castnow/plugins/transcode.js

commandline chromecast player

var http = require('http');
var internalIp = require('internal-ip');
var got = require('got');
var Transcoder = require('stream-transcoder');
var grabOpts = require('../utils/grab-opts');
var debug = require('debug')('castnow:transcode');

var transcode = function(ctx, next) {
  if (ctx.mode !== 'launch' || !ctx.options.tomp4) return next();
  if (ctx.options.playlist.length > 1) return next();
  var orgPath = ctx.options.playlist[0].path;
  var port = ctx.options['transcode-port'] || 4103;
  var ip = ctx.options.myip || internalIp();
  ctx.options.playlist[0] = {
    path: 'http://' + ip + ':' + port,
    type: 'video/mp4'
  };
  ctx.options.disableTimeline = true;
  ctx.options.disableSeek = true;
  http.createServer(function(req, res) {
    var opts = grabOpts(ctx.options, 'ffmpeg-');
    debug('incoming request for path %s', orgPath);
    res.writeHead(200, {
      'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*'
    });
    var s = got(orgPath);
    s.on('error', function(err) {
      debug('got error: %o', err);
    });

    var trans = new Transcoder(s)
      .videoCodec('h264')
      .format('mp4')
      .custom('strict', 'experimental')
      .on('finish', function() {
        debug('finished transcoding');
      })
      .on('error', function(err) {
        debug('transcoding error: %o', err);
      });
    for (var key in opts) {
      trans.custom(key, opts[key]);
    }

    var args = trans._compileArguments();
    args = [ '-i', '-' ].concat(args);
    args.push('pipe:1');
    debug('spawning ffmpeg %s', args.join(' '));

    trans.stream().pipe(res);
  }).listen(port);
  debug('started webserver on address %s using port %s', ip, port);
  next();
};

module.exports = transcode;