webevise.js

Stream you video library to any device supporting HTML5 video. Uses ffmpeg to transcode videos on-the-fly.

Dependencies

• nodejs and npm
• ffmpeg

Install

$ npm install
$ cp config.example.json config.json
$ edit config.json
$ node server.js

Then open your browser to http://localhost:8080

Status

In very early stages, but is in a workable state in WebKit for desktop users.

Features

• User interace
• HTTP Server
• Websocket Server
• FFMpeg integration
• Start media at a given position
• Read defaults from configuration file
• Browsing of media
• Lights out
• Show curent/end time
• Quality presets
• Media controls
• Seeking support in progress
• Filtering of media browsing
• Loading indicators
• View media information
• Home Screen
• Thumbnail view
• Fancy user interface animations and transitions
• Playlists
• Authentication

Browser support:

All browsers will techically work, but right now the backend only has one encoding target:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Internet Explorer 11+ / Edge
• Google Android
• Apple iOS

Tested on:

• Arch Linux
• Ubuntu Linux