search_vid/dist/utils/player.js

CLI tool for searching subtitles and playing videos at specific timestamps

import { spawn } from 'child_process';
import { platform } from 'os';
import { existsSync } from 'fs';
function findVLCPath() {
    const os = platform();
    const commonPaths = {
        darwin: [
            '/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC',
            '/usr/local/bin/vlc',
            '/usr/bin/vlc'
        ],
        win32: [
            'C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe',
            'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe'
        ],
        linux: ['/usr/bin/vlc', '/usr/local/bin/vlc']
    };
    const paths = commonPaths[os] || [];
    for (const path of paths) {
        if (existsSync(path)) {
            return path;
        }
    }
    // Try system PATH
    return os === 'win32' ? 'vlc.exe' : 'vlc';
}
export function playVideo(videoPath, startTimeMs) {
    const startTimeSeconds = Math.floor(startTimeMs / 1000);
    const vlcPath = findVLCPath();
    if (!vlcPath) {
        console.error('Error: VLC is not installed or not found in the system path.');
        console.error('Please install VLC media player from https://www.videolan.org/');
        return;
    }
    const os = platform();
    let args;
    // VLC command line arguments for different platforms
    switch (os) {
        case 'darwin': // macOS
            args = ['--play-and-exit', '--start-time', startTimeSeconds.toString(), videoPath];
            break;
        case 'win32': // Windows
            args = ['--play-and-exit', '--start-time', startTimeSeconds.toString(), videoPath];
            break;
        case 'linux': // Linux
            args = ['--play-and-exit', '--start-time', startTimeSeconds.toString(), videoPath];
            break;
        default:
            throw new Error(`Unsupported operating system: ${os}`);
    }
    try {
        const process = spawn(vlcPath, args, {
            stdio: 'ignore',
            shell: os === 'win32' // Only use shell on Windows
        });
        process.on('error', (err) => {
            if (err.message.includes('ENOENT')) {
                console.error('Error: VLC is not installed or not found in the system path.');
                console.error('Please install VLC media player from https://www.videolan.org/');
            }
            else {
                console.error('Error playing video:', err.message);
            }
        });
        process.on('exit', (code) => {
            if (code !== 0) {
                console.error(`VLC exited with code ${code}`);
            }
        });
    }
    catch (err) {
        if (err.message.includes('ENOENT')) {
            console.error('Error: VLC is not installed or not found in the system path.');
            console.error('Please install VLC media player from https://www.videolan.org/');
        }
        else {
            console.error('Error launching video player:', err.message);
        }
    }
}
export function formatTimeForDisplay(timeMs) {
    const totalSeconds = Math.floor(timeMs / 1000);
    const hours = Math.floor(totalSeconds / 3600);
    const minutes = Math.floor((totalSeconds % 3600) / 60);
    const seconds = totalSeconds % 60;
    const ms = timeMs % 1000;
    return `${hours.toString().padStart(2, '0')}:${minutes
        .toString()
        .padStart(2, '0')}:${seconds.toString().padStart(2, '0')}.${ms
        .toString()
        .padStart(3, '0')}`;
}