Minimal web server for playing video files on a Raspberry Pi using omxplayer

The "itch" this scratches is ability to hook a Raspberry Pi that hosts video files to a TV via HDMI. This server allows those files to be played back using a web interface.

I have been using an Android application, Raspicast, to do this. However, there is no IOS version of it. Even if there was one, I want family members to be able to play back video on such devices without installing an application and just use a browser.

The server takes two parameters, the path to the file system root to serve and the http port to use.

Example:

cargo run /mnt/usb 8080

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