diff --git a/app/.gitignore b/app/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..98778d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+.gradle/
+build/
+local.properties
+*.iml
+.idea/
diff --git a/backend/.dockerignore b/backend/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..36cf264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+videos/
+__pycache__/
diff --git a/backend/.gitignore b/backend/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9ce0cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+videos/
diff --git a/backend/routes/__pycache__/videos.cpython-312.pyc b/backend/routes/__pycache__/videos.cpython-312.pyc
index 80a5230..aa80bbe 100644
Binary files a/backend/routes/__pycache__/videos.cpython-312.pyc and b/backend/routes/__pycache__/videos.cpython-312.pyc differ
diff --git a/backend/routes/videos.py b/backend/routes/videos.py
index 02ca860..132575f 100644
--- a/backend/routes/videos.py
+++ b/backend/routes/videos.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
 from database import get_db
 from schemas import VideoCreate, VideoResponse
 from services import video_service
-from services.download_service import download_video
+from services.download_service import download_video, stream_video_live
 
 router = APIRouter(prefix="/videos", tags=["videos"])
 
@@ -51,8 +51,10 @@ def stream_video(video_id: int, db: Session = Depends(get_db)):
         raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Video nicht gefunden")
 
     if not video.file_path:
-        download_video(video.id, video.youtube_url)
-        db.refresh(video)
+        return StreamingResponse(
+            stream_video_live(video.youtube_url),
+            media_type="video/mp4",
+        )
 
     path = Path(video.file_path)
     if not path.exists():
diff --git a/backend/services/__pycache__/download_service.cpython-312.pyc b/backend/services/__pycache__/download_service.cpython-312.pyc
index 540a64d..f08b639 100644
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diff --git a/backend/services/download_service.py b/backend/services/download_service.py
index 6f2debe..baad68a 100644
--- a/backend/services/download_service.py
+++ b/backend/services/download_service.py
@@ -25,3 +25,34 @@ def download_video(video_id: int, youtube_url: str):
         update_file_path(db, video_id, output_path)
     finally:
         db.close()
+
+
+def stream_video_live(youtube_url: str):
+    result = subprocess.run(
+        [
+            "yt-dlp",
+            "-f", "bestvideo[ext=mp4]+bestaudio[ext=m4a]/best[ext=mp4]/best",
+            "-g", youtube_url,
+        ],
+        capture_output=True, text=True, check=True,
+    )
+    urls = result.stdout.strip().split("\n")
+
+    cmd = ["ffmpeg"]
+    for url in urls:
+        cmd.extend(["-i", url])
+    cmd.extend(["-c", "copy", "-movflags", "frag_keyframe+empty_moov", "-f", "mp4", "pipe:1"])
+
+    process = subprocess.Popen(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL)
+    try:
+        while True:
+            chunk = process.stdout.read(1024 * 1024)
+            if not chunk:
+                break
+            yield chunk
+        process.wait()
+    except GeneratorExit:
+        process.kill()
+    finally:
+        if process.poll() is None:
+            process.kill()