local-video

The local-video app is a simple Flask-based web application designed to manage and display video files on your local machine. It allows users to view video files, generate thumbnails, and stream videos directly from a local server.

Designed and coded by erikerikerikerikerikerikerik

Features

• NEW: thumbnails display a slideshow on mouse hover.
• Automatically indexes videos and generates thumbnails.
• Displays a gallery of videos with thumbnails.
• Switch to directory tree gallery view.
• Plays video files with a built-in video player.
• Supports common video formats (.mp4, .avi, .mov, .mkv).
• Customizable thumbnail and template directories.

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Flask
• FFmpeg

Structure

local-video/
│
├── _templates/            # Contains HTML templates and static files (CSS, JS, etc.)
├── _thumbnails/           # Contains generated video thumbnails
└── app.py                 # Main Flask app

The app will index all videos located in the project directory and/or subdirectories (_templates and _thumbnails directories excluded from index).

Usage

1. Run the Flask server:

   python3 app.py

2. Open your browser and navigate to:

   http://127.0.0.1:5000/

The main page will display a gallery of videos. Thumbnails are automatically generated for each supported video file. You can click on a thumbnail to play the corresponding video. Video player supports timeskip with arrow keys!

~ Erik