MangeshOriginal MP
MangeshOriginal MP
APPROVAL CERTIFICATE
This Major project work entitled “Video Streaming Application” being submitted by
“Mangesh Anand” (Roll No.: 0536CS201018) are approved for the award of degree of
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and Engineering.
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SAGAR INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
ENGINEERING, BHOPAL Department of Computer Science &
Engineering
CANDIDATE DECLARATION
Date:
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This project work is the result of guidance and support of various people at SISTec
without whom all our effort would have been directionless and fruitless.
We sincerely thank all of them, for assisting us in completing the dissertation.
We express our ardent and earnest gratitude to our guide, Prof. Khushboo
Bhardwaj, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, SISTec Bhopal and Prof.
Ajit Kumar Shrivastava, HOD, Department of Computer Science & Engineering,
SISTec Bhopal for their help and encouragement at all the stages of our Work. Their
guidance and motivation helped us to be fruitful in our effort.
We also express my heartfelt and profound gratitude to our Director Dr. Jyoti
Deshmukh for her valuable suggestion and ample resources at all stages of the research
work.
Finally, we would like to say that we are indebted to my parents for everything that
they have done for us. All of this would have been impossible without their constant
support.
And we also thanks to God for being kind to me and driving me through this journey.
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Index
Chapter 1 Introduction
• Overview… ............................................................................................. 5
• Problem Statement… .............................................................................6
• Objective .................................................................................................7
• Applications… ....................................................................................... 8
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Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
Overview
Imagine sitting down to watch your favorite shows and movies on Netflix. Now, picture
having the power to create your very own Netflix-like website! That's precisely what
this project sets out to do. let's break down the line.
In today's digital era, large streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video reign
supreme, captivating audiences worldwide with their extensive content libraries and
seamless user experiences. However, not everyone has the opportunity or resources to
create their own personalized streaming platform. It's like craving your favorite dish but
not having the recipe to make it. Crafting a website similar to these platforms presents
a multitude of challenges, from managing vast media libraries to ensuring a smooth user
experience across devices.
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This project endeavors to demystify these challenges and equip aspiring developers
with the necessary tools to bring their own streaming platforms to life. By providing a
detailed roadmap and practical guidance, we aim to empower developers of all levels
to confidently embark on the journey of building their own unique streaming platforms.
Whether it's understanding frontend design principles, mastering backend development
techniques, or navigating database management intricacies, our project offers a
comprehensive approach to help developers overcome obstacles and achieve their goals
in the realm of digital entertainment.
Objective
At the core of this project lies a singular and ambitious objective: to empower
developers with the comprehensive knowledge, robust skills, and unwavering
confidence required to embark on the transformative journey of constructing a Video
Streaming platform utilizing the MERN stack. Through the meticulous crafting of a
tutorial that seamlessly intertwines with practical implementation examples, our
endeavor is to demystify the intricate complexities inherent in the development of
sophisticated web applications. By unraveling the intricacies and intricately navigating
through the layers of complexity, we endeavor to equip developers of all proficiency
levels with the requisite tools and insights to confidently undertake similar ventures
autonomously.
Moreover, beyond merely imparting technical expertise, our project aspires to cultivate
and nurture a vibrant culture of creativity and innovation within the developer
community. We envision a future where developers are not only inspired to replicate
the foundational elements of this web application but are also emboldened to infuse
their distinct creativity and innovative flair into the fabric of their creations. By
fostering an environment conducive to experimentation and exploration, we aim to
catalyse a wave of novel and inventive streaming platforms, each uniquely tailored to
meet the diverse.
Applications
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4. Skill Development: Beyond web development, our project fosters the
development of essential skills such as project management, problemsolving,
and creativity, enriching the professional journey of all involved.
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Chapter 2
REQUIREMENT ANALYSIS
a. Pooja
• Proficient in backend development technologies such as Node.js,
Express.js, and MongoDB.
• Experienced in designing RESTful APIs, implementing
authentication mechanisms, and optimizing database queries.
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b. Natasha
• Proficient in frontend development technologies such as React.js,
HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.
• Experienced in building responsive and intuitive user interfaces,
implementing state management solutions, and integrating
thirdparty libraries.
c. Mangesh
• Proficient in both frontend and backend development technologies,
with a strong understanding of the MERN stack.
• Experienced in integrating frontend and backend components,
implementing full-stack features, and troubleshooting cross
functional issues.
