Hey, I just published a self-hosted streaming service, it’s called Odin. Odin comes in two parts, a server and an Android app. Both can be found on GitHub, with their install instructions.
Odin Server https://github.com/ad-on-is/odin-server
Odin TV App https://github.com/ad-on-is/odin-tv
Motivation:
I’ve used many of the readily available apps in the past, and they all came with their pros and cons. I was mostly annoyed by the fact, that most of them use their own server-backend, somewhere. So each time, the app stops working, I didn’t know whether their server just crashed, or the developer abandoned the app and I had to look for something else. I also started becoming paranoid, whether someone was collecting my data and offering them to “the highest bidder”. Oh, and I also disliked the UI of these apps.
That’s why I started working on Odin. In fact, I’ve been using it for almost 4 years now, and did a LOT of iterations during these years. Now, I’m more than happy with the end result, and wanted to share it with the world.
The main features of Odin are:
- Discovering movies and TV shows
- A nice and beautiful UI
- Customizable Trakt lists
- Multi-User support
I hope you like it!
Oh, and feel free to submit any feature requests or issues on GitHub. If you want, you can star the repo, so I know there’s actual interest in the project.
I also started becoming paranoid, whether someone was collecting my data and offering them to “the highest bidder”
Debrid services do collect data, the recent RealDebrid drama seems relevant since this app is basically for use with those services
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/32433831
It actually seems more private to self host Jellyfin to stream/playback already downloaded media files but that’s just my own interpretation.
What are the differences between Odin and (what I’m currently using) Jellyfin from a small system admin’s perspective?
Odin doesn’t play local content, instead it gets the streamable media directly from a debrid service like RealDebrid
discovering new movies and tv shows
This immediately strikes me as one of the reasons you wouldn’t like the available options. Why does every app want to help me “Discover”?