HomeCinema - Media Organizer

version: 0.8.4.0
release: 44

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Downloads

Windows 10, x64 bit [Compressed ZIP]: Click to Download latest 'Stable' version
Note: Untested on Windows 7/8, but it might work

See here for Pre-release changes and logs
NOTE: Expect some bugs from Pre-release versions, and documents not matching the App behaviour since it changes frequently

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Requirements

4GB or more RAM.
Microsoft .NET Framework Runtime, version 4.6 or higher. Download Link

What is HomeCinema?

HomeCinema is a "media cataloguing software".
Organize your collection of Movies and TV shows with HomeCinema.
It is like a book catalogue, except it's for Movies and Series located in your Local Drive.
Ease the pain of browsing through many folders and finding out which movie is which.

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Features

Automatically scan and add all supported media files from designated folders.
Automatically fetch movie and series information from The Movie Database. Requires Internet Connection.
Automatically fetch anime information from Anilist. Requires Internet Connection.
Directly open the media file, using your default player.
Allows easy browsing of media files on your Computer / Local drive.
Display a collection from your locally stored files.
Allows filter and search.
Edit and Save information within the app.
Customizable UI (on some areas).

Adding Media Locations

Press CTRL + S or click on [Settings] button to Open Settings UI.
Go to File Tab.

Under Media Locations, click on [Add] button and a new Window will pop-up

Click [Browse] button and navigate to the directory where your media files are located.
Select the media type from the Selection Box with label Type.
Select media source from the Selection Box with label Source.
Finally, click the [OK] button.
- If its your first-time use, it will load all media files from the location selected.
- If you add media locations from the Settings form, an App restart is required to take effect.

IMPORTANT NOTE: First-time loading of App takes a while to finish. Even longer if you have a huge collection of media files.

NOTES for Adding TV Series

The directory must be the top-level base folder.

A sample directory structure:

D:\TV Series\Title of Series\Episode 1.mp4

With this structure, D:\TV Series is your base folder, and is the path you need to select.

Credits

Resources

Animated Loading GIF is from Icons8.com
Checkmark Icon is from FreeIcons.io, by Anu Rocks
Warning Icon is from FreeIcons.io, by Anu Rocks
Various ToolStrip Icons made by Freepik from www.flaticon.com

Third-Party API

The Movie Database - Used to fetch movie and tv series information.
Anilist - Used to fetch anime information.

NuGet Packages Used

Newtonsoft.Json - JSON Parser.
SQLite - Local Database.
SQLite Stub - Used to connect to a Local Database.
Microsoft Windows API CodePack Core - For various functions.
Microsoft Windows API CodePack Shell - For various functions.
RestSharp - Wrapper for easy RESTful queries on APIs.
MakarovDev.ExpandCollapsePanel - Expandable and Collapsible Panel.
Markdig.Signed - Markdown support.

License

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• HomeCinema - Organize your Movie Collection • • Copyright (C) 2021 JerloPH (https://github.com/JerloPH) • This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program. If not, see .

Disclaimer:

No ACTUAL media files are distributed with this software.
This is ONLY a cataloguing system for your OWNED files.
The end-user is responsible for any misuse of this software.
No copyright infringement intended.

JerloPH / HomeCinema

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