Kyoo

Infrastructure

self-hosted media server

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How HN took it

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8 positive, 38 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 58 comments about the project. Thread score -0.09.

Performance: 4 for, 2 againstExecution: 2 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstDocs: 0 for, 2 againstIdea: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good concept for organizing libraries without renaming files

    From 2 comments
    • I find this extremely silly too. The goal of kyoo is to organize your library for you, you should be able to use your download folder as your library folder, and it should work…
      zoriya on HN
    • I hate having to rename my files on an arbitrary pattern to have items show up in the media browser. I want a media browser to organize my media, not to ask me to organize it…
      zoriya on HN

Objections

  • Only Android and web clients so far

    From 1 comment
    • Android and web only for now. I do agree that Google tv/chromecast is extremely important. ios/ipad/tvos is even harder since it's 100$ a year for a dev account to push it to the…
      zoriya on HN
  • No cast support to TVs yet

    From 1 comment
    • Not yet, I plan on having that available in the next 6 months since it's pretty important, but I want to have most client features finished before that
      zoriya on HN
  • No music or ebook support

    From 2 comments
    • Pity that they don’t handle music. That’s my primary use of Plex: managing a music library. I feel like that’s a secondary focus for Plex, too, but it’s good enough.
      jzb on HN
    • No, I want to stay focused on movies/series/anime. There's already a lot to handle for me alone working on this, and ebook/music is just different enough that supporting it will…
      zoriya on HN

Requests

  • iOS and tvOS client

    From 2 comments
    • This looks really cool, congrats and thank you! Is there a plan for an iOS application somewhere in the future?
      CodinM on HN
    • I’d be interested to know the status for the player apps on various platforms. For example, this is a nonstarter for me until it supports Google TV and iOS/iPasOS.
      neodymiumphish on HN
  • Chromecast or Google TV support

    From 2 comments
    • it looks very good! is it possible to cast to a tv? this is the only thing that has me stuck on plex, which i otherwise do not like
      nyolfen on HN
    • I’d be interested to know the status for the player apps on various platforms. For example, this is a nonstarter for me until it supports Google TV and iOS/iPasOS.
      neodymiumphish on HN
  • OTA/DVR support

    From 1 comment
    • Nice, but ... will it ever have OTA/DVR support? Plex does it better than any other service (unless you pay large $$$).
      BeetleB on HN

Questions

  • Does it handle file naming and library management like Plex?

    From 1 comment
    • I tried switching from Plex to Jellyfin, and one of the greatest limitations that I noticed with Jellyfin is that it doesn't seem to really give a shit about managing libraries,…
      debacle on HN
  • Can it direct play Dolby DDP audio formats?

    From 1 comment
    • What sort of audio formats does this direct play? My biggest complaint with JellyFin is that it can’t play Dolby DDD+.
      SamuelAdams on HN

Alternatives named

  • Plex

    From 2 comments
    • I tried switching from Plex to Jellyfin, and one of the greatest limitations that I noticed with Jellyfin is that it doesn't seem to really give a shit about managing libraries,…
      debacle on HN
    • Out of curiosity, why are Plex's monetization efforts silly? Sure, the freemium model is less than ideal compared to OSS, but I gladly paid for a lifetime subscription to Plex…
      rockostrich on HN
  • Jellyfin

    From 2 comments
    • I tried switching from Plex to Jellyfin, and one of the greatest limitations that I noticed with Jellyfin is that it doesn't seem to really give a shit about managing libraries,…
      debacle on HN
    • Looks nice. One thing I’ve noticed is that media server projects seem to have a disposition towards C# specifically, which I find interesting. Is there a technical reason for…
      jwells89 on HN
  • Infuse

    From 2 comments
    • I would like to switch from Infuse to open source but I can't go back to transcoding. Does anything have feature parity with this? https://firecore.com/infuse
      grobibi on HN
    • Infuse implemented code specifically for jellyfin and it uses jellyfin's own API. The only common protocol is dlna, but it's pretty limited and only really used on local networks.
      zoriya on HN
  • Minidlna

    From 1 comment
    • Meanwhile I just host locally a Minidlna. Ripped from DVD the night before, Make snacks, scroll down list of filenames, series and watch. Never understood why I've needed a whole…
      doublerabbit on HN

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