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Jan 20, 2022 â‹… 5 min read

Build a video streaming server with Node.js

Samuel Martins I am a full-stack developer who loves sharing the knowledge accumulated over the years with people. The different technologies that I have encountered through my journey allows me to relate to beginners and seniors alike. I write about all things tech.

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10 Replies to "Build a video streaming server with Node.js"

  1. But `express.static()` supports ranged requests out of the box.

    Looks like all you needed was a middleware that rejects non-ranged requests, although that detail seems a bit questionable, as not all browsers use ranged requests to play video.

    (If this was intended as just an exercise, the article probably should explain that.)

  2. Not sure but I I think that if you put a `return` under `res.status(400).send(“Requires Range header”);` you can avoid this error that I get“`Cannot read properties of undefined (reading ‘replace’)
    Error [ERR_HTTP_HEADERS_SENT]: Cannot set headers after they are sent to the client“` when I try to access directly `/video`

  3. i have try but in mobile client it is not work that use video to receive stream, Is any body else face the same issue like me

  4. Is there a way to stream a camera link (cctv) or network stream (droidcam) instead of a fixed video.

  5. I would like to serve a 10 second .mp4 video, and after the stream completes, I would like to redirect to a static html page. Problem I get is that when video completes, I can’t figure out how to then serve the .html file. I’m trying to do this with the Express package. Is there a way for one node.js file server to serve a .mp4 file then an .html file?

    1. Yes you can use event emitter and emit the ‘end’ event where you can redirect the user to html file.

  6. Really helpfull, thanks for sharing. You should run it as https server since http is not really used anymore.

    /* your CONSTs block */
    // https server CONSTs
    const privateKey = fs.readFileSync(‘path/to/your_key_file.ext’, ‘utf8’);
    const certificate = fs.readFileSync(‘path/to/your_cert_file.ext’, ‘utf8’);
    const credentials = {key: privateKey, cert: certificate};
    const https = require(‘https’);
    const port = process.env.PORT || 8443;

    /* your app.get() blocks */

    var httpsServer = https.createServer(credentials, app);

    httpsServer.listen(port, function () {
    console.log(“Listening on port ” + port + “!”);
    });

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