I think the modern, standard media server interface is fine. It checks the boxes, it has tags, and it has pictures. For casual movie and live action series, this is absolutely fine.
But, imagine, for a moment, that a person downloads fansubbed anime, sometimes multiple versions from different groups. Some hardsubbed, some softsubbed. Maybe you have an old dvd source version and a modern 1080p bluray version. Maybe a fansub version and then a Funimation version and then a laserdisc version.
This is a little esoteric and fringe case at that. But I think if you’re going to design an index and databaser with details and scraping, it should work for pirated things too, while keeping track of the meta release info, too.
Like I want to know who subbed it, what the source is, the details of the source, etc.
Someone tried to watch Inuyasha recently, and what a clusterfuck of revisionism and weird edits and stuff. The best version they liked is like 240p, and has iffy subs and was released in 2002. But it has all the original music, commercial spots, and the translations, while grammatically not great, are way more accurate because the translator didn’t try to change the personality of the characters, so it’s more authentic and accurate.
Also, the pack acquired seems to be of a bunch of different groups since, for whatever reason, nobody has all of the original raws and contiguously released all of it.
Considering all of this, the designs of all of the major interfaces and databases totally go out the window, and a user is once again reduced to using basically a file browser and player, and getting metadata manually from websites like IMDb.
I’m well aware this is absolutely not popular, even in anime circles. Which is why I can’t truly complain in any capacity and my opinion is essentially invalid. But, I still want it. I still wish there was a better way. And, while I’m in a tiny minority, here, I’m sure there are other people like me.
I think the modern, standard media server interface is fine. It checks the boxes, it has tags, and it has pictures. For casual movie and live action series, this is absolutely fine.
But, imagine, for a moment, that a person downloads fansubbed anime, sometimes multiple versions from different groups. Some hardsubbed, some softsubbed. Maybe you have an old dvd source version and a modern 1080p bluray version. Maybe a fansub version and then a Funimation version and then a laserdisc version.
Then, imagine you want to see the related things and make sure to watch them in order https://anidb.net/anime/4046/relation/graph
This is a little esoteric and fringe case at that. But I think if you’re going to design an index and databaser with details and scraping, it should work for pirated things too, while keeping track of the meta release info, too.
Like I want to know who subbed it, what the source is, the details of the source, etc.
Someone tried to watch Inuyasha recently, and what a clusterfuck of revisionism and weird edits and stuff. The best version they liked is like 240p, and has iffy subs and was released in 2002. But it has all the original music, commercial spots, and the translations, while grammatically not great, are way more accurate because the translator didn’t try to change the personality of the characters, so it’s more authentic and accurate.
Also, the pack acquired seems to be of a bunch of different groups since, for whatever reason, nobody has all of the original raws and contiguously released all of it.
Considering all of this, the designs of all of the major interfaces and databases totally go out the window, and a user is once again reduced to using basically a file browser and player, and getting metadata manually from websites like IMDb.
I’m well aware this is absolutely not popular, even in anime circles. Which is why I can’t truly complain in any capacity and my opinion is essentially invalid. But, I still want it. I still wish there was a better way. And, while I’m in a tiny minority, here, I’m sure there are other people like me.