reel_hub

This is a gtk movie library browser written in rust.

Features

• Fetching data from tmdb api
  • poster
  • backdrop
  • original title and language
  • overview
  • vote average and count
  • release date
• Playing the selected movie in mpv
• Tracking progress
• Vim motions
• Plugins

Installation

Arch linux

Use your favourite package manager to install from AUR

Manual

Clone this repository first:

git clone https://github.com/ShiNoNeko47/reel_hub

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If you just want to run the app:

cd reel_hub && cargo run -r

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To make it accessible your from application menu, first compile binary using

cd reel_hub && cargo build -r

then copy the desktop file to XDG_DATA_HOME/applications/reel_hub.desktop and either replace Exec = reel_hub with Exec = FULL_PATH_TO_BINARY eg. Exec = /home/user/reel_hub/target/reel_hub or place the binary on path

Plugins

Plugins can be written in programming language that can read from and write to stdio. reel_hub communicates with plugins trough pipes, see examples in "examples" directory.

Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rnfb6jYbHtE

At startup every executable in XDG_DATA_HOME/reel_hub/.plugins/ is loaded as plugin

Usage

Usage: reel_hub [option]

 -v, --version		show varsion and exit
 -h, --help		show this help and exit
 -l, --list		list all movies in library and exit
 -c, --clear-cache	clear cache and exit (does not clear time positions)

Note: running without arguments runs the app

Screenshots

None: backdrop gets hidden when there isn't enough space