https://github.com/dtube/dtube

:tv: d.tube app. A full-featured video sharing website, decentralized.
https://github.com/dtube/dtube

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:tv: d.tube app. A full-featured video sharing website, decentralized.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/dtube/dtube
• Owner: dtube
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2018-05-12T18:55:15.000Z (over 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-05-06T13:53:35.000Z (6 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-06T04:34:12.933Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: blockchain, decentralized, ipfs, meteor, steem, video
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage: https://d.tube
• Size: 164 MB
• Stars: 806
• Watchers: 51
• Forks: 191
• Open Issues: 132
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
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# DTube App

This is the main javascript application you can use on d.tube. This is probably the starting point for anyone wanting to contribute to d.tube.

## Preview

![DTube Homepage Preview](https://i.imgur.com/G6knxMI.png)

## Install

### Install Meteor

* Linux and Mac: `curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh`

* Windows: [link](https://www.meteor.com/install)

### Install the app

Clone this repository and `meteor npm install` in it. This will install all dependencies coming from npm including the ones required for development.

### Start the app

Finally, do `meteor` in the folder to start the app in development mode.

##### Options:

* `-p 3456` for running on a different port than the default 3000.

* `--production` will minify and merge the javascript and css files.

Meteor will automatically push any change on the code to the browser while you keep the meteor dev server running.

## Going in-depth

### Running blockchain locally

You can run a blockchain locally on your PC to avoid sending transactions onto the live network. Follow instructions in [dtube/avalon](https://github.com/dtube/avalon), then just change API to 'localhost:3001' in the settings page to point your UI to your development chain.

### Working with Uploads

For doing anything on the upload side, it is strongly recommended to run your own [dtube/ipfs-uploader](https://github.com/dtube/ipfs-uploader). Once running, simply turn the `localhost` setting to `true` in `client/settings.js` and it will upload locally instead of our production servers.

### Working on the Player

As you can see, we use the embed directly available on emb.d.tube. This is the [dtube/embed](https://github.com/dtube/embed) repository. Feel free to clone it and directly point the `client/views/commons/videos/player.js` to your file:// version of the player if you want to make changes that include the player.

### Working with pre-rendering for bots

The [dtube/minidtube](https://github.com/dtube/minidtube) repository is responsible for all the pre-rendering and serving a decent version of d.tube to bots which normally wouldn't be able to.

## Structure

 - `.meteor` meteor files, don't touch unless you know what you are doing.

 - `.vscode` if you use visual studio code.

 - `public` all the static files like pictures, fonts and translations.

 - `client` all the app code

 - - `client/collections` minimongo collections that templates feed from

 - - `client/css` css files.

 - - `client/lib` semantic ui related code.

 - - `client/views` templates, each has 2 files, html and js, a handlebar template and associated logic.

 - - - `client/views/commons` all the re-used templates

 - - - `client/views/pages` all the templates matching a route in `router.js`

 - - - `client/views/topbar` the fixed menu on top of the app

 - - - `client/views/sidebar` the sidebar menu

 

## Common Issues

If you are using windows, the `meteor npm` seems to be buggy at times. You can try using the normal `npm` instead if you have that installed.

After each meteor or package.json update, you will need to re-run `meteor npm install`

For any help, feel free to join us in our [Discord Channel](https://discord.gg/dtube)

## Contributing

If you want to contribute to the project, please read [this page](https://d.tube/#!/wiki/contribute).