Hello! I am currently on the lookout for a versatile media management platform that goes beyond the traditional boundaries of organizing just one type of media. I am in search of a platform that can handle a diverse range of media types including books, games, videos, and more.
Ideal Solution: AI-powered system that scans media files, identifies them, categorizes them, and tags them without needing manual input.
Next Best Option: Central database that supports collaborative editing of enriched metadata, including title, data, cast, genres, descriptions, etc. across diverse media types that can be exported to local management apps like Plex and Kodi.
Current Practical Option: Use specialized metadata tools by media type (Beets + MusicBrainz for music, Stash + Stash-box for adult content, Calibre for eBooks), then use an integration solution like Plex or Kodi to bring the enriched libraries together into a consolidated interface. Requires more manual effort but takes advantage of existing metadata sources.
Here are some key features I am looking for in this platform:
- Cross-media support: Ability to organize and manage various types of media including books, games, videos, and music.
- Folder scanning with "watch for changes" functionality: Automatically scan designated folders to add new media to the library whenever the folder content changes.
- Advanced search functionality: Robust search capabilities to easily locate specific media within the collection. To easily find media files based on a variety of criteria like titles, genres, people involved, dates, etc.
- Access control: Grant permissions to users for sharing and accessing specific media content.
- Federation support: Enables the integration of multiple instances of the media management platform, allowing users to access and view a consolidated library comprising content from all federated instances.
- Metadata sharing: Allow sharing metadata information across different instances of the platform for enhanced organization and categorization.
- Collaborative metadata curation: Tools for crowdsourcing and enhancing descriptions, tags, classifications. Shared libraries and collaborative editing tools allow crowdsourcing metadata improvements and corrections so the overall quality gets better over time.
- Metadata matching: Automatically associate metadata with files based on hash values for efficient curation.
- Perceptual hashes: Enhances content recognition, deduplication and metadata association by creating unique identifiers based on media content rather than exact data.
- Manual metadata matching: Enable users to manually link files with similar content but different hashes.
- Multi-instance support: Allow multiple instances of the program to be set up as endpoints.
In summary, I’m looking for the most automated cross-media metadata management platform available to eliminate manual effort. Failing an AI-powered solution, a centralized database with rich collaborative tools would be helpful, before falling back on specialized tools by media type coupled with a consolidated viewing interface via something like Plex.
If anyone is aware of a platform that encompasses some of these features or comes close to meeting these requirements, I would greatly appreciate any recommendations or insights you may have. Thank you in advance for your help!