NodeJS MongoDB-GridFS Video range stream example Lets your browser seek/jump wihin the video-playback.

GridStream.js

var app = require('express')();
var GridStore = require('mongodb').GridStore;
var ObjectID = require('mongodb').ObjectID;
var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;
var Server = require('mongodb').Server;

var dbConnection;
MongoClient.connect("mongodb://localhost:27017/ersatz?auto_reconnect", {journal: true}, function(err, db) {
  dbConnection = db;
  app.listen(3000);
});

function StreamGridFile(req, res, GridFile) {
  if(req.headers['range']) {

    // Range request, partialle stream the file
    console.log('Range Reuqest');
    var parts = req.headers['range'].replace(/bytes=/, "").split("-");
    var partialstart = parts[0];
    var partialend = parts[1];

    var start = parseInt(partialstart, 10);
    var end = partialend ? parseInt(partialend, 10) : GridFile.length -1;
    var chunksize = (end-start)+1;

    console.log('Range ',start,'-',end);

    res.writeHead(206, {
      'Content-Range': 'bytes ' + start + '-' + end + '/' + GridFile.length,
      'Accept-Ranges': 'bytes',
      'Content-Length': chunksize,
      'Content-Type': GridFile.contentType
    });

    // Set filepointer
    GridFile.seek(start, function() {
      // get GridFile stream
      var stream = GridFile.stream(true);

      // write to response
      stream.on('data', function(buff) {
        // count data to abort streaming if range-end is reached
        // perhaps theres a better way?
        start += buff.length;
        if(start >= end) {
          // enough data send, abort
          GridFile.close();
          res.end();
        } else {
          res.write(buff);
        }
      });
    });

  } else {

    // stream back whole file
    console.log('No Range Request');
    res.header('Content-Type', GridFile.contentType);
    res.header('Content-Length', GridFile.length);
    var stream = GridFile.stream(true);
    stream.pipe(res);
  }
}

app.get('/', function(req, res) {
  console.log('GET request');
  new GridStore(dbConnection, new ObjectID("526652540d9e077978000230"), null, 'r').open(function(err, GridFile) {
    if(!GridFile) {
      res.send(404,'Not Found');
      return;
    }
    
    StreamGridFile(req, res, GridFile)
  });
});

Your Code works well with IE11, FF and Chrome, but for some reasons Safari refuses to play my BigBuckBunny video (MOV/H.264) delivered through GridFS

For some reason, I can not edit / delete previous posts (sorry for spamming):

With a little change, your example works fine in Safari:

https://gist.github.com/derMani/218bd18cc926d85a57a1

to steam only a part of the file do fs.createReadStream('sample.txt', {start: 90, end: 99});

ah, but i have no idea if GridStream has support for that...

Streaming videos directly to/from GridFS using gridfs-stream either with mongodb-native db instance or mongoose.

Clone node-cheat direct_upload_gridfs, run node app followed by npm install express mongodb gridfs-stream.

Specific not work "start" FILE FOR VIDEO
I have 70 gigabytes of video and I'll extract a fragment of a size of 10 megabytes
Example:

1. fs.createReadStream('sample.txt', {start: 50 000 000, end: 60 000 000})
   2.res.writeHead(206, {
   'Content-disposition': 'filename=streamxx.mp4',
   'Accept-Ranges': 'bytes',
   'Content-Type': "video/mp4",
   'Content-Range': 'bytes ' + start + '-' + end + '/' + GridFile.length,//GridFile.length, // start = 50 000 000
   'Content-Length': chunksize
   });
2. GridFile.seek(start, function () { // start = 50 000 000
   or Other

These examples can extract part of the video file, but can not play in this part of the HTML5 Video tag . I tried FFMPEG and its superstructure but still can not play. As this fragmetn play or what or how to modify it ??

This is a grate help for me on my projects. Thanks you.