SiddharthSham / flix

Party watch movies with your friends

Coolflix

Stream videos in sync over the web.

TODO:

• Test other encodings
• Add buffer detection
• FIND A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE VIDEO
• Improve UI

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Instructions

• Run yarn the first time you open the folder, in order to install dependencies
• Recommended - Transcode your video file into MP4 for the web using Handbrake/FFMPEG.
  • AV1 should give the best results, but the encoders are too slow.
  • WebM with VP9 should give the practical results, given you can wait for the transcode to complete.
• Copy your video file into src/public/library
• Set the video file path in server.js
• Run yarn dev to start the dev server
• Expose localhost to public:
  • Run yarn expose to start a tunnel via localtunnel, or
  • Use ngrok to start a tunnel from port 3000 (cmd: ngrok http 3000)
• Share public link (SHOULD BE HTTPS!)