A TV show tracker program with highly extensible components that enables media download, IMDB integration, and more. The main motivation over existing products are
- One day, Episodecalendar.com was down, and I couldn't see which TV show I should watch until the next day.
- This runs absolutely locally with complete control over user data.
- Do not depend on the availability of cloud-based products.
Having a software that can run independtly of the cloud shouldn't be that big of a ask. But in 2020, there are no viable TV show tracker that does't run on the cloud.
- WinUI 3 (Windows App SDK 1.0)
- C# 9
- .NET 6 and .NET Standard 2.1
- EntityFramework Core
- SQLite
Open Solution in Visual Studio 2022. F5
- Metadata Provider Plugin
- A System that allows plugins to search for TV show metadata. Data Must include title, description, whether a season is a finale, list of all episode, air date and time of each episode, title of each episode, description of each episode.
- Built-in Metadata Provider Plugin
- TMDB
- IMDB
- Rating Source Plugin
- Be able to view ratings from a Rating Source plugin.
- Be able to set IMDB ratings if supported.
- Built-in Rating Source plugin
- IMDB
- Metacritic
- Download Source Plugin
- A system that allows plugins to start downloading given a TV Episode.
- A suggested download folder can be provided to the plugin but need not be honored by the plugin.
- User can select from a list of download options.
- A default resolution can be configured. Options are, 4K, 1080p, 720p, SD.
- Downloaded file can be watched by the built-in media player or passed to another plugin for playback.
- A local file download source plugin that discovers media files in a specified folder and make them available for a Media Player Plugin.
- Media Player Plugin
- A system that allows plugins to stream episodes, or play downloaded media.
- Built-in Media Player Plugin
- Amazon Prime Video Streaming
- Showtime Streaming
- Local file playback of downloaded media
- HEVC, AAC support.
- MP4, MKV support.
- Remember playback position.
- TV Show Browser
- Shall display TV shows with Artwork images.
- Shall display all information obtained in 2.
- Rate a show or episode with a Rating Source.
- Display all unwatched episodes in one view.
- Display all followed episodes in a calendar view.
- Calendar item should indicate if an episode is watched.
- Add TV Show to followed shows from search result.
- Subscribe to new season when they become available.
- Miscellaneous
- Archiving shows that are no longer active, so that they do not clutter the view.
- Download progress shall be displayed.
- Cleanup rules can be specified to delete downloaded files.
- Automatic download can be configured.