3. Communication Channels
• Weekly team meetings to discuss project progress, challenges, and
upcoming tasks.
• Regular updates and communication via email and instant messaging
platforms for quick collaboration and information sharing.
4. Reporting Structure
• Pooja reports progress and backend-related updates to the team during
weekly meetings.
• Natasha reports progress and frontend-related updates to the team
during weekly meetings.
• Mangesh coordinates communication between frontend and backend
teams, ensuring seamless integration and collaboration throughout the
project lifecycle.
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Gantt Chart:
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Functional Requirements
1. User Interfaces
• Homepage: Implement a visually appealing and responsive homepage
that showcases featured movies and TV shows, trending content, and
personalized recommendations.
• Authentication: Provide user authentication functionality, allowing
users to register, login, and manage their accounts securely.
• Browse Content: Implement a user-friendly interface for browsing and
discovering movies and TV shows based on genres, categories, release
dates, and user preferences.
• Search Functionality: Include a search feature that enables users to
search for specific titles, genres, actors, directors, or keywords.
• Media Player: Integrate a media player component that supports
streaming of video content with playback controls, Fullscreen mode, and
quality settings.
• User Profile: Allow users to view and manage their profile information,
including viewing history, watchlists.
• Responsive Design: Ensure that the user interface is responsive and
optimized for various devices, including desktops, laptops, tablets, and
smartphones.
2. Hardware Interfaces
• Streaming Devices: Ensure compatibility with popular streaming
devices such as smart TVs, streaming sticks, and gaming consoles,
allowing users to access the platform from a variety of hardware
platforms.
• Mobile Devices: Optimize the user interface for mobile devices,
providing a seamless and intuitive viewing experience on smartphones
and tablets.
• Desktop Browsers: Support major desktop browsers such as Chrome,
Firefox, Safari, and Edge, ensuring consistent performance and
functionality across different browser environments.
3. Software Interfaces
• API Integration: Integrate external APIs for functionalities such as
content recommendation, user authentication, payment processing, and
third-party services.
• Database Management: Implement database management systems
such as MongoDB for storing and retrieving user data, content metadata,
watch history, and session information.
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• Server-side Frameworks: Utilize server-side frameworks such as
Express.js for handling HTTP requests, routing, middleware, and
serverside logic.
• Client-side Frameworks: Utilize client-side frameworks such as
React.js for building dynamic and interactive user interfaces, managing
state, and handling user interactions.
Nonfunctional Requirements
1. Performance Requirements
• Response Time: Ensure that the web application loads within 2
seconds on average, across different devices and network conditions.
• Scalability: Design the application to handle a minimum of 1000
concurrent users without experiencing performance degradation.
• Throughput: Support streaming sessions for at least 500 users
simultaneously, ensuring uninterrupted playback and smooth navigation
throughout the platform.
2. Safety Requirement
• Data Privacy: Implement stringent data privacy measures to protect
user information, including encryption of sensitive data and compliance
with GDPR regulations.
• Content Ratings: Integrate a robust content rating system to filter and
display age-appropriate content based on user profiles and preferences.
• Parental Controls: Offer parental control features allowing parents to
set viewing restrictions for certain content categories or individual
titles.
3. Security Requirements
• Authentication and Authorization: Employ secure authentication
mechanisms such as OAuth or JWT tokens to verify user identities and
control access to protected resources.
• Data Encryption: Encrypt sensitive user data, including passwords,
using industry-standard encryption ways like we used CryptoJs for
password safety to prevent unauthorized access.
• Firewall Protection: Configure firewall rules to restrict access to the
server and database from unauthorized IP addresses, mitigating
potential security threats.
• Regular Security Audits: Conduct regular security audits to identify
and address vulnerabilities, ensuring the integrity and confidentiality of
user data.
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4. Software Quality Attributes
• Reliability: Ensure high reliability with a minimum uptime of
99.9%, minimizing disruptions and downtime for users.
• Maintainability: Design the codebase with modularity and
clean coding practices to facilitate ease of maintenance,
updates, and bug fixes.
• Usability: Provide an intuitive and user-friendly interface with
clear navigation, consistent layout, and easy access to features
across devices.
• Performance Optimization: Optimize code and database
queries to enhance application performance, ensuring fast load
times and responsive interactions for users.
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Chapter 3
Designing & Methodology
Overview of Methodology
For our major project, the development methodology played a crucial role in guiding
our approach towards building a robust and successful web application using the
MERN stack. Given the significance and complexity of the project, we adopted a
structured and disciplined methodology to ensure efficiency, quality, and timely
delivery of the final product.
