public static class WebApiConfig
{
    public static void Register(HttpConfiguration config)
    {
        // Web API configuration and services

        // Web API routes
        config.MapHttpAttributeRoutes();
    }
}

public class VideoStream
{
    private readonly string _filename;
    private long _contentLength;

    public long FileLength
    {
        get { return _contentLength; }
    }

    public VideoStream(string videoPath)
    {
        _filename = videoPath;
        using (var video = File.Open(_filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
        {
            _contentLength = video.Length;
        }
    }

    public async void WriteToStream(Stream outputStream,
        HttpContent content, TransportContext context)
    {
        try
        {
            var buffer = new byte[65536];

            using (var video = File.Open(_filename, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
            {
                var length = (int)video.Length;
                var bytesRead = 1;

                while (length > 0 && bytesRead > 0)
                {
                    bytesRead = video.Read(buffer, 0, Math.Min(length, buffer.Length));
                    await outputStream.WriteAsync(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
                    length -= bytesRead;
                }
            }
        }
        catch (HttpException)
        {
            return;
        }
        finally
        {
            outputStream.Close();
        }
    }
}

while (length > 0 && bytesRead > 0)
{
    bytesRead = video.Read(buffer, 0, Math.Min(length, buffer.Length));
    await outputStream.WriteAsync(buffer, 0, bytesRead);
    length -= bytesRead;
}

public class VideoController : ApiController
{
    [Route("api/video/{ext}/{fileName}")]
    public HttpResponseMessage Get(string ext, string fileName)
    {
        string videoPath = HostingEnvironment.MapPath(string.Format("~/Videos/{0}.{1}", fileName, ext));
        if (File.Exists(videoPath))
        {
            FileInfo fi = new FileInfo(videoPath);
            var video = new VideoStream(videoPath);

            var response = Request.CreateResponse();

            response.Content = new PushStreamContent((Action<Stream, HttpContent, TransportContext>)video.WriteToStream,
                new MediaTypeHeaderValue("video/" + ext));

            response.Content.Headers.Add("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" + fi.Name.Replace(" ", ""));
            response.Content.Headers.Add("Content-Length", video.FileLength.ToString());

            return response;
        }
        else
        {
            return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
        }
    }
}

[Route("api/video/{ext}/{fileName}")]

api/video/mp4/sample

string videoPath = HostingEnvironment.MapPath(string.Format("~/Videos/{0}.{1}", fileName, ext));

var video = new VideoStream(videoPath);

var response = Request.CreateResponse();

response.Content = new PushStreamContent((Action<Stream, HttpContent, TransportContext>)video.WriteToStream, new MediaTypeHeaderValue("video/" + ext));

response.Content.Headers.Add("Content-Disposition", "attachment;filename=" + fileName);
response.Content.Headers.Add("Content-Length", video.FileLength.ToString());

if(File.Exists(videoPath))
{
    // removed for bravity
}
else
{
    return Request.CreateResponse(HttpStatusCode.NotFound);
}

public class HomeController : Controller
{
    // GET: Home
    public ActionResult Index()
    {
        return View();
    }
}

<div>
    <div>
        <video width="480" height="270" controls="controls" preload="auto">
            <source src="/api/video/mp4/sample" type="video/mp4" />
            Your browser does not support the video tag.
        </video>
    </div>
</div>

 dotnet new mvc

 ng new SignalRCore2Client

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk.Web">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <TargetFramework>netcoreapp2.0</TargetFramework>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.All" Version="2.0.0" />
    <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR" Version="1.0.0-alpha1-final" />
  </ItemGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Web.CodeGeneration.Tools" Version="2.0.0" />
    <DotNetCliToolReference Include="Microsoft.DotNet.Watcher.Tools" Version="2.0.0" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

 dotnet restore

 dotnet watch run

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR;

namespace SignalRCore2WebApp.Hubs
{
    public class MessageHub : Hub
    {
        public Task Send(string message)
        {
            return Clients.All.InvokeAsync("Send", message);
        }
    }
}

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
   services.AddSignalR();
   services.AddMvc();
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
   app.UseSignalR(routes =>
   {
      routes.MapHub<MessageHub>(path: "message");
    });

  http://localhost:5000/message

using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc;
using Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR;
using SignalRCore2WebApp.Hubs;

namespace SignalRCore2WebApp.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        private readonly IHubContext<MessageHub> _messageHubContext;
        public HomeController(IHubContext<MessageHub> messageHubContext)
        {
            _messageHubContext = messageHubContext;
        }

        public IActionResult Index()
        {
            return View(); // show the view
        }

        [HttpPost]
        public async Task<IActionResult> Index(string message)
        {
            await _messageHubContext.Clients.All.InvokeAsync("Send", message);
            return View();
        }
    }
}

@{
    ViewData["Title"] = "Home Page";
}

<form method="post"
      asp-action="Index"
      asp-controller="Home"
      role="form">
  <div class="form-group">
     <label label-for="message">Message: </label>
     <input id="message" name="message" class="form-control"/>
  </div>
  <button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Send</button>
</form>

 npm install @aspnet/signalr-client --save

import { Component, OnInit } from "@angular/core";
import { HubConnection } from "@aspnet/signalr-client";

@Component({
  selector: "app-root",
  templateUrl: "./app.component.html",
  styleUrls: ["./app.component.css"]
})
export class AppComponent implements OnInit {
  hubPath = "http://localhost:5000/message";
  messages: string[] = [];

  ngOnInit(): void {
    const connection = new HubConnection(this.hubPath);
    connection.on("send", data => {
      this.messages.push(data);
    });
    connection.start().then(() => {
      // connection.invoke("send", "Hello");
      console.log("connected.");
    });
  }
}

<div>
  <h1>
    The messages from the server:
  </h1>
  <ul>
    <li *ngFor="let message of messages">
      {{message}}
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>

  ng serve -o

 Failed to load http://localhost:5000/message: Response to preflight request doesn't pass access control check: No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. Origin 'http://localhost:4200' is therefore not allowed access.

public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services)
{
    services.AddSignalR();
    services.AddCors(options =>
            {
                options.AddPolicy("CorsPolicy",
                    builder => builder
                        .AllowAnyOrigin()
                        .AllowAnyMethod()
                        .AllowAnyHeader()
                        .AllowCredentials());
            });
    services.AddMvc();
}

public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app, IHostingEnvironment env)
{
   app.UseCors(policyName: "CorsPolicy");

 PM> Install-Package RazorGenerator.Mvc

 PM> Enable-RazorGenerator

 PM> Redo-RazorGenerator

 @using MvcViewGenTest2.app_code

using System.Web.Http;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using System.Web.Routing;
using System.Web.WebPages;
using RazorGenerator.Mvc;

namespace MvcViewGenTest2
{
    public class MvcApplication : System.Web.HttpApplication
    {
        protected void Application_Start()
        {
            AreaRegistration.RegisterAllAreas();

            WebApiConfig.Register(GlobalConfiguration.Configuration);
            FilterConfig.RegisterGlobalFilters(GlobalFilters.Filters);
            RouteConfig.RegisterRoutes(RouteTable.Routes);

            // Adding PrecompiledMvcEngine
            var engine = new PrecompiledMvcEngine(typeof(MvcApplication).Assembly);
            ViewEngines.Engines.Clear();
            ViewEngines.Engines.Add(engine);
            VirtualPathFactoryManager.RegisterVirtualPathFactory(engine);
        }
    }
}