fix: video/audio streaming instead of blob download

Videos and audio now stream directly via URL with auth token query
param instead of downloading entire file into a JS blob. Fixes
playback of large videos (170MB+ was timing out). Images still use
blob URLs. streamUrl() added to filebrowser client and cloud store.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

neode-ui/src/api/filebrowser-client.ts

@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ class FileBrowserClient {
   /**
    * Fetch a file as a blob URL using header-based auth (no token in URL).
    * Use this for img/video/audio src attributes and download links.
+   * For large files (video/audio), prefer streamUrl() instead.
    */
   async fetchBlobUrl(path: string): Promise<string> {
     await this.ensureAuth()
@@ -134,6 +135,18 @@ class FileBrowserClient {
     return URL.createObjectURL(blob)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Get a direct streaming URL with auth token in query string.
+   * Use for video/audio <src> where browser needs to stream (range requests).
+   * The token is a short-lived JWT so exposure in URL is acceptable.
+   */
+  async streamUrl(path: string): Promise<string> {
+    await this.ensureAuth()
+    const token = this.getAuthCookie()
+    const safePath = sanitizePath(path)
+    return `${this.baseUrl}/api/raw${safePath}?auth=${token}`
+  }
+
   /**
    * Trigger a file download using header-based auth (no token in URL).
    */

neode-ui/src/components/cloud/MediaLightbox.vue

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ const props = defineProps<{
   startIndex: number
   show: boolean
   fetchBlobUrl: (path: string) => Promise<string>
+  streamUrl?: (path: string) => Promise<string>
 }>()
 
 const emit = defineEmits<{
@@ -167,9 +168,18 @@ async function loadMedia(item: FileBrowserItem) {
     if (cached) {
       currentUrl.value = cached
     } else {
-      const url = await props.fetchBlobUrl(item.path)
+      // Use streaming URL for video/audio (avoids downloading entire file into blob)
-      urlCache.set(item.path, url)
+      // Use blob URL for images (needed for rendering)
-      currentUrl.value = url
+      const isStreamable = isVideoFile(item) || isAudioFile(item)
+      if (isStreamable && props.streamUrl) {
+        const url = await props.streamUrl(item.path)
+        urlCache.set(item.path, url)
+        currentUrl.value = url
+      } else {
+        const url = await props.fetchBlobUrl(item.path)
+        urlCache.set(item.path, url)
+        currentUrl.value = url
+      }
     }
   } catch {
     mediaError.value = true

neode-ui/src/stores/cloud.ts

@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ export const useCloudStore = defineStore('cloud', () => {
     return fileBrowserClient.fetchBlobUrl(path)
   }
 
+  async function streamUrl(path: string): Promise<string> {
+    return fileBrowserClient.streamUrl(path)
+  }
+
   async function downloadFile(path: string): Promise<void> {
     return fileBrowserClient.downloadFile(path)
   }
@@ -125,6 +129,7 @@ export const useCloudStore = defineStore('cloud', () => {
     deleteItem,
     downloadUrl,
     fetchBlobUrl,
+    streamUrl,
     downloadFile,
     reset,
   }

neode-ui/src/views/CloudFolder.vue

@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@
       :start-index="lightboxIndex"
       :show="lightboxIndex !== null"
       :fetch-blob-url="cloudStore.fetchBlobUrl"
+      :stream-url="cloudStore.streamUrl"
       @close="lightboxIndex = null"
     />
   </div>
@@ -358,8 +359,8 @@ async function handleDelete(path: string) {
   await cloudStore.deleteItem(path)
 }
 
-function handlePlay(path: string, name: string) {
+async function handlePlay(path: string, name: string) {
-  const url = cloudStore.downloadUrl(path)
+  const url = await cloudStore.streamUrl(path)
   audioPlayer.play(url, name)
 }