Halcyon Video — a 3D "video rental store" client for Jellyfin (GPL-3.0, browser/Tauri

[halcyon-video]

Hi all — after months of building (and daily-driving it on the family
HTPC), I've open-sourced my Jellyfin client: a procedurally-built 3D video
rental store where every library is an aisle and every item is a case on a
shelf.

Integration details, since this is the right room for them:
- Browsing is built from your libraries/genres/BoxSets; duplicate quality
  versions collapse with the choice deferred to play time; TV series render
  as season boxsets.
- Playback: direct-play first, HLS transcode fallback, full progress
  reporting (start/progress/stop) so resume and watch history stay honest —
  watch history feeds an on-shelf "staff picks" engine.
- The back-of-box specs table is generated from MediaStreams (HDR flavor,
  audio layouts, subs), which turned out to be a lovely showcase of how much
  metadata Jellyfin actually holds.
- Optional Jellyseerr integration shelves collection gaps and trending
  titles as request cases inside the store.
- A 2.5D HTML/CSS mode covers low-power clients, and a WebRTC remote-play
  mode streams the HTPC's render to phones.

Repo (GPL-3.0): https://github.com/halcyon-video/halcyon-video · No-login
demo: https://halcyon-video.github.io/halcyon-video/ · 45s tour:
https://youtu.be/TCkEpeL8Y3w

Feedback from this community steers the roadmap — the current top item is
whether to generalize the media layer beyond Jellyfin. Bug reports welcome.

[Venson]

ok that is just awesome. Give me a container for the webUI and i run this all day long.

[TIMFLIX1138]

That is pretty cool. I did find the demo gobbled up my system resources but it's a real cool conept. Not sure how the browsing would go with nearly 8,000 movies, do they start taking more space on each shelf? Overall a very nostalgix experience. Even the 2D version, similar to an idea I had for a viewtype in Kodi to be like movie cases on shelves.

[halcyon-video]

ok that is just awesome. Give me a container for the webUI and i run this all day long.

Thank you!

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That is pretty cool. I did find the demo gobbled up my system resources but it's a real cool conept. Not sure how the browsing would go with nearly 8,000 movies, do they start taking more space on each shelf? Overall a very nostalgix experience. Even the 2D version, similar to an idea I had for a viewtype in Kodi to be like movie cases on shelves.

You're right it doesn't play well with all systems. I have to work on that. And the 2D mode is garbo right now. This project has barely begun. I appreciate your feedback!