See it work

The interactive piece from the front page, with room to try it, followed by Home Media Hub’s logo, colors and type.

Your phoneanywhere
Tailscale or your routerHTTPS
Home Media Huba service at home
Your driveread in place

Library

heist.mp4mp4 · h264 · aacdirect
E03.mkvmkv · hevc · eac3HLS
beach.movmov · h264 · aacdirect
live-set.aviavi · mpeg4 · mp3HLS

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✗Containermkvnot mp4 / m4v / webm / mov
✓Videohevcplays in a browser
✗Audioeac3not aac / opus / mp3

GET /api/media/2/playback
{ "mode": "hls",
  "url": "/api/media/2/hls/master.m3u8" }

ffmpeg converts it on the fly: H.264 (libx264 veryfast), AAC at 160k, in 4-second segments. Playback starts once the first ones exist.

seg_00000.tsseg_00001.tsseg_00002.tsseg_00003.tsseg_00004.tsseg_00005.ts

An illustration that runs in your browser. The files are made up. The rule is Home Media Hub’s own: a file plays directly only if its container, video and audio all pass. Anything else becomes HLS.

Assets

Logo, colors, and type.

Mark

The project’s generated logo mark. The grid gets finer with the commit count, and the cells show the split between languages. It’s redrawn as the project grows.

Palette

The colors Home Media Hub uses across this site: one hue from its discipline’s band, plus the shades that make it work on both dark and light backgrounds.

Home Media Hub Applications DM SANS · NEWSREADER · DM MONO

Type

The two typefaces on the site: a sans-serif for the interface and a serif for headlines.

Try it

Try Home Media Hub on your desktop

Download Home Media Hub Manager for Windows, and try the server free for 14 days. Keys aren’t on sale yet.

Price: $100
Paid: one time
Covers: one owner, one server at a time
Refund: 30 days

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