your MSYS2 home
Are there similar projects? I was looking for something of this type for long.
Kodi (https://kodi.tv) does the same thing & more. People think of it as a sort of streamer but its original/main purpose is to manage local media downloads including movie/tv series.
Tried it, Too heavy for my usecase
Also I cannot use MPV to watch my videos.
Tried it, Too heavy for my usecase
That’s fair, Kodi is way more feature rich. I love it personally but realistically don’t need to use everything Kodi is capable of.
Also I cannot use MPV to watch my videos.
Been happy with Kodi’s internal player but they do have configurations for external players including MPV https://kodi.wiki/view/External_players
BTW you should also look at Jellyfin, slightly different use case but it too is designed to manage local media including TV/Movies.
And since you mentioned MPV that also exists with Jellyfin https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-mpv-shim
Looks great.
I’ll give it a try.
This looks great! Only thing id say to add is instead of just watch random episode, watch random show/movie but if its a show continue where you left off.
If you ever plan on adding a watch with friends feature you might be interested in Multiplex which lets you stream media with your friends and have the play/pause sync up https://github.com/pojntfx/multiplex
