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# Curator
Curator is a desktop app for managing a **Jellyfin-first movie and series
library**. You import video files into a managed **pool**; Curator identifies
them through **TMDb**, names and lays them out the way Jellyfin expects, and can
generate a genre-split **miniDLNA** tree of hardlinks for simple DLNA players —
without ever duplicating the video data on disk.
Metadata (posters, plots, `.nfo` files) is Jellyfin's job; Curator owns the
files, their names and the library structure. Written in Rust with an egui GUI.
## Concepts
- **Pool** — the managed folder and the **single source of truth**. Curator
imports, renames and removes files itself, so nothing moves behind its back.
Each top-level folder is a **library** with a kind:
| Kind | Holds | Layout |
|------|-------|--------|
| `movie` | movies | `Title (rok) [tmdbid-N].ext`, or a folder once a film has several versions |
| `series` | series | `Series (rok) [tmdbid-N]/Season NN/SxxEyy - Series.ext` |
| `mixed` | movies and series together | as above, side by side |
| `homevideo` | files without a TMDb id | mirrored as-is |
- **Pool index** — Curator's own metadata (TMDb id, ČSFD link, versions, tags,
library settings) lives in one `.Curator.!index` JSON file at the pool root.
- **miniDLNA output** — a generated tree of **hardlinks** into the pool, built
from genres / years / countries / ratings. It is disposable: delete it and
regenerate it at any time.
## Features
- Import movies and episodes with a **TMDb id**; Czech titles come from TMDb,
with **ČSFD** as a fallback and as a bridge for finding the right TMDb id.
- **Multiple versions** of one film (2D/3D, 4K, director's cut) and
**multi-part** films and episodes, named so Jellyfin groups them.
- Subtitle sidecars follow their video through renames.
- Duplicate check, video integrity check (FFmpeg), library statistics,
index/disk consistency check.
- Jellyfin integration: trigger a library scan, verify the pool against it.
- miniDLNA tree scoped per library, with "Tipy dne" and "Nově přidané" folders.
## Requirements
- Rust 1.85+ (`rustup`), for building
- `ffmpeg` / `ffprobe` on `PATH` — optional, for the integrity check
## Configuration
Secrets and settings are read from a `.env` file in the working directory
(never committed):
| Variable | Purpose |
|----------|---------|
| `TMDB_API_KEY` | TMDb API key — needed to identify movies and series |
| `TMDB_LANGUAGE` | TMDb language, default `cs-CZ` |
| `JELLYFIN_URL` | Jellyfin server URL — optional, for the Jellyfin menu |
| `JELLYFIN_API_KEY` | Jellyfin API key — optional |
| `ENV_DEBUG` | `true` enables debug logging and the `-DEV` title |
The pool and output folders are chosen in the app (*Pool* menu) and stored in
the global config (`~/.config/curator/.Curator.!gtag` on Linux, overridable with
`CURATOR_CONFIG`).
## Running
```bash
cargo run --release
```
## Development
```bash
cargo fmt # format
cargo clippy -- -D warnings # lint
cargo test # unit tests + headless UI tests
cargo doc --open # API reference
```
`cargo run --example screenshot -- out.png [--action edit]` renders the window
offscreen to a PNG. Architecture and module overview: [`docs/`](docs/README.md).
## Building
```bash
cargo build --release
```
The result is `target/release/curator`, plus `target/release/tipy-dne` — a
standalone "Tipy dne" refresher meant for a systemd timer (see
`scripts/tipy-dne.service` / `.timer`).