Local Media Center

This is a simple and minimalistic project, creating a convenient media center for your local files. Currently the project is looking for a media folder inside the same folder as the main.py file.

Installation / Usage

Requirements

pip install python-fasthtml
pip install baize

Run project

python main.py

Starting the project, it should tell you the address. By default this should be 0.0.0.0:5001 or 127.0.0.1:5001. Open it in your web browser of choice.

Like I mentioned, currently the project is looking for a media folder in the same directory. You can copy some files there to test, or create a symlink to a folder called media.

ln -s /path/to/media/you/want/to/see media

If you want to add online media (e.g., youtube videos) you can create a .link file which contains the link to the video. Copy the embed link from the video. (YouTube: Share -> Embed -> copy link from src attribute)

For example, a link file for the Youtube rewind 2014, would look like this:
Filename: Youtube Rewind 2024.link

https://www.youtube.com/embed/zKx2B8WCQuw

What currently works

• videos can be played (only HTML video tag / browser supported formats)
• audio can be played (only HTML audio tag / browser supported formats)
• images can be viewed (only HTML img tag / browser supported formats)
• pdfs can be viewed (uses embed, should be the browser pdf viewer)
• links to websites and embed media can be viewed with link files (uses iframe, some websites might block this)
• files and folders are listed in the sidebar (only web supported formats)
• sidebar can be filtered / searched with the topbar

Which additions are planned?

Want to add

• currently empty

Might add

• save media as favorite?
• add subfolder search for searchbar?

What is not planned?

Everything not listed in the section above.
I want the project to stay simple with a clear focus.