Scry

My little scrying object.

Introduction

1. My ISP put a data cap on my household that I tore through, and quick!
2. My Video Streaming service keeps discontinuing my favorite shows!
3. Net Neutrality, this recurring boss fight is crazy hard! Go away, Gary!

I see a solution to all of these: self-hosted, LAN video streaming service. If I can create a self-contained server application that works on the local area network, I would save on a lot of data, I would have the capability to preserve my favorite shows, and I wouldn't have to worry about the likes of the outside internet, my intranet is improving by the day!

Description

...a lens for whatever I wish my eyes upon.

This is to be an all JS impementation of a video streaming server to be run and accessed on a local area network.

Requirements

• Single application per each television series.
• Single page view of all episodes of that series.
• Every video doubles as a playlist that streams the entire series indefinitely.
• On application build, supply series name and video source, and application will output a fully prepared database for the server to run on.
• On application load, everything just works.

Preparation

(Not necessary for the moment.)

1. Find the IMDB url of your television series. For example: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118375/
2. Source the video files.

Installation

Install MongoDB. Then:

git clone https://github.com/mstraughan86/Scry.git
cd Scry
npm install

Raspberry Pi 3

Here is something to get going on a Raspberry Pi 3:

sudo su -
apt-get update
apt-get dist-upgrade
apt-get install -y mongodb-server
apt-get remove nodered -y
apt-get remove nodejs nodejs-legacy -y
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | sudo bash -
apt-get install nodejs -y
exit
mkdir ~/Dev
cd ~/Dev
git clone https://github.com/mstraughan86/Scry.git
cd Scry
sudo npm install
npm rebuild node-sass
git clone https://github.com/creationix/nvm.git ~/.nvm && cd ~/.nvm && git checkout v0.33.5
echo 'source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh' >> ~/.bashrc
echo 'source ~/.nvm/nvm.sh' >> ~/.profile
nvm install v6.9.5
sudo reboot

Configuration

(Not necessary for the moment.)

Execution

npm start

Usage

Navigate to: http://127.0.0.1:3002/

Development

Technology Stack

• MongoDB
• MongooseJS
• NodeJS
• ExpressJS
• DustJS
• Css.Bar
  • Bourbon v5.0.0.beta.8
  • Neat v1.9.0
  • Bitters v1.7.0
  • Refills v0.2.0
• Normalize.css - 1
• Flickity - 1
• Video.js

Roadmap

Minimum Viable Product

• Intelligent Infinite Playlist
• Make: Import videos somehow
• Make: Import video data from IMDB
• Process video source into remaining required media files

System Infrastructure

• Continuous Integration with Github
• Raspberry Pi Deployment Instructions
• Remove ffmpeg Windows files in /lib
• Write ffmpeg installation instructions/script
• Add default Google Sheets spreadsheet for data to go along with the Pexels.com media data

Wishlist

• View counter; track viewage metrics for each user and sitewide.
• Shadow profile creation; track users even without signup.
• Serve customized pages for every user; what videos they've watched, how far they were in each video they have, etc.
• Audio-only service.
• Auto-transcription service.
• Import/retrieve script/subtitles.
• Audio-normalization.
• Animation frames insertion.
• Serve multiple video qualities.
• Serve outside of LAN.
• Social media link friendly.