Self‐Hosted Streaming Service

I have a working version of this web application. It allows you to stream movies anywhere that you have saved on the machine acting as your server. This was implemented using AI. The nice thing is that we already have a working product to demonstrate. This code is super useful because by connecting to a home server using Tailscale, you can stream any of your own movies from anywhere. There are existing services like this (Plex, Jellyfin) but Plex charges you to access you movies remotely and Jellyfin takes a considerable amount of set up. This app is lightweight, effective, and free, without all the bells and whistles of larger softwares.

While it does work, it probably needs some serious code overhaul so that it has a more extensible and maintainable design. I would love to improve the user interface as well. There are currently some issues with a few different video formats too.

Author: Andrew Cambridge