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Alternatives to Kodi or ways to make it work properly (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Quail4789@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have a WebDav server that contains some movies and shows. I use Infuse on Apple stuff and NOVA Video Player on Android to watch these. The directory is not organized, file names aren't manually adjusted, and the movies and shows are mixed together. Yet, both of these programs are able to index recursively, get metadata, create a library and let me watch my media without issues.

Kodi, on the other hand, seems to be unable to index nested directories, requires you to tell it what type of media is in the individual directories and cannot identify anything correctly unless I go and manually rename directories/files. It also is exclusive for TV usage and not very suitable for desktop.

So, are there alternative programs to Kodi, ideally better suited to desktop usage or extensions I can install to make it work properly?

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i cant even imagine wanting a mess of stuff as you describe, or expecting some media app to manage that mess on the fly. but hey, if thats how you want it. good luck.

ive got 2500 movies and > 35,000 episodes in my library.

[–] Quail4789@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's not a mess on properly implemented clients but I also have a fraction of the media you have. I put new stuff in, they get indexed, I watch them, I delete them. I am not going to do extra work for the privilege of using Kodi 🤷

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

i do zero work for kodi. i curate a library i care about and that is not your end goal. kodi is definitely not for the 'watch and delete' crowd.

[–] Quail4789@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Well, that's why I'm asking for alternatives but I also know a few people who rip a ton of blurays and throw them to a server and never curate it, and those are the only people self-hosting their media that I know anyway.

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

you seem to already have apps that do that stuff you want.. i was more answering 'how to make kodi work'

[–] Quail4789@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Not really, as those aren't available on Linux directly. The 'how to make kodi work' bit is because my research didn't give me any apps that can do this by default so I thought kodi might have extensions or forks I missed.

[–] Mugmoor@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 weeks ago

If you're on Desktop just use VLC, or try running Nova in an Android VM. Most Linux users are the type to meticulously organize their files, so I wouldn't expect that there's an app that'll do what you're looking for. There are plenty that will help you rename/restructure your WebDAV though.