ARSU – Distributed Video Streaming Platform

Overview

ARSU is a scalable video streaming platform that enables users to upload, process, and stream videos using HTTP Live Streaming (HLS). The application follows a distributed architecture with asynchronous processing to ensure efficient media handling and smooth playback.

Features

User authentication using JWT
Secure registration and login
Video upload and management
Automatic HLS video transcoding using FFmpeg
Adaptive video streaming
Kafka-based asynchronous processing
RabbitMQ message queue integration
Redis caching
MongoDB database
Dockerized microservices
Responsive React frontend

Tech Stack

Frontend

React
JavaScript
Axios
CSS

Backend

Spring Boot
Spring Security
JWT
Maven

Database & Messaging

MongoDB
Redis
Apache Kafka
RabbitMQ

Media Processing

FFmpeg
HLS Streaming

DevOps

Docker
Docker Compose
Nginx

Architecture

The application follows a microservice-inspired architecture where user requests are handled by Spring Boot APIs, video uploads are processed asynchronously through Kafka and RabbitMQ, media is transcoded into HLS format using FFmpeg, metadata is stored in MongoDB, and frequently accessed data is cached using Redis.

Challenges Solved

Configured Docker networking for multiple services.
Implemented JWT authentication and authorization.
Integrated asynchronous message processing using Kafka and RabbitMQ.
Fixed HLS playlist and segment routing for seamless video playback.
Optimized API communication and media streaming pipeline.

Learning Outcomes

Through this project I gained practical experience with distributed systems, asynchronous messaging, Docker-based deployments, media streaming, backend optimization, and debugging production-level issues across multiple services.