Movie Streaming Platform
Full-stack adaptive video streaming with HLS and AWS S3 integration
A comprehensive movie streaming solution featuring adaptive bitrate streaming (HLS), real-time interactions, and scalable cloud media storage.
The Problem
Delivering high-quality video content requires complex media processing and adaptive streaming to prevent buffering across varying network conditions.
Architecture
Decoupled architecture with Next.js 15 for the presentation layer and a RESTful Express.js API. Orchestrates video encoding via FFmpeg and uses HLS for delivery.
Scalability
Media storage is managed via AWS S3, ensuring infinite scalability. The stateless backend is ready for horizontal scaling, with HLS ensuring optimal delivery to end-users.
Performance
Next.js Turbopack for fast builds and HLS.js for optimized playback. Uses AWS S3 presigned URLs for direct client-to-cloud secure media delivery.
Key Features
Core Industry Services
Project Ecosystem
Engineering Deep Dive
An inside look at the structural decisions, trade-offs, and scaling plans devised during implementation.
Context & Constraints
- Video Streaming Architecture.
- Cloud Media Storage (AWS S3) implementation.
- Full-stack development with mission-critical media delivery.
Architecture Trade-offs
Used client-side FFmpeg (WASM) for localized processing to reduce server load, despite higher client-side resource requirements. Relies on S3 direct streaming for simplicity.
Database Modeling
MongoDB for movie metadata and user profiles, utilizing denormalized documents for genre and tag optimization to speed up read queries.
Scaling Plan
Repository Insights
Architecture data and repository metrics are synchronized via CI/CD telemetry.