PHP/MySQL film library system

Post by **ProfHawking** » December 4th, 2008, 0:32

I've pondered redeveloping my nackered old film database for quite some time, but only recently got around to doing it.
This is the first code that I've made that potentially may be of use to anyone else, namely with a home media server. It's a system to catalogue your movies, get info from IMDB and let you play them in your browser.

If anyone has a bit of time and this sounds like it could be something interesting, i'd love you to have a go and let me know if you have any thoughts/suggestions/problems or anything.

It's designed for windows servers, but i have a demo working here: http://www.click-profits.com/code/filmdb/demo/ which seems to be fine on linux, except for being able to read the filesize & modified dates correctly. Bear in mind the video names don't line up the the actual video. I wasn't going to upload whole films just to test it.

Install notes are here: http://www.click-profits.com/code/filmdb/

buzzmong · Post by **buzzmong** » December 4th, 2008, 0:38

A quick looks goes:

Oooh, that looks professional and rather swish.

And also a sellable product.

Post by **HereComesPete** » December 4th, 2008, 0:49

That. Looks nice, sounds good, dunno how well it works because i haven't got the set up to test it, but if it works I can definitely see people paying for it.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » December 4th, 2008, 1:26

Funky!

Post by **ProfHawking** » December 4th, 2008, 1:34

cheers guys. I dont think i can sell it, because then it would need support and stuff, and it might get too complicated. Will see for now.

if any of you do get around to testing it please let me know how it goes.

ps: there is a super secret access if you want to see how it works with a decent number of films in it, but go easy on my poor upload, and film downloads/playback is restricted to local network.
http://kingscross.profserver.co.uk:8080/films3/

Post by **Dog Pants** » December 4th, 2008, 8:06

Ooh, that is swish. All my films are on DVD, but if I had soft copies that would give me a major horn.

Mr. Johnson · Post by **Mr. Johnson** » December 4th, 2008, 9:36

hell, if i didn't have such crappy up- and download limits, i'd pay for it!

Post by **ProfHawking** » December 4th, 2008, 12:45

well, i dunno if anyone would be interested, but i've released it onto hotscripts to see what will happen:
http://www.hotscripts.com/Detailed/85877.html

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 4th, 2008, 12:46

I'd've been interested in this while I was running a separate fileserver, but I'm not now.

Still, looks deeply handy, just make it stream and transcode and you have the best thing ever

Post by **ProfHawking** » December 4th, 2008, 14:01

heh yeah, but transcoding would require a pricey and troublesome server package. This is more for a network fileserver than a youtube clone.
The web player does do progressive playback though. Plus it also means that no video quality is lost.

Post by **Dr. kitteny berk** » December 4th, 2008, 14:05

ProfHawking wrote:heh yeah, but transcoding would require a pricey and troublesome server package. This is more for a network fileserver than a youtube clone.
The web player does do progressive playback though. Plus it also means that no video quality is lost.

I was thinking less youtube and more remote/private shoutcast, but yes, that would be a bastard.