v1.0.0

Cinemate v1.0.0

First release. Cross-platform personal media library — movies, TV shows, music, and books.

What's included

Server (Python FastAPI)

• Media scanning with metadata extraction for movies, music, and books
• Audio/video streaming with HTTP Range support
• Multi-account with per-user playlists, favorites, play history, and queue
• Artist profile enrichment from Spotify + Wikipedia (no API keys needed)
• Smart genre classification that backfills missing genres
• Waveform generation for audio visualization
• LAN auto-discovery via Zeroconf
• WebSocket real-time sync

Mac app (SwiftUI, Apple Silicon)

• Local music player with full album art, queue, shuffle, keyboard shortcuts, media keys
• Artist/album/playlist views with enriched profiles (bio, genres, images)
• Playlist persistence with custom covers and descriptions
• Favorites and play count tracking
• Directory watcher for auto-detecting new files
• Movie and book tabs (server-connected)

Windows app (Electron + React + TypeScript)

• Movie and TV show browsing with genre rows and quality filters
• Video player with progress tracking and resume
• Music library with artist/album views
• Multi-account with PIN protection
• LAN admin panel
• Offline mode with local SQLite fallback

iOS app (SwiftUI)

• Movies, music, books, TV shows
• Connects to the server just like the desktop apps

Downloads

• Cinemate-macOS-arm64.zip — Mac app (Apple Silicon, requires macOS 14+)
• Cinemate.1.0.0.exe — Windows portable app (x64, no install needed — just run it)
• Server: clone the repo and run cd server && pip install -r requirements.txt && python3 -m uvicorn main:app --host 0.0.0.0 --port 9876

Docs

See the README for setup instructions and full feature list.