Comment by tracerbulletx
1 day ago
I've been turning my Media Viewer into a complete local first media ecosystem for automated tagging, a media server, phone swiping, and a web version of the viewer so you can access it remotely. https://lowkeyviewer.com/
The thing Im most proud of though is just the viewer, its designed to just open all the images and videos in a folder, and then there is no UI except a right click context menu, the list is a grid or a masonry layout that uses 100% of the space for the images/video so you can just navigate them. It adds anything you open to a local sqlite db so you can tag things if you want optionally. Also control modes that make sense for either a mouse or a laptop trackpad.
Can it be used to watch series? I mean, does it track what was already played? I've read the description but it seems that this is a totally different beast.
Its not really designed for that, but its something I think about adding sometimes. Its really more for people who tend to archive random videos and images from all over and want to browse them in a pleasant way. My library is full of memes, science images, archive.org scrapes, artist scrapes, comics, youtube videos, etc.
Not sure if adding it would be the best. Maybe a different project that reuses parts of this one, build specifically for that purpose.
I love the idea. Are you thinking about an Apple TV or iOS version for connecting to the media server from the living room?
Yeah, also VR devices. Right now im mostly focused on getting the media server depdendency management and install process more user friendly, it works, but can require a little trouble shooting to get everything working.