hylarucoder/revid-serve

revid-serve

A lightweight media server for Remotion projects that helps manage media assets outside of the bundle.

Why?

• Keep your Remotion bundle size small
• Manage media files separately from your bundle
• Simple and efficient media serving
• No need to bundle large media files in ./public

Install

Quick Install (macOS/Linux)

# Download to current directory
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/hylarucoder/revid-serve/main/install.sh | bash

Manual Install

If you prefer not to use the automatic installation script, you can download and install manually:

1. Visit the Releases page
2. Download the version for your system
3. Rename and make it executable:

   mv revid-serve-* revid-serve
   chmod +x revid-serve

Usage

1. Start the media server:

   ./revid-serve -d ./media

2. Add the mediaFile utility function:

   function mediaFile(path: string) {
     // change to your media server base url
     return `http://localhost:8080/${path}`;
   }

3. Use it in your code:

   const video = mediaFile("videos/intro.mp4");
   const image = mediaFile("images/background.png");