govideo

GoVideo

Fast open-source video streaming server written in Go

Features

• authentication
• access control
• speed limiter

Sync / Indexing

Media files are recursively added from target directories without category.
Categories can be added in the future via web interface.
Subtitle files must have same name as media files.

Run Instruction

Run Web Server

go run main.go run

Seed Database

go run main.go seed

Compilation

libmagic

libmagic is required for mime detection.

sudo apt-get install libmagic // linux
brew install libmagic // osx

Generate protobuf

For User, add bson: "id" property to Email field for MongoDB primary key.

cd ./govideo/models
go get github.com/gogo/protobuf/protoc-gen-gogoslick
protoc --proto_path=$GOPATH/src:. --gogoslick_out=. user.proto

Generate easyjson

cd ./govideo/models
easyjson response.go
easyjson media.go

Webpack

webpack --progress --color

TODO

Security: User Session Expiry based on activity

User session in redis can be expired based on activity. Set redis expiry to low value and update it whenever a request is made by the same user.

Security: Media should not return real path

New struct that wraps around Media struct should be returned instead. Sensitive fields such as access and real path should not be visible.

Built with <3 from

• valyala/httprouter
• react

License

MIT