d1e557f054
This prevents stalling in players like mpv/mplayer for some reason. I think this could be because of the large number of updates that are being written to stdout that's filling up a buffer and preventing playback from continuing.
66 lines
1.7 KiB
JavaScript
66 lines
1.7 KiB
JavaScript
module.exports = {
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spawn,
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kill,
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checkInstall
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}
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var cp = require('child_process')
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var vlcCommand = require('vlc-command')
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var log = require('./log')
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var windows = require('./windows')
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// holds a ChildProcess while we're playing a video in an external player, null otherwise
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var proc
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function checkInstall (path, cb) {
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// check for VLC if external player has not been specified by the user
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// otherwise assume the player is installed
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if (path == null) return vlcCommand((err) => cb(!err))
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process.nextTick(() => cb(true))
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}
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function spawn (path, url, title) {
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if (path != null) return spawnExternal(path, [url])
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// Try to find and use VLC if external player is not specified
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vlcCommand(function (err, vlcPath) {
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if (err) return windows.main.dispatch('externalPlayerNotFound')
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var args = ['--play-and-exit', '--video-on-top', '--quiet', `--meta-title=${JSON.stringify(title)}`, url]
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spawnExternal(vlcPath, args)
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})
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}
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function kill () {
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if (!proc) return
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log('Killing external player, pid ' + proc.pid)
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proc.kill('SIGKILL') // kill -9
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proc = null
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}
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function spawnExternal (path, args) {
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log('Running external media player:', path + ' ' + args.join(' '))
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proc = cp.spawn(path, args, {stdio: 'ignore'})
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// If it works, close the modal after a second
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var closeModalTimeout = setTimeout(() =>
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windows.main.dispatch('exitModal'), 1000)
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proc.on('close', function (code) {
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clearTimeout(closeModalTimeout)
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if (!proc) return // Killed
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log('External player exited with code ', code)
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if (code === 0) {
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windows.main.dispatch('backToList')
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} else {
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windows.main.dispatch('externalPlayerNotFound')
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}
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proc = null
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})
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proc.on('error', function (e) {
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log('External player error', e)
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})
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}
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