Uploading and streaming media content, specifically video content, has been a growing part of the internet culture for some time now. From individuals sharing personal video content to the entertainment industry disseminating commercial content on online streaming services, we all rely on web applications that enable smooth uploading and streaming. Capabilities within the MERN stack technologies can be used to build and integrate these core streaming features into any MERN-based full-stack application. In this chapter, we will extend the MERN skeleton application to build a media streaming application, while demonstrating how to utilize MongoDB GridFS and add media streaming features to your web applications.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics to implement basic media uploading and streaming by extending the MERN skeleton...
