evisoft / hive.js

Hive.js is a browser-to-browser distributed cache for video

Hive.js

Hive.js is an extension to dash.js that enables distributed caching of video fragments using direct browser-to-browser communication over WebRTC. A public demo server is accessible at http://hive-js.cloudapp.net/.

Running a local demo

Start the server

• Make sure you have python 2.7 available

• Install pip, e.g. apt-get install python-pip

• Setup virtualenv and create an environment for hive:

  • virtualenv ~/.virtualenvs/hive -p python2.7
  • source ~/.virtualenvs/hive/bin/activate

• Install the service dependencies

  • pip install gunicorn
  • pip install Flask-Sockets

• Start the server

  • cd service
  • gunicorn -w 1 -k flask_sockets.worker main:app

The demo page is now available at http://localhost:8000/demo/index.html.