Home Movies
This server streams movies over http. Any mobile device or modern browser can play the movies complete with seeking.
Adding Content
Convert your videos using handbrake on the iPad setting (the css is optimized for this resolution). Put the m4v files in a folder called "incoming" and create an empty folder called "videos".
Then run the makethumbs.sh script to create thumbnails of each video at 30, 90, and 180 seconds.
Installing Dependencies
This is s node program, so install node and grab the deps using npm install.
Setting up DDNS
In server.js there is a script to setup ddns through the linode api. Read the comment in there and create the linode-config.js file it needs. If you don't want ddns, comment out or remove that part.
Running
Either run the app using node server.js. Or if this is on a permament home server, create an upstart script or something. My script is included for reference.