Media UI

A program to display all the games you own, sorted by genre, and allows selecting certain games to be in a "Current" section to keep track of the games you are currently playing.

To Do:

• Tidy up code
• Remove some magic numbers (for example the size of some arrays)
• Add in support for mutliple types of media (e.g. Add option to pick between displaying games, music or movies)
• Add some more detail to the games (for example platform)

Setup

Installation

Edit pathsAndStuff.h and choose the paths and values. The values are:

CURRENT_SAVE_PATH = Path where the JSON representing the "Current" section should be saved (e.g. .local/share/mediaUI/currentGames.json)
ALL_GAMES_JSON_PATH = Path where the JSON file containing all the games is located (e.g. .local/share/mediaUI/allGames.json)
COVER_ART_PATH = Path where the cover art is located (e.g. ~/.local/share/mediaUI/coverArt/)
COVER_ART_EXTENSION = File extension of the cover art (e.g. .png)
NUM_GENRES = Number of genres you have (not including "Current") (e.g. 14)
MAX_CURRENT_GAMES = Maximum number of games in the "Current" section (e.g. 50)
MAX_GAMES_PER_GENRE = Maximum number of games per genre (e.g. 50)

make - That's about it, dependancies are json-c and gtk but those are likely already installed

Importing games

The program works by reading a JSON file of all the games you have, organised by genre. The JSON file should be of the format:

{
	"genreName": {
		"gameName": {
			"info1": "info",
			"info2": "info"
		}
	}
}

The info isn't important, it's not used yet. Just the genreName and gameName. By default it expects up to 14 genres, and up to 71 games per genre.

In the repository is a python script convert.py. This can be used to convert a markdown file of games into the required JSON file. The markdown file should be of the format:

# Platform

## Medium (Disc/PSN etc)

### Genre

* Game 1
* Game 2

Usage: convert.py input.md

The cover art is expected to be all in one folder, with file names the same as the game name + ext.
Basically all normal image formats are supported except webp.
Recommended source: SteamGridDB

Usage

./gamesUI

Click on the sidebar buttons to switch between genres. The "Current" tab can are the games you are currently playing/interested in. To add a game, click on it's button in a genre tab. To remove a game, click on it's button in the "Current" tab.

q to quit, the "Current" tab will be saved to a JSON file and loaded in when the program is started next.