Big performance improvement! Added Caddyfile, using Caddy's file server to serve large files instead of PHP

Caddyfile

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+{
+        frankenphp {
+                num_threads {$FRANKENPHP_NUM_THREADS:8}
+                max_threads {$FRANKENPHP_MAX_THREADS:16}
+        }
+
+        servers {
+                trusted_proxies static private_ranges
+        }
+}
+
+{$FREAX_SITE_ADDR::9000} {
+        root * {$FREAX_DOCROOT:/home/user/freax-media}
+
+        encode zstd gzip
+
+        @static path /assets/* /freaxlogo.png
+        handle @static {
+                file_server
+        }
+
+        handle_path /media/* {
+                @allowed_media path_regexp allowed_media (?i).*\.(mp4|mkv|avi|mov|wmv|flv|webm|m4v|mp3|wav|ogg|flac|m4a|aac|wma|opus)$
+                handle @allowed_media {
+                        root * {$FREAX_MEDIA_ROOT:/__FREAX_MEDIA_ROOT_NOT_SET__}
+                        forward_auth {$FREAX_AUTH_UPSTREAM:127.0.0.1:9000} {
+                                uri /authz_media.php
+                        }
+                        file_server
+                }
+
+                respond "Forbidden" 403
+        }
+
+        php_server
+        file_server
+}
+

assets/js/app.js

@@ -475,6 +475,17 @@ function navigateToPlayback(path) {
     window.location.href = `index.php?${params.toString()}`;
 }
 
+function buildMediaStreamUrl(path) {
+    const normalized = String(path || '').replace(/\\/g, '/');
+    const encodedPath = normalized
+        .split('/')
+        .filter(Boolean)
+        .map(part => encodeURIComponent(part))
+        .join('/');
+
+    return `/media/${encodedPath}`;
+}
+
 function playFile(path, name) {
     const container = $('playerContainer');
     const ext = path.toLowerCase().split('.').pop();
@@ -483,7 +494,7 @@ function playFile(path, name) {
     const media = document.createElement(isVideo ? 'video' : 'audio');
     media.controls = true;
     media.autoplay = true;
-    media.src = `serve_media.php?file=${encodeURIComponent(path)}`;
+    media.src = buildMediaStreamUrl(path);
 
     media.addEventListener('error', () => {
         container.innerHTML = `

authz_media.php

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?php
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+require_once __DIR__ . '/auth.php';
+
+require_auth(false);
+http_response_code(204);
+exit;

start-media-server.sh

@@ -148,7 +148,20 @@ if [[ -n "$DOCROOT" ]]; then
 fi
 
 echo "Using PHP runner: $PHP_RUNNER"
-echo "Starting frankenphp on :$PORT"
+export FREAX_DOCROOT="$(pwd)"
+export FREAX_SITE_ADDR=":$PORT"
+if [[ -n "${MEDIA_ROOT:-}" && -d "${MEDIA_ROOT}" ]]; then
+  export FREAX_MEDIA_ROOT="$(cd "$MEDIA_ROOT" && pwd -P)"
+else
+  export FREAX_MEDIA_ROOT="/__FREAX_MEDIA_ROOT_NOT_SET__"
+fi
+export FREAX_AUTH_UPSTREAM="127.0.0.1:$PORT"
+
+echo "Starting frankenphp with Caddyfile"
+echo "FREAX_SITE_ADDR=$FREAX_SITE_ADDR"
+echo "FREAX_DOCROOT=$FREAX_DOCROOT"
+echo "FREAX_MEDIA_ROOT=$FREAX_MEDIA_ROOT"
+echo "FREAX_AUTH_UPSTREAM=$FREAX_AUTH_UPSTREAM"
 echo "MEDIA_USER=$MEDIA_USER"
 echo "MEDIA_PASS_HASH set (bcrypt)"
 if [[ -n "${MEDIA_ROOT:-}" ]]; then
@@ -199,6 +212,6 @@ CACHE_LOOP_PID=$!
 
 trap cleanup EXIT INT TERM
 
-frankenphp php-server --listen ":$PORT" &
+frankenphp run --config "$(pwd)/Caddyfile" --adapter caddyfile &
 SERVER_PID=$!
 wait "$SERVER_PID"