v0.4.17

Bump peerflix to 0.34.0

README.md

@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 # castnow
 
-castnow is commandline utility which can be used to playback media files on
-your chromecast device. It supports playback of local video files, youtube
-clips, videos on the web and torrents. You can also re-attach a running
-playback session.
+castnow is a command-line utility that can be used to play back media files on
+your Chromecast device. It supports playback of local video files, videos on the web and torrents.
+You can also re-attach a running playback session \(this sentence should belong somewhere else).
 
-### interested in beeing a castnow maintainer?
+### interested in being a castnow maintainer?
 
-I currently don't have that much time to maintain this project and also lost some interest (to be honest).
-Main reason is that we have a new TV since a few months which supports casting to it directly using
-DLNA (you may wanna checkout [dlnacast](https://github.com/xat/dlnacast)).
-Feel free to contact me ( [simon@sope.io](simon@sope.io) ) if you want to be added as maintainer to castnow.
+I currently don't have that much time to maintain this project and have also lost some interest (to be honest).
+Main reason is that we have had a new TV for a few months that supports casting directly to it using
+DLNA \(you may wanna checkout [dlnacast](https://github.com/xat/dlnacast)).
+Feel free to contact me \( [simon@sope.io](simon@sope.io) ) if you want to be added as a maintainer to castnow.
 
 ### usage
 
@@ -25,54 +24,58 @@ castnow ./mydirectory/
 // playback 3 videos after each other
 castnow video1.mp4 video2.mp4 video3.mp4
 
-// start playback of some mp4 file over the web
+// start playback of an mp4 file over the web
 castnow http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/ED_1280.mp4
 
-// start playback of some youtube clip
-castnow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcVRrlmpcWk
-
-// start playback of some video over torrent
+// start playback of a video over torrent
 castnow <url-to-torrent-file OR magnet>
 
-// start playback of some video over torrent, with local subtitles
+// start playback of a video over torrent with local subtitles
 castnow <url-to-torrent-file OR magnet> --subtitles </local/path/to/subtitles.srt>
 
-// transcode some other videoformat to mp4 while playback (requires ffmpeg)
+// transcode some other video format to mp4 while playback (requires ffmpeg)
 castnow ./myvideo.avi --tomp4
 
-// re-attach to an currently running playback session
+// re-attach to a currently running playback session
 castnow
 
 ```
 
 ### options
 
-* `--tomp4` Transcode a video file to mp4 while playback. This option requires
+* `--tomp4` Transcode a video file to mp4 during playback. This option requires
 ffmpeg to be installed on your computer. The play / pause controls are currently
 not supported in transcode mode.
 
-* `--device "my chromecast"` If you have more than one chromecast in your network
+* `--device "my chromecast"` If you have more than one Chromecast on your network,
 use the `--device` option to specify the device on which you want to start casting.
-Otherwise castnow will just use the first device it finds in the network.
+Otherwise, castnow will just use the first device it finds in the network.
 
-* `--address <IP>` The IP address of your chromecast. This will skip the MDNS scan.
+* `--address 192.168.1.4` The IP address or hostname of your chromecast. This will skip
+the MDNS scan.
 
-* `--subtitles <path/URL>` This can be a path or URL to a vtt or srt file which
+* `--subtitles <path/URL>` This can be a path or URL to a vtt or srt file that
 contains subtitles.
 
-* `--myip <IP>` Your main IP address (useful if you have multiple network adapters)
+* `--subtitle-scale 1.5` Scaling factor for the size of the subtitle font. Default is 1.0.
+
+* `--subtitle-color #FFFFFFFF` Foreground RGBA color of the subtitle font.
+
+* `--myip 192.168.1.8` Your main IP address \(useful if you have multiple network adapters)
 
 * `--quiet` Hide the player timeline.
 
-* `--peerflix-* <val>` Pass options to peerflix.
+* `--peerflix-<option> <argument>` Pass options to peerflix.
 
-* `--ffmpeg-* <val>` Pass options to ffmpeg.
+* `--ffmpeg-<option> <argument>` Pass options to ffmpeg.
 
-* `--type <val>` Explicity set the mime-type of the first item in the playlist (e.g. 'video/mp4').
+* `--type <type>` Explicity set the mime-type of the first item in the playlist (e.g. 'video/mp4').
 
-* `--seek <val>` Seek to the specified time on start using the format hh:mm:ss or mm:ss.
+* `--seek <hh:mm:ss>` Seek to the specified time on start using the format hh:mm:ss or mm:ss.
 
-* `--bypass-srt-encoding` Disable automatic UTF8 encoding of SRT subtitles.
+* `--bypass-srt-encoding` Disable automatic UTF-8 encoding of SRT subtitles.
+
+* `--loop` Play the list of files over and over in a loop, forever.
 
 * `--help` Display help message.
 
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@ contains subtitles.
 ```
 
