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-# nodejs-video-streamer
+# NodeJS-Video-Streamer
+A simple web video streamer built on the MEVN stack.
 
-## Project setup
+![Video Player](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jslightham/NodeJS-Video-Streamer/master/images/Video.png)
+
+### Features
+
+- Automatic transcoding through Handbrake
+- Video.js video player
+- Video streaming from NodeJS backend
+- Automatic thumbnail generation through FFmpeg
+- Store video metadata in MongoDB
+- Video uploader
+- Video search tool
+- Video comments and likes
+
+### Installation
+#### Backend
+The backend code is found in the `API` directory. You will need to have NodeJS and FFmpeg installed and properly configured on your system before proceeding.
+Start by installing all backend dependencies
 ```
 npm install
 ```
-
-### Compiles and hot-reloads for development
+Change the DB settings to your MongoDB database in the `API/DB.js` file
 ```
-npm run serve
+module.exports = {
+    DB: 'mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/videoStreamer' // Connection to DB
+}
 ```
 
-### Compiles and minifies for production
+Run the backend server
+```
+node index.js
+```
+Or, if you want to run the backend development server instead
+```
+nodemon run
+```
+The backend will automatically run on port 8000, if you want to change this you can edit the port on line 29 of the `index.js` file.
+
+#### Frontend
+Run in the root directory of the project to install all frontend dependencies
+```
+npm install
+```
+You will now need to edit line 9 of the `main.js` file found in `src/main.js`. Set this to the IP and port of your backend server.
+```
+Vue.prototype.$apiIp = "http://127.0.0.1:8000"
+```
+Building the application for production minifies all the files, and removes unnecessary checks. To build the app run
 ```
 npm run build
 ```
+The generated files will be placed in the ```dst``` directory, these can be run on any static file server.
 
-### Lints and fixes files
+Or, to run the development server, you can run
 ```
-npm run lint
+npm run serve
 ```
+###Interface
+
+![Transcoding](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jslightham/NodeJS-Video-Streamer/master/images/Transcoding.png)
+
+![Home](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jslightham/NodeJS-Video-Streamer/master/images/Home.png)
 
-### Customize configuration
-See [Configuration Reference](https://cli.vuejs.org/config/).