MERN Video Streaming Project

I am writing a full in-depth explanation in my medium.com page. Please visit Build a MERN based video hosting and sharing system to understand the whole architecture and step by step instructions.

Overview

MERN Video Streaming is a cutting-edge, open-source platform for video streaming, offering a comprehensive, full-stack solution utilizing the latest MERN stack technologies. With MERN Video Streaming, users can easily upload, manage, and stream videos on demand, providing a seamless experience. This project features a video processing capability that provides real-time notifications upon completion.

The backend is comprised of three services, utilizing Redis messaging for communication. These include an API server, a video conversion service, and an HTTP server serving HLS video files. On the client side, the project uses create-react-app and MUI library, along with socket.io-client and React Context.

Architecture

Backend Services

API Server

The API server is an Expressjs app that uses Joi, Multer, BullMQ, Socket.io, and MongoDB driver. The server communicates with Redis to process and store data, and uses MongoDB as the primary database. The database and Redis are spun up via the docker-compose command.

Video Conversion Service

The video conversion service is a node process that is responsible for converting videos and communicating with Redis via the BullMQ library. The service is not exposed to any HTTP port.

HTTP Server

The HTTP server is a plain and simple server that serves HLS video files.

Frontend app

The client app is based on create-react-app and MUI library. It uses socket.io-client and React Context to communicate with the API server and display the video content.

Prerequisites

To get started with MERN Video Streaming, you will need to have the following software installed on your local machine:

• Node.js
• Docker
• Docker Compose

Built with Open-Source Technologies

MERN Video Streaming has been built with the following open-source technologies:

• MongoDB - A document-based database used to store user and video data
• Express - A Node.js web application framework used for the server-side of the application
• React - A JavaScript library for building user interfaces used for the client-side of the application
• Node.js - A JavaScript runtime environment used to run the server-side code

Installation

To run the project locally, follow these steps:

1. Clone the repository

git clone git@github.com:foyzulkarim/mern-video-streaming.git

2. Run project locally using docker-compose

2.1 Run the server app

From project directory run bellow commands

cd server
npm run start

2.2 Run the client app

From project directory run bellow commands

cd client
yarn install
yarn start

3. Usage

You can now access the application at http://localhost:3000.

Special note: Video folder structures

To upload the videos and serve them from server's folder we need to have below folder structure.

Contributing to MERN Video Streaming

MERN Video Streaming is an open-source project and we welcome contributions from the community. If you would like to contribute to the project, please refer to the CONTRIBUTING.md file for guidelines.

License

MERN Video Streaming is licensed under the MIT License. Please see the LICENSE file for more information.

Note

Before running the above commands, make sure that you have Docker and Node.js installed on your machine.

This readme file is not finished yet. I will update it as I go along with the project. Thanks.