1. Key Principles
• Structured Approach: We embraced a structured approach to project
management, adhering to defined processes and workflows to maintain
organization and clarity throughout the development lifecycle.
• Methodical Planning: Thorough planning was essential to set clear
goals, define project scope, and establish a roadmap for execution.
Detailed project plans were created, outlining tasks, timelines, and
resource allocations.
• Collaborative Efforts: Collaboration was at the core of our
methodology, with interdisciplinary teams working closely together to
leverage diverse skill sets, perspectives, and expertise. Effective
communication and coordination were key to ensuring synergy and
alignment across team members.
• Quality Focus: Quality assurance was prioritized at every stage of
development, with rigorous testing, code reviews, and quality control
measures in place to uphold the integrity and reliability of the
application.
• Adaptive Approach: Flexibility and adaptability were fundamental
aspects of our methodology, enabling us to respond promptly to
changing requirements, unforeseen challenges, and evolving
stakeholder needs.
2. Process
• Initiation: The project kicked off with thorough research, requirement
analysis, and feasibility assessment to establish a solid foundation and
understanding of project objectives and constraints.
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• Planning: Detailed project plans, including work breakdown
structures, schedules, and resource allocations, were created to guide
project execution and ensure alignment with project goals and
timelines.
• Execution: Development activities commenced, with teams actively
engaged in implementing design specifications, coding functionalities,
and integrating components to build the web application.
Monitoring and Control: Progress was closely monitored and
controlled throughout the development lifecycle, with regular status
updates, progress reports, and performance evaluations conducted to
track project milestones and identify deviations from the plan.
• Testing and Quality Assurance: Extensive testing and quality
assurance activities were conducted to validate the functionality,
usability, and performance of the application, ensuring adherence to
quality standards and user expectations.
• Deployment: Following successful testing and approval, the
application was deployed to production environments, with careful
attention to deployment procedures, configuration management, and
release management practices.
3. Benefits
• Structured Framework: The methodology provided a structured
framework for project management, guiding our efforts and ensuring
systematic execution of tasks and activities.
• Efficiency and Productivity: By following defined processes and
workflows, we were able to optimize productivity, minimize
redundancies, and maximize efficiency in project execution.
• Risk Mitigation: The methodology enabled proactive risk
management, allowing us to identify, assess, and mitigate potential
risks and uncertainties, thus minimizing the impact on project success.
• Quality Assurance: Quality assurance was ingrained into every phase
of development, resulting in a high-quality, reliable, and user-friendly
web application that met stakeholder expectations and requirements.
Detail Methods
In our major project, the success of our endeavour relied heavily on employing a
range of detailed methods and techniques throughout the development process. These
methods were meticulously selected and applied to ensure efficiency, effectiveness,
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and high-quality outcomes in every aspect of our project execution. Below, we delve into the
specific methods employed across various stages of our project:
Project Modules:
In our MERN-based web application project, we organized our development efforts
into distinct modules or components, each responsible for specific functionalities or
features of the application. These modules were designed to promote modularity,
scalability, and maintainability, allowing for easier development, testing, and future
enhancements. Below, we elaborate on the key modules of our project:
1. Authentication Module:
• Responsible for user authentication and authorization processes,
including registration, login, logout, and password management.
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• Utilizes JWT (JSON Web Tokens) for secure authentication and session
management, ensuring user identity verification and access control to
protected resources.
2. Management Module:
• Manages the content available on the platform, including movies, TV
shows, and other media assets.
• Allows administrators to add, edit, and delete content entries, as well as
categorize and tag content for easier discovery and organization.
4. Streaming Module:
Handles the streaming and playback of media content, ensuring
seamless and high-quality streaming experiences for users.
• Utilizes streaming protocols such as HLS (HTTP Live Streaming) or
MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) for adaptive
bitrate streaming and compatibility with various devices and network
conditions.
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• Implements RESTful APIs for seamless communication
between frontend and backend components, enabling data
exchange and
interaction with external system.
Block Diagram:
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Diagrams with explanations:
1. Flow Chart
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2. Use Case Diagram:
3. Sequence Diagram:
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4. DFD:
Data Designing:
1. E-R Diagram:
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Chapter 4
Implementation and Results Analysis
Technology Used
In the development of our Web application project, we employed a robust technology
stack to ensure scalability, efficiency, and a seamless user experience. Below is a
detailed overview of the technologies utilized:
1. Frontend Technologies:
• React.js: We chose React.js as the foundation for our frontend
development due to its component-based architecture, which facilitates
modular development and efficient rendering of user interfaces.
