Feature Discussion

[KenavR]

To figure out where to start we should define features that the app should definitely have. Following is a list of my suggestions.

Front End

• "Admin" panel where the user provides the source folder the video files
• Browse page - show a "list" of available content
• Search
• Filter by labels (similar to Netflix categories)
• Possibility to change properties of a movie/series (edit labels, move to correct location, rename, add a description,...)
• Play the video
• If there is a logical next video automatically move to it
• User profiles
• Personal scoring system

Back End

• Use the in admin panel provided source folder (which is stored somewhere) recursively scan the directory structure to create the movie/series collection. (criteria may be the filename, data from the file,...)
• Store the information in a data store
• Advanced: automatically convert into browser-supported format (avi to WebM/mp4)
• Load and store additional data from 3rd party API (e.g. https://www.tvmaze.com/api)

Interfaces between Front End and Back End

I would suggest we create a REST API. The specific endpoints need to be defined separately when we get to the feature issues.

If we have defined a solid set of features I am going to create issues for each feature, which will be assigned to one or more person.