From 1e487a3c2a3acdd89a6180fe3874b1190681248a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DC <dcposch@dcpos.ch>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2016 01:48:39 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use vlc-command

---
 main/vlc.js  | 61 +++++++++-------------------------------------------
 package.json |  1 +
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main/vlc.js b/main/vlc.js
index 125e0b03..63e9acc5 100644
--- a/main/vlc.js
+++ b/main/vlc.js
@@ -4,14 +4,13 @@ module.exports = {
 }
 
 var cp = require('child_process')
-var fs = require('fs')
-var path = require('path')
+var vlcCommand = require('vlc-command')
 
 // Runs vlc --version. Calls back with the currently installed version of VLC
 // or null if VLC is not installed. (Or 'unknown' if VLC runs and produces bad
 // output, but that should never happen.)
 function getInstalledVersion (cb) {
-  exec(['--version'], function (e, stdout, stderr) {
+  exec(['--version'], function (e, stdout) {
     var version
     if (e) {
       version = null
@@ -24,59 +23,19 @@ function getInstalledVersion (cb) {
   })
 }
 
-// TODO: make this its own module, to avoid duplicating code with webtorrent-cli
-// Finds if VLC is installed on Mac, Windows, or Linux and runs it
 function exec (args, cb) {
-  execOrSpawn(args, true, cb)
+  vlcCommand(function (err, vlcPath) {
+    if (err) return cb(err)
+    cp.execFile(vlcPath, args, cb)
+  })
 }
 
 // Finds if VLC is installed on Mac, Windows, or Linux.
 // Uses child_process.spawn() to return a ChildProcess object
 // Calls back with (err, childProcess)
 function spawn (args, cb) {
-  execOrSpawn(args, false, cb)
-}
-
-function execOrSpawn (args, isExec, cb) {
-  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-    var Registry = require('winreg')
-
-    var key
-    if (process.arch === 'x64') {
-      key = new Registry({
-        hive: Registry.HKLM,
-        key: '\\Software\\Wow6432Node\\VideoLAN\\VLC'
-      })
-    } else {
-      key = new Registry({
-        hive: Registry.HKLM,
-        key: '\\Software\\VideoLAN\\VLC'
-      })
-    }
-
-    key.get('InstallDir', function (err, item) {
-      if (err) return cb(err)
-      var vlcPath = item.value + path.sep + 'vlc'
-      if (isExec) cp.execFile(vlcPath, args, cb)
-      else cb(null, cp.spawn(vlcPath, args))
-    })
-  } else {
-    var macRoot = '/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC'
-    var macHome = (process.env.HOME || '') + root
-    var locations = [macRoot, macHome, '/usr/bin/vlc']
-    var found = false
-    var failed = 0
-    locations.forEach(function (loc) {
-      fs.stat(loc, function (err) {
-        if (err) {
-          if (++failed === locations.length) cb(new Error('Can\'t find VLC'))
-          return
-        }
-        if (found) return
-        found = true
-        if (isExec) cp.execFile(loc, args, cb)
-        else cb(null, cp.spawn(loc, args))
-      })
-    })
-  }
+  vlcCommand(function (err, vlcPath) {
+    if (err) return cb(err)
+    cb(null, cp.spawn(vlcPath, args))
+  })
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8b9c1ec6..c3c0568b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
     "simple-get": "^2.0.0",
     "srt-to-vtt": "^1.1.1",
     "virtual-dom": "^2.1.1",
+    "vlc-command": "^1.0.1",
     "webtorrent": "0.x",
     "winreg": "^1.2.0"
   },