title: Streaming video using nodejs to the browser
body: <p>I want to use nodejs to create a streaming server (i know that there are a lot but i want to create one using nodejs), the problem is that the video doesn't get downloaded like on youtube, can you give how to do to get a streaming like youtube, Thank you</p>
  
  <pre><code>var http = require('http'),
  var fs = require('fs'),
  var util = require('util');
  
  http.createServer(function (req, res) {
  var path = '/home/flumotion/test.mp4';
  var stat = fs.statSync(path);
  var total = stat.size;
  if (req.headers['range']) {
      var range = req.headers.range; 
      console.log("Range = "+range);
      var parts = range.replace(/bytes=/, "").split("-");
      var partialstart = parts[0];
      var partialend = parts[1];
      var start = parseInt(partialstart, 10);
      var end = partialend ? parseInt(partialend, 10) : total-1; 
      var chunksize = (end-start)+1;
      console.log('RANGE: ' + start + ' - ' + end + ' = ' + chunksize);
  
      var file = fs.createReadStream(path, {start: start, end: end});
      res.writeHead(206, { 'Content-Range': 'bytes ' + start + '-' + end + '/' + total, 'Accept-Ranges': 'bytes', 'Content-Length': chunksize, 'Content-Type': 'video/mp4' });
      file.pipe(res);
    } 
    else {
      console.log('ALL: ' + total);
      res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Length': total, 'Content-Type': 'video/mp4' });
      fs.createReadStream(path).pipe(res);
    }
  }).listen(1337, '127.0.0.1');
  console.log('Server running at http://127.0.0.1:1337/');
  </code></pre>