Show BASE64 video with node/express

Streaming videos directly to/from GridFS using gridfs-stream either with mongodb-native db instance or mongoose.

var mongo = require('mongodb'),    Grid = require('gridfs-stream'),    db = new mongo.Db('yourDatabaseName', new mongo.Server("127.0.0.1", 27017)),    gfs = Grid(db, mongo);//storeapp.post('/video', function (req, res) {    req.pipe(gfs.createWriteStream({        filename: 'file_name_here'    }));    res.send("Success!");});//getapp.get('/video/:vid', function (req, res) {    gfs.createReadStream({        _id: req.params.vid // or provide filename: 'file_name_here'    }).pipe(res);});

for complete files and running project:

Clone node-cheat direct_upload_gridfs, run node app followed by npm install express mongodb gridfs-stream.

Truly an odd problem...
I could be way off, but it's worth a shot:

One of the differences when opening a url directly from the browser is that the browser will also try to fetch http://localhost:8080/favicon.ico (while trying to find the tab icon). Maybe the problem is not related to your video code, but rather to some other route, trying to handle the /favicon.ico request?

Have you tried using wget or curl?

I don't know the answer, maybe this is a dumb suggestion, but what is the browser you are using? Maybe something from Microsoft causes the problem...