---
title: "Create a Node.js Video Streaming Application"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/create-a-node-js-video-streaming-application-pmuzeugab
source_url: https://javascript.plainenglish.io/create-a-node-js-video-streaming-application-3095cb2aa52c
type: article
source: "JavaScript in Plain English"
published: 2021-12-21T06:24:33.052Z
updated: 2021-12-21T06:24:33.053Z
tags: ["nodejs"]
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 52
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Create a Node.js Video Streaming Application

**[JavaScript in Plain English](https://daily.dev/sources/jsPlainEnglish)** · 3 min read · 52 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

In this article, I am going to show you a very simple Node.js application to stream videos online. This article only covers the backend. In the next part, I will be creating the frontend using Vue.js. Let’s dive straight into the process.

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**@lorezz** · 2 upvotes

> Minimal route that streams a local file mp4 with range to a video tag

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