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node server.jsHave a stream.mkv file on the same path where the server is.
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A node js server which streams mkv to just mkv supported browsers
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| <html> | |
| <title>Stream a mkv file</title> | |
| <body> | |
| <video id="video" src="stream.mkv" width="400" type="video/x-matroska" controls></video> | |
| </body> | |
| </html> |
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| var fs = require('fs'), | |
| http = require('http'), | |
| url = require('url'), | |
| path = require('path'); | |
| let indexPage, stream_mkv; | |
| // load the video files and the index html page | |
| fs.readFile(path.resolve(__dirname,"stream.mkv"), function (err, data) { | |
| if (err) { | |
| throw err; | |
| } | |
| stream_mkv = data; | |
| console.log(stream_mkv.length); | |
| console.log("stream_mkv.length"); | |
| }); | |
| fs.readFile(path.resolve(__dirname,"index.html"), function (err, data) { | |
| if (err) { | |
| throw err; | |
| } | |
| indexPage = data; | |
| }); | |
| // create http server | |
| http.createServer(function (req, res) { | |
| var reqResource = url.parse(req.url).pathname; | |
| //console.log("Resource: " + reqResource); | |
| if(reqResource == "/"){ | |
| //console.log(req.headers) | |
| res.writeHead(200, {'Content-Type': 'text/html'}); | |
| res.write(indexPage); | |
| res.end(); | |
| } else if (reqResource == "/favicon.ico"){ | |
| res.writeHead(404); | |
| res.end(); | |
| } else { | |
| var total; | |
| if(reqResource == "/stream.mkv"){ | |
| total = stream_mkv.length; | |
| } | |
| var range = req.headers.range; | |
| var positions = range.replace(/bytes=/, "").split("-"); | |
| var start = parseInt(positions[0], 10); | |
| // if last byte position is not present then it is the last byte of the video file. | |
| var end = positions[1] ? parseInt(positions[1], 10) : total - 1; | |
| var chunksize = (end-start)+1; | |
| if(reqResource == "/stream.mkv"){ | |
| res.writeHead(206, { "Content-Range": "bytes " + start + "-" + end + "/" + total, | |
| "Accept-Ranges": "bytes", | |
| "Content-Length": chunksize, | |
| "Content-Type":"video/x-matroska"}); | |
| res.end(stream_mkv.slice(start, end+1), "binary"); | |
| } | |
| } | |
| }).listen(8888); |
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x-matroska (i.e .mkv) doesn't work on firefox and causes a
Cannot play media. No decoders for requested formats: video/x-matroska.The format is handled by chrome.