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Reel Exporter

Reel Exporter is a self-hosted, Plex-style video player that lets you browse your media library, play any file in the browser, capture full-quality…

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Reel Exporter is a self-hosted, Plex-style video player that lets you browse your media library, play any file in the browser, capture full-quality screenshots, and export trimmed clips from original files. Mount one or more media shares read-only, then pick exactly which folders become libraries under Sources in the app; unpicked folders are never scanned. It plays any file through an on-the-fly H.264 preview and captures screenshots (PNG or JPEG at source resolution, HDR tone-mapped) and clips (MP4) from the original files into an output share, one folder per title. No GPU, no database, and it never writes to your media.

    Platform availability

    Available on 1 of 6 install platforms

    • Unraid
    • TrueNAS (not listed)
    • Umbrel (not listed)
    • ZimaOS (not listed)
    • Proxmox (not listed)
    • Helm (not listed)

    Health score

    47/100 Fair

    Maintained
    77last commit 15 days ago
    Popular
    102 GitHub stars
    Easy to install
    351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
    Light to run
    No data

    Based on 3 of 4 factors.

    How is this calculated?

    A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

    Availability: platform listings confirmed today

    GitHub stars
    2
    Open issues
    0
    Last commit
    2026-09-21
    License
    MIT
    Activity
    rising

    Checked 8 days ago - source: GitHub (SuFxGIT/reel-exporter)

    Resources & Compatibility

    Requirements not published yet.

    Checked 8 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

    First-install notes

    • Initial Setup Runs on port 7727. Mount one or more media shares read-only, then configure which folders become libraries under Sources in the app. On Unraid the timezone is set automatically from the host. source

    Fetched today - each note links to its source

    Alternatives

    No alternatives collected yet.

    Common questions

    How do I limit which media folders Reel Exporter scans?

    Mount one or more media shares read-only, then select the exact folders to use as libraries under Sources. Folders that are not selected are never scanned.

    Where does Reel Exporter save screenshots and trimmed clips?

    Screenshots and trimmed clips are written to the mounted output share. They are organized into one folder per title.

    Is the timezone set automatically on Unraid?

    On Unraid, the timezone is set automatically from the host.

    Answers sourced from github.com

    Community

    Collected 3 days ago - public community threads