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Node.js HTML5 video streamer
/*
* Inspired by: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4360060/video-streaming-with-html-5-via-node-js
*/
var http = require('http'),
fs = require('fs'),
util = require('util');
http.createServer(function (req, res) {
var path = 'video.mp4';
var stat = fs.statSync(path);
var total = stat.size;
if (req.headers['range']) {
var range = req.headers.range;
var parts = range.replace(/bytes=/, "").split("-");
var partialstart = parts[0];
var partialend = parts[1];
var start = parseInt(partialstart, 10);
var end = partialend ? parseInt(partialend, 10) : total-1;
var chunksize = (end-start)+1;
console.log('RANGE: ' + start + ' - ' + end + ' = ' + chunksize);
var file = fs.createReadStream(path, {start: start, end: end});
res.writeHead(206, { 'Content-Range': 'bytes ' + start + '-' + end + '/' + total, 'Accept-Ranges': 'bytes', 'Content-Length': chunksize, 'Content-Type': 'video/mp4' });
file.pipe(res);
} else {
console.log('ALL: ' + total);
res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Length': total, 'Content-Type': 'video/mp4' });
fs.createReadStream(path).pipe(res);
}
}).listen(1337, '127.0.0.1');
console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');
@mirajehossain
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Thanks, man <3, its works as expected.

@JupyterJones
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worked fine I can ssh pipe videos from my VPS

@chawk
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chawk commented Sep 18, 2020

The best!

@emdin
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emdin commented Oct 16, 2020

9 years, and still works flawlessly. Kudos!

@pinksynth
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Very helpful! Thank you! ❤️

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