Quality And Duplicate Analytics For Large Local Media Libraries
MediaLyze analyzes movie, series, and music libraries for duplicates, quality, and codec metrics, reaching 404 GitHub stars among people running large local collections, and its issues map the gap to daily use: it needs to run as a Docker app on Unraid, show codec profile, bit depth, and client-playback compatibility, and handle multiple library folders on different mounts. Self-hosters with terabytes of media cannot tell what is redundant or will fail to play. The wedge is library analytics that fit the Unraid and multi-mount reality and answer the playback-compatibility question directly.
Problem Statement
Someone with a multi-terabyte library across several Unraid mounts wants to know which files are duplicates and which will force transcoding on their clients, but the analyzer cannot be added cleanly as an Unraid Docker app, does not surface codec profile and bit depth, and assumes a single library folder. So they keep guessing about quality and storage waste instead of getting a clear report.
The Idea
A media-library analytics tool for large self-hosted collections that reports duplicates, quality, and client-playback compatibility across multi-mount Unraid setups.
Why Now
Self-hosted media servers like Jellyfin and Plex hold ever-larger libraries in 2026, and owners want to prune duplicates and avoid transcoding pain, but MediaLyze's issues show the analytics tools assume single folders and skip the codec and bit-depth detail that predicts whether a file will direct-play, which is the actual daily concern.
Target User
Self-hosters running large Jellyfin or Plex media libraries on Unraid and similar NAS setups
Target Market
Self-hosted media library analytics and management
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