Stash - full videos

[frostycab]

@geauxk It's software that is able to index your entire porn library. It uses perceptual hashing to identify each individual file and is able to compare that to a central online database built by users to match scenes with information such as correct title, performers, tags etc. For those not already identifies it can use scrapers to try to grab that info from other sources, including studios' own websites where available.

It also includes it's own player, so the whole thing is like a one-stop shop for browsing your porn. One of the best things about it is that searching your own library is incredibly fast, so it only takes a moment to see if you already have a scene before accidentally downloading another copy. Being able to search by performer, studio or tags I can find most things quite fast.

Depending on how much detail you want it to generate it can take up a bit of drive space, so be warned, but it's not a deal-breaker at all for me.

https://github.com/stashapp/stash

[geauxk]

wow, tysm for the information. amazed this has existed and i'm just now learning about it. digital organization is so difficult with one hand occupied.
cheers!

[frostycab]

@geauxk Think of it like Plex specifically focused on porn. Another reason to love it is that it's easy to stream. I have my Stash server running on a little N100 mini-PC which uses a trickle of power compared to my main gaming rig. From that I can stream it straight to my iPad to watch in any room. I haven't tried using it away from home because you need to use something like TailScale (whatever that is) in order to do it, but I don't travel much these days.

[geauxk]

@frostycab
This is very line-coded software, and I'm still trying to figure out all the capabilities, but those extra features are awesome. I don't even need a continuous stream yet...just something to yank dupes and bring some order into my current Cdrive.

[frostycab]

@geauxk Well, it has it's own duplicate finder, but I actually get rid of mine another way.

It can generate it's own scene cover for every file, so I tend to just pull up a page with 1000 files on it, sorted by duration and then I just scroll through looking for adjacent scenes with the same cover. You can also do it by sorting by phash, but for some reason that doesn't seem to work as well. Any, I just select any dupes and mass-delete them.

[wfyueye]

I am a Chinese-speaking user and have been using Stash for about 2–3 years.

(≈ 6900 Scenes, 3600 Performers, 7.2TB)

My workflow is as follows:

1. Add new scenes to the designated folder.
2. Scan for the newly added scenes within Stash.
3. Edit the basic metadata for these new scenes (title, release date, performers, tags, synopsis, relevant notes, etc.).
4. Open Jellyfin and scrape the metadata—which I just edited in Stash—into Jellyfin.
5. Enjoy watching the content via Jellyfin on my iPad or iPhone.

PC
NAS
Stash Docker
Jellyfin Server (installed Jellyfin Plugin Stash)
Swiftfin iOS

My porn stash is endless.

I could jerk myself to death.

May God bless me.

[frostycab]

@wfyueye I've never used Jellyfin. Can I ask why you prefer that over simply using the built-inn player in Stash?

[wfyueye]

@frostycab

1. Stash can only be installed and used on a personal computer for watching videos, whereas Jellyfin offers dedicated apps for a wide range of devices—and I happen to prefer watching content on my iPad.

2. Stash only provides a landscape-oriented poster wall, while Jellyfin supports a portrait-oriented poster wall.

3. Personal habits and preferences.

[frostycab]

@wfyueye Fair enough. Regarding point 1, I always watch on my iPad. You just use a browser to go to the IP address of the server and use ":9999" for the port. For example http://192.168.1.51:9999/

I might look into Jellyfin at some point, but as you say, personal habit counts for a lot.

[diabangical]

@wfyueye

"I could jerk myself to death."

Absolute Poetry.