Foundation · Local video platform

Project-Tube

● Prototype / Foundation

A Flask-based local video hosting and playback prototype using SQLite for metadata and local file storage.

FlaskPythonSQLiteHTML/CSSJavaScriptsend_file

01 · OVERVIEW

What is Project-Tube?

What the project does

Project-Tube is a small media-server foundation that explores uploading video files, storing their paths in SQLite and serving them back through a browser player.

How it benefits the user/business

Demonstrates the basic architecture of a local video platform.
Connects file uploads with metadata persistence.
Provides browser playback for supported formats.
Makes a useful foundation for later authentication, metadata and streaming improvements.

Platform & environment

Local Flask web application using SQLite and a local uploads directory.

02 · FEATURES

What is included?

01 · Video uploadImplemented as part of the project's current scope.

02 · Local file storageImplemented as part of the project's current scope.

03 · SQLite metadataImplemented as part of the project's current scope.

04 · Supported extension checkingImplemented as part of the project's current scope.

05 · Video listingImplemented as part of the project's current scope.

06 · Browser playbackImplemented as part of the project's current scope.

07 · Dedicated player pageImplemented as part of the project's current scope.

08 · Simple local/LAN usageImplemented as part of the project's current scope.

03 · WORKFLOW

How the project works

Browser
  ↓
Upload Page
  ↓
Validate Extension
  ↓
Save Video File
  ↓
Store Path in SQLite
  ↓
Video Listing
  ↓
Select Video
  ↓
send_file()
  ↓
Browser Playback

04 · BACKEND

What role does the backend play?

The backend/application layer is responsible for connecting the interface to the project's data, business logic and user workflows.

Flask routes receive uploads and connect them with SQLite metadata.
The database stores the relationship between a video record and its stored file path.
The backend serves the selected video back to the browser through Flask's file-serving mechanism.

05 · USAGE

How is it used?

A user opens the local web app, uploads a supported video, sees it in the video interface and opens it in the browser player.

Project maturity: Prototype / Foundation. The purpose of this page is to explain the implementation that exists in the repository, while keeping production-readiness claims separate.

06 · LIMITATIONS

Current boundaries

This is not a YouTube-scale streaming system. Authentication, secure uploads, thumbnails, rich metadata, range-aware streaming, storage abstraction and scalable delivery would be required for production.