diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index c9e76bb74..02fcaef72 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,11 +1,25 @@ # PeerTube -Prototype of a decentralized video streaming platform using P2P (bittorent) directly in the web browser with [webtorrent](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent). +[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/Chocobozzz/PeerTube.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/Chocobozzz/PeerTube) + +Prototype of a decentralized video streaming platform using P2P (bittorrent) directly in the web browser with [webtorrent](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent). [![js-standard-style](https://cdn.rawgit.com/feross/standard/master/badge.svg)](https://github.com/feross/standard) +## Why + +We can't build a FOSS video streaming alternatives to YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo... with a centralized software. One organization alone cannot have enought money to pay bandwith and video storage of its server. + +So we need to have a decentralized network (as [Diaspora](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora) for example). +But it's not enought because one video could become famous and overload the server. +It's the reason why we need to use a P2P protocol to limit the server load. +Thanks to [webtorrent](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent), we can make P2P (thus bittorrent) inside the web browser right now. + ## Features +- [ ] Frontend + - [X] Simple frontend (All elements are generated by jQuery) + - [ ] AngularJS frontend - [ ] Join a network - [X] Generate a RSA key - [X] Ask for the friend list of other pods and make friend with them @@ -26,14 +40,14 @@ Prototype of a decentralized video streaming platform using P2P (bittorent) dire - [ ] Manage API breaks - [ ] Add "DDOS" security (check if a pod don't send too many requests for example) -## Front compatibility + +## Usage + +### Front compatibility * Chromium * Firefox (>= 42 for MediaSource support) - -## Usage - ### Dependencies * NodeJS == 0.12 @@ -51,19 +65,13 @@ Prototype of a decentralized video streaming platform using P2P (bittorent) dire $ npm start ### Test with 3 fresh nodes + $ scripts/clean_test.sh $ scripts/run_servers.sh Then you will can access to the three nodes at http://localhost:900{1,2,3}. If you call "make friends" on http://localhost:9002, the pod 2 and 3 will become friends. Then if you call "make friends" on http://localhost:9001 it will become friend with the pod 2 and 3 (check the configuration files). Then the pod will communicate with each others. If you add a video on the pod 3 you'll can see it on the pod 1 and 2 :) -## Why -We can't build a FOSS video streaming alternatives to YouTube, Dailymotion, Vimeo... with a centralized software. -One organization alone cannot have enought money to pay bandwith and video storage of its server. -So we need to have a decentralized network (as [Diaspora](https://github.com/diaspora/diaspora) for example). -But it's not enought because one video could become famous and overload the server. -It's the reason why we need to use a P2P protocol to limit the server load. -Thanks to [webtorrent](https://github.com/feross/webtorrent), we can make P2P (thus bittorrent) inside the web browser right now. ## Architecture @@ -100,4 +108,4 @@ Here are some simple schemes: ### Frontend There would be a simple frontend (Bootstrap, AngularJS) but since the backend is a REST API anybody could build a frontend (Web application, desktop application...). -The backend uses bittorent protocol, so users could use their favorite bittorent client to download/play the video after having its torrent URI. +The backend uses bittorrent protocol, so users could use their favorite bittorrent client to download/play the video after having its torrent URI. diff --git a/test/api/multiplePods.js b/test/api/multiplePods.js index 511c1b975..bf7f27def 100644 --- a/test/api/multiplePods.js +++ b/test/api/multiplePods.js @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ } before(function (done) { - this.timeout(20000) + this.timeout(30000) var path_friends = '/api/pods/makefriends' utils.runMultipleServers(3, function (apps_run, urls_run) { @@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ done() }) }) - }, 5000) + }, 10000) }) }) })