I use Calibre for books, and it’s a great way to track my ebooks from various folders. Is there an equivalent for video libraries?

    • showmeyourkizinti@startrek.website
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’ve got to second this recommendation. I’ve been using Kodi for almost 12 years and I really love its tracking. And it’s got a heap of other features as well.

  • ulkesh@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I also use Plex, but it is definitely not FOSS. Jellyfin is a thing, the UI needs a LOT of work, though.

    I prefer Plex mainly because it has allowed me to easily share to family without any real barriers except that the account information is controlled by a for-profit company. And to be fair to myself, I was a Plex user before it left the OSS world, back when it was a simple fork of XBMC. So I’ve been bought-in since its early versions.

    • Gnorv@feddit.de
      2·
      1 year ago

      I am using Jellyfin daily, I do not think the UI needs any work to be perfectly usable. All I do is watch videos though, file sorting and naming I do in the file manager.

      • ulkesh@beehaw.orgEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Compared to Plex and any modern UI, it’s garbage. But I agree it does indeed work well enough. Just not my cup of tea.

  • Jeena@jemmy.jeena.net
    4·
    1 year ago

    I wasn’t able to find anything other than PeerTube. That is what I’m using, it’s not great as a library manager because the filters are not meant for that, but it’s better than enything else because when you upload a video you can tag it, have a title and a description and thumbnail, etc. and then you can search for it, it has a discovery tab and you can have different users on the same instance.

    I use it mostly to store my and my families videos so we can share them between each others without making them public. There is a possibility to make them private, internal (only people with an account on that instance can see it, unlisted and public). I describe it in more detail in this video: https://tube.jeena.net/w/fyDDHo3P1qYrEH3HFk7FP3

  • maino82@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I use Plex. I have different libraries set up for movies, TV shows, educational videos, home videos, and during the pandemic it was great because my kids were doing dance class remotely, so I even set up a library so they could have all their dance class videos in one spot to practice their routines. I also organize my family photos there as well, which works out great to have those and the home videos all in one place. I can even give family members access to various libraries if they want to view family photos/videos, which has been handy as well.

    Lots of people swear by jellyfin, but I’ve had so much success with Plex that I haven’t bothered to check it out. It’s probably easy enough to get a server for each up and running and see which you prefer.