Art and Cinema: the Tenth Muse
Cinema has often been referred to as the Tenth Muse, unknown to the ancients and so beloved to this day.
Many streaming platforms have emerged to compete with multi-screen cinemas (small and large) and to enter the everyday life of our homes.
All of us surely have some video (personal or movie backups) on our PCs; why not make a mini environment that resembles a local, home-based streaming platform?
The MuSa project was created precisely with the intention of collecting in a JSON file a few short pieces of information presenting our multimedia video archive via an intuitive web interface.
With the first version currently available you will get what can be seen in the screenshots available below. With each advancement, the screenshots will be updated to reflect the new features included.
- Check that the dbs folder (or the folder for the archive you selected) has the proper read and write permissions.
- On first startup, the platform will parse the path indicated as the container for the media files and will generate the archive JSON format file.
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Completed:
- Searching for a video within the multimedia archive.
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Upcoming:
- Ability to associate a cover image with the video;
- Ability to customize the title of the video in the list;
- Ability to insert a short description to the video;
- Ability to add categories/tags to the video;
- Ability to associate a date/year with the video;
- Ability to filter the list of multimedia videos, by tags/categories or by year;
- Ability to regenerate the media archive when adding/editing/removing one or more videos;
- Ability to insert into the archive, video files from subfolders;
- Ability to make video files private;
- Language management for the Platform (currently only in Italian);
- Portable version for USB/SD memories under development - alpha version started.
The "portable" version currently in development and in "alpha" version, allows the MuSa Project to be used as an interpreter of the JSON archive without the use of a Web Server. It is convenient to use on devices without an internet connection.
Any suggestion, comment or advice, is welcome.