A private, local-first media library for studying authorized Japanese and Korean video with synchronized subtitles, enriched transcripts, vocabulary lookup, playback controls, and notes—without turning a personal library into a public streaming service.
Ordinary media players are designed for watching, while language tools often remove a scene from its original timing and context. Studying dialogue requires too much pausing, searching, switching windows, and manually recording useful words or lines.
The approach
mise combines a private media catalog and player with study controls. It can organize authorized local files, pair subtitle tracks, prepare timed transcripts, expose reading and vocabulary help, and keep timestamped notes beside the scene being studied.
What it does
Private media catalog
Search and browse a local library by title, language, genre, type, and format without creating a public media endpoint.
Study-aware playback
Control speed, repeat or move between lines, adjust subtitle timing and position, and optionally pause between cues.
Transcript and vocabulary tools
Use selectable timed text, pronunciation aids, dictionary forms, offline word meanings, and optional scene-aware explanations.
A guarded processing workflow
Validate incoming media, preserve source provenance, generate previews, and process one episode at a time without overwriting existing files.
Design decisions
The choices that shaped how the project works.
Local first by design
Routine catalog browsing, playback, transcript study, dictionary lookup, and notes stay on the local system.
Keep uncertain analysis visible
Provisional timing, transcription, and speaker labels are marked rather than quietly presented as reviewed facts.
Preserve the original media
Generated transcripts, translations, artwork choices, and study notes are sidecar data; the source video remains unchanged.
Built with
Python · Local web app · WhisperX · Lang Kit · Local dictionary data · Optional Gemini study aids
Availability
Private local tool. The screenshot shows the real interface running against a synthetic local test library, with no personal library data or private media artwork.
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This tool remains private, but the rest of the portfolio includes projects you can explore directly.
