Go Video Gallery

A modern video gallery application built with Go, featuring a responsive grid layout and interactive video playback.

Features

• Responsive video grid layout that adapts to different screen sizes
• Hover-to-play video previews
• Interactive play/pause controls
• Video streaming with support for various video formats
• Automatic video metadata extraction (duration, title)
• Automatic thumbnail generation for video previews
• Modern and clean user interface
• HTTP caching support for improved video playback performance
• Range request support for efficient video streaming

Prerequisites

• Go 1.16 or higher
• FFmpeg (for video metadata extraction)

Installation

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/go-video.git
cd go-video

2. Install dependencies:

go mod download

3. Create a videos directory in the project root:

mkdir videos

Usage

1. Place your video files in the videos directory. Supported formats include:

   • MP4
   • WebM
   • MKV
   • QuickTime
   • AVI

2. Start the server:

go run main.go

3. Open your browser and navigate to:

http://localhost:8080/videos

API Endpoints

• GET /videos - Displays the video gallery interface
• GET /stream/{filename} - Streams a video file with support for:
  • HTTP caching (1-hour cache duration)
  • Range requests for partial content
  • ETag and Last-Modified validation

Project Structure

go-video/
├── main.go           # Application entry point
├── handlers/         # HTTP request handlers
│   ├── list_videos.go
│   └── video_handler.go
├── templates/        # HTML templates
│   ├── base.html
│   └── videos.html
├── videos/          # Video storage directory
├── thumbnails/      # Generated video thumbnails
├── go.mod           # Go module definition
└── go.sum           # Go module checksums

Development

Adding New Features

1. Create new handlers in the handlers directory
2. Add corresponding templates in the templates directory
3. Update routes in main.go

Styling

The application uses modern CSS features:

• CSS Grid for responsive layout
• Flexbox for alignment
• CSS transitions for smooth animations
• Modern CSS properties for visual effects

Contributing

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

Acknowledgments

• Go - The programming language
• FFmpeg - For video processing
• h2non/filetype - For file type detection