This is being replaced by https://github.com/editinghero/AniStash-Play its mostly anime focus web player but this was for any series, still can add any series by configuring the config.json of the series and placing you own thumbnail in Anistash-play

AstralPlay

AstralPlay is a local web streaming platform for organizing and watching web series from your own files. It detects episodes from S__E__ file names, arranges them by season, and saves watch progress, history, and thumbnails in the browser and folder DB.

URL: https://astralplay.pages.dev/

Features

• import videos through a single Import Media entry point
• detect episodes using S__E__ pattern
• ask thumbnail mode each import:
  • one uploaded image for all thumbnails
  • no thumbnails
  • generate thumbnails
• cache generated thumbnails and playback progress
• open episode in fullscreen YouTube-style custom player layout
• support sidebar views: Library, Continue, History
• Continue auto-opens last played episode from DB
• merge history entries for the same episode and keep the latest play timestamp
• clear history from the History view

Notes

• Browser playback support depends on codec/container. mp4 is safest.
• Many .mkv files may not play in browser even though they are detected.
• Progress/history/thumbnail cache are saved in localStorage.
• When running the local Node server, Open Folder uses the server APIs and writes .astralplay.db.json inside the selected media folder.
• On http://localhost:3333, Open Folder also writes cached thumbnails into .astralplay_thumbs in that same media folder.
• Open Files stays browser-only and does not write folder DB/thumb files.
• If the app falls back to browser folder access, it can also write .astralplay.db.json directly through the File System Access API.
• Thumbnail extraction is client-side; cached thumbnails are reused before generating missing ones.
• Cloudflare Pages is static hosting, so it cannot write .astralplay.db.json back into your deployed site.
• If you want the folder JSON database, run AstralPlay locally on your own machine.

Run Locally

node server.js

Open: http://localhost:3333

For LAN access on your phone:

• double-click astralplay.cmd
• open the AstralPlay LAN URL shown in the terminal on your phone browser

You can also launch it from terminal:

npm start

Import

Use the Import Media button:

• choose Open Folder on desktop browsers that support directory pick
• choose Open Files on mobile and as fallback

The scanner searches recursively and detects episode tokens like:

• S01E01
• S1E2
• S_01_E_03
• S-02-E-10