is there a media server/manager that supports multiple types of media (i.e books, series, comics, etc) natively and allows media to be ordered by series? i came across this problem when trying to organize a series in my media collection that contains movies, series and books; i tried searching for a solution on jellyfin specifically but afaik the consensus is that mixed-media libraries are mostly discouraged due to unreliable metadata, + jellyfin’s hit or miss support for non-video content. this seems to be true for other media managers like plex and emby from what i’ve read.

i included a mockup to get the basic concept across, ideally the manager’s focus would be on separating media by series and allowing mixed-media libraries, though i can see how that could be a bit tricky to implement. thanks in advance for any suggestions

  • Lupec@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    10 months ago

    It’s not a feature I’ve used myself but I’m pretty sure you can create Jellyfin playlists and collections spanning different libraries, so that could work if you’re okay with some manual curation

  • ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.comEnglish
    41·
    10 months ago

    Doesn’t sound like it’s own “product” to be honest. I’d probably look at an alternative presentation layer that can present what’s in Jellyfin and also supports being the presentation layer for the top solutions for books, comics etc. If nothing like that exists I think there are people that would be interested in a unified media presenter. It doesn’t even need to actually play the media, just link to it.

    • cannis@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      exactly, i think something like this would work best as a plugin or addon, though none seem to exist atm

      • cannis@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        that does sound like a good idea: i’ve considered making something like that in the past but realized i’m not quite knowledgeable enough on javascript yet to make it a thing, but i’ll definitely keep it in mind. it would also be nice to be able to create a page for each series automatically based on some sort of template and automatically fetch metadata, though i’m not sure how that could be implemented

        • VelociCatTurd@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          10 months ago

          Looks like jellyfin has an api. I’m sure that could be leveraged. Just would need to have a way to send over api requests. You mentioned JavaScript, but I could see this being done in maybe DJango instead if you’re familiar with python. Though the learning curve for Django is a beast in itself imo

      • ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.comEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Yeah exactly, if they have decent APIs or you can scissor out the content via iframes or something. Not really a web developer so I probably ain’t makin’ sense.

  • Krafting@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    10 months ago

    Why not multiple Library on Jellyfin for zach type? Why doesn’t this work for you?

    For Mixed content you can then create Collections to have everything you want mixed with correct metadata

    • cannis@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      i could be wrong, but aren’t libraries intended to be separators for different types of media? in the jellyfin docs on libraries it directly states mixed media libraries are discouraged due to incorrect metadata. collections do sound like a good idea, but it lacks the visual and information aspect about the series i’m looking for. still, it does sound like the best choice so far

      • Krafting@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        What do you mean separators?

        I never tried to add the whole serie to a collection, but movies in collection still show all the metadata of that movie just like a library.

  • GasMaskedLunatic@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    8·
    10 months ago

    In Jellyfin, if you add the Star Wars movies to a collection named Star Wars, then do the same to the TV Shows, and then open the Star Wars collection, it will show you the movies and the shows. You could probably do the same for the books after you install the book library plugin, though I don’t think Jellyfin is the ideal way to read ebooks.