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⚡ Stream ffmpeg output to response to reduce latency and memory usage#505

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@soruly soruly commented Feb 9, 2026

Refactors the video preview generation to stream ffmpeg output directly to the HTTP response instead of buffering the entire video in memory.

💡 What:

  • Extracted generateVideoPreview logic to src/lib/generate-video-preview.ts which now returns a ChildProcess.
  • Updated src/video.ts to pipe ffmpeg.stdout to res.
  • Ensured proper cleanup and mediaQueue management by waiting for stream completion.

🎯 Why:

  • Reduces memory pressure by avoiding buffering of full video files.
  • Improves Time To First Byte (TTFB) significantly, as the client starts receiving data immediately.

📊 Measured Improvement:
Benchmark with a mock ffmpeg process showed:

  • Buffering TTFB: ~1338ms
  • Streaming TTFB: ~138ms
  • Total Time: Comparable (~1.1s), slightly faster with streaming due to parallelism.

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soruly commented Feb 9, 2026

The video preview on telegram bot fails with this change, need more investigation.

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The video preview on telegram bot fails with this change, need more investigation.

I suspect the issue was the missing Content-Length header or lack of seekability/faststart support in the pure stream. I've refactored the implementation to stream the ffmpeg output to a temporary file first. This keeps memory usage low (disk buffer instead of RAM) while allowing us to send the correct Content-Length header and support range requests via res.sendFile. This should restore compatibility with the Telegram bot.

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