LeoVasanko
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- Add useIdlePreviewPlayback composable: stops preview videos after 30s without input and restarts them staggered on activity; also stops while the tab is hidden. - SeriesFullView: no episode videos play until a season is browsed (keyboard/gamepad focus or mouse hover); only near-viewport tiles of the active season play (IntersectionObserver); inactive seasons no longer preload video data; sync is incremental so playing tiles are not rewound on scroll. - MediaDetail: header showreel videos use cancellable stagger timers, pause when scrolled out of view, and honor the idle stop. - Images: lazy/async decoding on series page posters; content-visibility: auto on media cards to skip rendering off-screen row items.
MediaHive
Netflix style browsing of your local media archive. Supports keyboard, mouse and gamepad navigation. Uses your favorite movie player.
Windows and Mac portable ZIP downloads
Getting Started
- Windows and macOS: Download the portable ZIP from the releases page, extract it anywhere, and run
MediaHive. - Linux and other platforms: Install UV and run directly with
uvx --from mediahive[gui] mediahive.
What It Does
- Scans your chosen media folder for all movies and series that can be found
- Produces preview video clips and downloads metadata
- Search on names and other metadata, not just titles
- Hand off playback to your preferred system player
Windows and macOS builds are currently portable-only (no installer). On first startup, the app asks for your media folder, which you can later change using the in-app folder icon.
Note that .mediahive folder is created in your media folder to hold all the metadata and preview clips, avoiding the lengthy processing that you will see on initial startup.
Controls
MediaHive is designed to work with a mouse, keyboard, or gamepad.
| Input | Controls |
|---|---|
| Mouse | Click posters, rows, search, play, and folder actions directly. |
| Keyboard | Arrow keys move focus, Enter activates the focused item, Escape goes back, and / jumps to search. |
| Gamepad | D-pad or left stick moves focus, A selects or plays, and B goes back. RB/LB browses adjacent items, and the Search bar has an OSD keyboard. Player controls during playback. |
Recommended Players
MediaHive opens files with the OS default player, but one specific player may be configured via settings. You are of course free to use any player instead.
Atoggles play and pause.Bcloses the player.Ytoggles mute.- D-pad up and down change volume.
- D-pad left and right seek during playback, or step frames while paused.
Background
This project started as a personal project that I have used for browsing my warez for some time now. It is still in early development, but I have just now made it public for a wider audience.