Is there some project that the opensource world is missing that you think it needs?

  • cantankerous_cashew@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    A self-hosted photo/video viewer which presents itself as an Open Directory that maps closely to the underlying file system and also includes the ability to view images and stream videos. If videos are too large/incompatible with the user’s browser, they should be transcoded on the fly (optionally with the gpu). Genuinely surprised something like this doesn’t exist

    • 0101100101@programming.devOP
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      1 hour ago

      lists niche-specific list of requirements Genuinely surprised this doesn’t exist.

      Most of what you want already exist in tons of simple php scripts that will take a directory and present each directory as a gallery. The live transcoding thing is something you can always add, because ya know, the majority of servers do not have GPUs.