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- # What Is This?
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- This is a custom media server written in node JS to stream videos from a remote server.
- This web system enables users to log into the system and view videos using the basic HTML 5 video player.
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- # Why?
- - Universal and will run on any device with a web browser
- - Supports buffering which is useful when connecting to a remote server
- - Gained security because you don't need to grant everyone user accounts to view content from media server
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- # Why just not use Plex?
- - Light weight
- - Easy to install
- - Easily expandable and hackable to fit your needs
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- # Installation
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- ## NPM Dependencies
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- ```bash
- npm install
- ```
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- ## System Dependencies
-
- ```bash
- $apt-get install ffmpeg
- ```
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- This also relies on [gifski](https://gif.ski/) which can be installed following the links on their website.
- Both ffmpeg and gifski are used for generating the video preview gifs.
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- ## Running
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- To deploy this you will want to run this behind a reverse NGINX proxy to
- allow you to encrypt all of the network traffic.
- There are plenty of tutorials on how to do this online with let's encrypt.
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- To run this program either run `run.sh` or execute `node server.js`. This
- by default will run on port 5000 -- you are able to change this in `conf.json`.
- To make this easier for you in the long run, I usually run my node applications
- as [systemd](https://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/) services.
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- The default config provided in this project has the default username of admin and password
- of admin.
- You will want create a new admin user and remove the default one once you
- get this running.
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- # Contributing
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- This was largely just a weekend hack for me.
- This currently fits most of my needs and is *functional*.
- If you find any bugs, feel free to open a issue and I will get around to looking at it.
- I am always looking for people to contribute to my projects.
- If you have an idea for an enhancement for this project feel free to hack away and issue a PR.
- Contact me using the form on my [blog](jrtechs.net) or by opening a github issue if you have any questions regarding the code or how to use this project.
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