Video Player

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A simple video player built with Vue 3, Vite and Express.

You can specify the path to your local video folder in the configuration, and access it through the browser after starting the service.

Getting Started

1. Configure environment variables in .env

   Variable	Default	Description
   PORT	3000	Server port
   HOST	localhost	Address to bind to
   NODE_ENV	development	Environment. Can be either development or production
   GET_VID_INFO	true	Whether to fetch video infos like duration and codec. May take a long time if there are many videos. ffmpeg is needed.
   PLAYER_TYPE	Plyr	Player type. Can be either DPlayer or Plyr
   USE_CACHE	false	Whether to use last scan results. If true, video infos will be cached in cache/scan-cache.json.

2. Install dependencies, build frontend, and start server

   npm install
   npm run build
   npm run start
   # or
   npm run start:cache # use cache to skip scanning

3. Development mode, using Vite for frontend and Express for backend, both with hot reload

   npm install
   npm run dev
   # or
   npm run dev:cache # use cache to skip scanning