• Redux: For state management, particularly in larger applications, we
optionally integrated Redux to manage complex application states
effectively.
• HTML5 & CSS3: HTML5 and CSS3 were utilized for
structuring and styling the user interface, ensuring a visually appealing
and responsive design.
• JavaScript (ES6+): Modern JavaScript (ES6+) was employed for
implementing client-side logic and handling user interactions.
2. Backend Technologies:
• Node.js: We leveraged Node.js as the backend runtime environment,
enabling us to build scalable and high-performance server-side
applications.
• Express.js: Express.js served as the web application framework for
Node.js, simplifying the development of robust APIs and handling HTTP
requests/responses.
• MongoDB: MongoDB was chosen as the database solution for its
flexibility and scalability, allowing us to store user data, movie
information, and other application-related data efficiently.
3. Other Technologies:
• Mongoose: Mongoose facilitated the interaction between our Node.js
application and MongoDB by providing a schema-based solution for
modeling application data.
• JWT (JSON Web Tokens): For secure authentication and
authorization, we implemented JWT to transmit information securely
between parties as JSON objects.
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• Axios: Axios was utilized as the promise-based HTTP client for
making AJAX requests from the frontend to the backend, ensuring
seamless communication between client and server.
• AWS: We integrated AWS services such as Amazon S3 for storing and
serving static assets like images and videos, enhancing the scalability
and performance of our application.
4. Deployment Technologies:
• Version Control with GitHub: We utilized GitHub as our version
control platform, allowing multiple team members to collaborate on the
project simultaneously. With GitHub, we maintained a centralized
repository of our codebase, enabling easy access, versioning, and
collaboration.
• Continuous Deployment with Vercel: For deploying our application,
we chose Vercel, a cloud platform for static sites and serverless functions.
Vercel provided seamless integration with GitHub, enabling automatic
deployments upon every push to the designated branch (e.g., main or
master branch).
• Configuration and Environment Setup: Before deploying to Vercel,
we configured the necessary environment variables and project settings
within the Vercel dashboard. This included specifying build commands,
defining environment variables for API keys or sensitive information,
and setting up custom domains if required.
• Deployment Triggers: With Vercel's automatic deployment triggers,
any updates pushed to the GitHub repository triggered a new deployment
on Vercel. This ensured that the latest version of our Netflix clone
application was always available to users without manual intervention.
Advantages of Project
The Netflix clone project offers several advantages, making it a valuable endeavor in
the realm of modern web development. These advantages include:
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design, participants gain a comprehensive understanding of these
technologies and their interactions.
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Chapter 5
Conclusion &Future Scope
Conclusion:
In conclusion, the development of the streaming web application project using the
MERN stack represents a significant achievement in the field of web development.
Through this endeavor, participants have gained invaluable practical experience,
honed their technical skills, and deepened their understanding of industry-standard
practices.
Looking ahead, the lessons learned from this project will continue to inform and
inspire future endeavors in web development, empowering participants to tackle new
challenges, innovate, and contribute to the ever-evolving digital landscape.
Future Scope
While our project has achieved its primary objectives, there are several avenues for
future enhancement and expansion:
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3. Internationalization: Adapting the platform to support multiple languages,
currencies, and regional content preferences can facilitate global expansion and
cater to a broader user base.
4. Performance Optimization: Implementing performance optimization
techniques such as server-side rendering, code splitting, and caching
mechanisms can improve the platform's responsiveness, scalability, and overall
user experience.
5. Monetization Strategies: Exploring alternative monetization strategies such as
subscription tiers, pay-per-view models, targeted advertising, and partnerships
with advertisers can unlock new revenue streams and sustain long-term growth.
6. Mobile Applications: Developing native mobile applications for iOS and
Android devices can extend the platform's reach and accessibility, providing
users with seamless access to content on-the-go.
7. Community Engagement: Fostering a vibrant online community through user
forums, social media integration, and gamification elements can foster user
loyalty, drive user-generated content, and cultivate a sense of belonging among
users.
8. Machine Learning Integration: Leveraging machine learning algorithms for
content recommendation, user behavior analysis, and content moderation can
enhance the platform's intelligence, personalization, and content discovery
capabilities.
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