app.py

import streamlit as st
import base64
import time

@st.cache_resource
def Base64CacheIt(filename):
    # Read the video file as bytes
    with open(filename, "rb") as file:
        video_bytes = file.read()
    # Encode the video bytes as base64
    video_base64 = base64.b64encode(video_bytes).decode()
    return video_base64
    
video_placeholder = st.empty()
video_base64 = Base64CacheIt("Walking on Bourbon Street.mp4")
    
# Create the HTML video element
video_html = f"""
<video autoplay controls>
    <source src="data:video/mp4;base64,{video_base64}" type="video/mp4">
    Your browser does not support the video element.
</video>
"""

video_placeholder.empty()
time.sleep(1)
video_placeholder.markdown(video_html, unsafe_allow_html=True)