Nginx + proxy_store + flv/mp4

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Mon, Oct 05, 2009 at 12:04:41PM -0400, benjinx wrote:

> I'm trying to set up sort of an origin/edge config for nginx to stream
> mp4s and flvs.
> 
> I'm using proxy_store to cache flvs/mp4s from the origin on the
> frontends. I also want to enable seeking in those files using the
> flv and mp4 (mp4 is a module from h264.code-shop.com) directives.
> 
> The problem I have is that I can't get the seeking to work if the file hasn't
> previously been cached on the frontend and I don't want to enable flv/mp4
> modules on the backend since that would mean the cache on the frontend
> is polluted with lots of "seeked" files. I only want the whole files cached.
> 
> Is it possible to somehow make nginx do this:
> 
> 1. If file not in proxy store, get from backend wait until completely downloaded else go to 2
> 2. Start streaming from local cache
> 
> What I mean is - is it possible to get nginx to ALWAYS read from local store (proxy_store) and
> not just pass along the data received from backend?
> 
> I want seeking to always work and I only want one file cached locally.
> 
> Thanks for an AWESOME webbserver!

You may try to use

http://mdounin.ru/hg/ngx_http_bytes_filter_module/

instead of flv on frontend.  It works as filter, and should be 
able to handle flv seeking while still downloading full file from 
backend to use in cache/proxy_store.

Maxim Dounin