Media Player

A simple media player using flask and Gstreamer with WebRTCsink

Environment Variables

Before running the project, you need to set up some environment variables. These variables are essential for configuring the database and application settings. You can define these variables in a .env file located at the root of your project directory.

Here is an example of what the .env file should look like:

POSTGRES_USER=username
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
POSTGRES_DB=db
COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml:compose.dev.yml
FLASK_PORT=5000

Explanation of Environment Variables

• POSTGRES_USER: This sets the username for your PostgreSQL database. For development, you can use testusr.
• POSTGRES_PASSWORD: This sets the password for your PostgreSQL database user. For development, you can use password.
• POSTGRES_DB: This specifies the name of your PostgreSQL database. For development, you can use testdb.
• COMPOSE_FILE: This defines the Docker Compose files to be used. In this case, docker-compose.yml:compose.dev.yml is specified for development configuration. For production, we will use only docker-compose.yml and for testing we will use docker-compose.yml:compose.test.yml
• FLASK_PORT: This sets the port on which your Flask application will run. The default is 5000.

Steps to Set Up the Environment Variables

1. Create a file named .env in the root of your project directory.
2. Copy and paste the example environment variables into the .env file.
3. Save the file.

Once you have set up the .env file, you can proceed with running the project using Docker Compose or your preferred method.