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

submitted 1 month 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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[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The main alternatives to Kodi are Jellyfin and Plex but I suspect those will have the same problem if your library isn't organized. How well are NOVA and Infuse handling your library? Like are they able to tell queue up the next episode of a TV show? Because Kodi is basically trying to be more like a local Netflix than "just a video player".

Jellyfin and Plex are web-based so you'll get a a far more consistent experience across devices than Kodi. But they'll generally expect Movies to be in one folder, TV shows in another, and will have some expectations of the file name. They won't open the file to figure out what movie it is.

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

The webdav server is on a pretty old device so I can't host Jellyfin or Plex on it as it can't handle decoding. The other two programs mentioned can index the library perfectly. They both identify TV series, break up the episodes into seasons, get metadata down to individual episodes and I don't need to do anything manually.

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol then why are you even bothering with Kodi?

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

Because Kodi client runs on a different machine?

[–] ZWQbpkzl@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

You just want a desktop version of the apps you already have? Have you tried VLC?