Kyoo
Infrastructure
self-hosted media server
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How HN took it
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 HNI 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 HNNo, 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 HNI’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 HNI’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 HNOut 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 HNLooks 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 HNInfuse 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