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webtorrent-desktop/src/main/external-player.js
Mathias Rasmussen 3a4906079b External player clean up (#914)
* minor `addSubtitles` clean up

* external player clean up
2016-09-12 17:46:48 -07:00

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JavaScript

module.exports = {
spawn,
kill,
checkInstall
}
const cp = require('child_process')
const path = require('path')
const vlcCommand = require('vlc-command')
const log = require('./log')
const windows = require('./windows')
// holds a ChildProcess while we're playing a video in an external player, null otherwise
let proc = null
function checkInstall (playerPath, cb) {
// check for VLC if external player has not been specified by the user
// otherwise assume the player is installed
if (playerPath == null) return vlcCommand((err) => cb(!err))
process.nextTick(() => cb(true))
}
function spawn (playerPath, url, title) {
if (playerPath != null) return spawnExternal(playerPath, [url])
// Try to find and use VLC if external player is not specified
vlcCommand(function (err, vlcPath) {
if (err) return windows.main.dispatch('externalPlayerNotFound')
const args = [
'--play-and-exit',
'--video-on-top',
'--quiet',
`--meta-title=${JSON.stringify(title)}`,
url
]
spawnExternal(vlcPath, args)
})
}
function kill () {
if (!proc) return
log('Killing external player, pid ' + proc.pid)
proc.kill('SIGKILL') // kill -9
proc = null
}
function spawnExternal (playerPath, args) {
log('Running external media player:', playerPath + ' ' + args.join(' '))
if (path.extname(playerPath) === '.app') {
// Mac: Use executable in packaged .app bundle
playerPath += '/Contents/MacOS/' + path.basename(playerPath, '.app')
}
proc = cp.spawn(playerPath, args, {stdio: 'ignore'})
// If it works, close the modal after a second
const closeModalTimeout = setTimeout(() =>
windows.main.dispatch('exitModal'), 1000)
proc.on('close', function (code) {
clearTimeout(closeModalTimeout)
if (!proc) return // Killed
log('External player exited with code ', code)
if (code === 0) {
windows.main.dispatch('backToList')
} else {
windows.main.dispatch('externalPlayerNotFound')
}
proc = null
})
proc.on('error', function (e) {
log('External player error', e)
})
}