merriman

What this is?

A media server that runs on node.

Why?

I wanted to stream media.

Install

This server requires ffmpeg to generate thumbnails. Install ffmpeg and place it in your path.

This server can be installed by running

npm install -g merriman

Usage

Configuring server

merriman editconfig

Running the server

merriman run

Adding media

merriman initdir

Configuration options

mediaLocation

Full path of location where uploaded media is stored

thumbLocation

Full path of location to store thumbnails

Developing

Once ffmpeg is installed, you must run the client and the server.

npm install
npm run server-watch

and in a separate shell

npm start

Attributions

[ daspinola / video-stream-sample ] - for figuring out how to stream from express.