 space   // toggle between play and pause
-m       // toggle between mute and unmute
+m       // toggle mute
 up      // volume up
 down    // volume down
 left    // seek backward (keep pressed / multiple press for faster seek)
@@ -92,21 +95,31 @@ q       // quit
 
 ```
 
+### YouTube support
+
+We had to drop direct YouTube support for now since google changed the chromecast YouTube API.
+However, there is a nice workaround in combination with the tool [youtube-dl](https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl):
+
+`youtube-dl -o - https://youtu.be/BaW_jenozKc | castnow --quiet -`
+
+Thanks to [trulex](https://github.com/trulex) for pointing that out.
+
 ### reporting bugs/issues
 
-Please always append the debug output to your issues. You can enable the debug messages by setting the
-DEBUG ENV variable before running the castnow-command like this: `DEBUG=castnow* castnow ./myvideo.mp4`.
-Some problems are also already addressed in our wiki https://github.com/xat/castnow/wiki.
+Please include the debug output in your issues. You can enable the debug messages by setting the
+DEBUG environment variable before running the castnow command like this: `DEBUG=castnow* castnow ./myvideo.mp4`.
+Some problems have already been addressed in our wiki https://github.com/xat/castnow/wiki.
 
 ### installation
 
 `npm install castnow -g`
 
-### contributers
+### contributors
 
 * [tooryx](https://github.com/tooryx)
 * [przemyslawpluta](https://github.com/przemyslawpluta)
 
 ## License
 Copyright (c) 2015 Simon Kusterer
+
 Licensed under the MIT license.

index.js

@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@ var noop = function() {};
 var directories = require('./plugins/directories');
 var localfile = require('./plugins/localfile');
 var torrent = require('./plugins/torrent');
-var youtube = require('./plugins/youtube');
 var transcode = require('./plugins/transcode');
 var subtitles = require('./plugins/subtitles');
+var stdin = require('./plugins/stdin');
 
 if (opts.help) {
   return console.log([
@@ -26,25 +26,28 @@ if (opts.help) {
     'Usage: castnow [<media>, <media>, ...] [OPTIONS]',
     '',
     'Option                  Meaning',
-    '--tomp4                 Convert file to mp4 while playback',
-    '--device <name>         The name of the chromecast device that should be used',
-    '--address <ip>          The IP address of your chromecast device',
+    '--tomp4                 Convert file to mp4 during playback',
+    '--device <name>         The name of the Chromecast device that should be used',
+    '--address <ip>          The IP address or hostname of your Chromecast device',
     '--subtitles <path/url>  Path or URL to an SRT or VTT file',
-    '--myip <ip>             Your main IP address',
-    '--quiet               No output',
+    '--subtitle-scale <scale> Subtitle font scale',
+    '--subtitle-color <color> Subtitle font RGBA color',
+    '--myip <ip>             Your local IP address',
+    '--quiet                 No output',
     '--peerflix-* <value>    Pass options to peerflix',
     '--ffmpeg-* <value>      Pass options to ffmpeg',
-    '--type <val>            Explicity set the mime-type (e.g. "video/mp4")',
-    '--bypass-srt-encoding   Disable automatic UTF8 encoding of SRT subtitles',
-    '--seek <value>          Seek to the specified time on start using the format hh:mm:ss or mm:ss',
+    '--type <type>           Explicitly set the mime-type (e.g. "video/mp4")',
+    '--bypass-srt-encoding   Disable automatic UTF-8 encoding of SRT subtitles',
+    '--seek <hh:mm:ss>       Seek to the specified time on start using the format hh:mm:ss or mm:ss',
+    '--loop                  Loop over playlist, or file, forever',
 
     '--help                  This help screen',
     '',
     'Player controls',
     '',
-    'Key                     Meaning',
+    'Key                     Action',
     'space                   Toggle between play and pause',
-    'm                       Toggle between mute and unmute',
+    'm                       Toggle mute',
     'up                      Volume Up',
     'down                    Volume Down',
     'left                    Seek backward',
@@ -161,7 +164,8 @@ var ctrl = function(err, p, ctx) {
       ui.showLabels('state');
       debug('loading next in playlist: %o', playlist[0]);
       p.load(playlist[0], noop);
-      playlist.shift();
+      var file = playlist.shift();
+      if (ctx.options.loop) playlist.push(file)
     });
   };
 
@@ -186,8 +190,8 @@ var ctrl = function(err, p, ctx) {
 
     // toggle between mute / unmute
     m: function() {
-      if(!volume) { 
-        return; 
+      if(!volume) {
+        return;
       } else if (volume.muted) {
         p.unmute(function(err, status) {
           if (err) return;
@@ -278,17 +282,18 @@ player.use(function(ctx, next) {
   next();
 });
 
+player.use(stdin);
 player.use(directories);
 player.use(torrent);
 player.use(localfile);
-player.use(youtube);
 player.use(transcode);
 player.use(subtitles);
 
 player.use(function(ctx, next) {
   if (ctx.mode !== 'launch') return next();
   ctx.options = xtend(ctx.options, ctx.options.playlist[0]);
-  ctx.options.playlist.shift();
+  var file = ctx.options.playlist.shift();
+  if (ctx.options.loop) ctx.options.playlist.push(file);
   next();
 });
 

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "castnow",
-  "version": "0.4.14",
+  "version": "0.4.17",
   "description": "commandline chromecast player",
   "main": "index.js",
   "bin": {
@@ -34,19 +34,18 @@
     "debounced-seeker": "^1.0.0",
     "debug": "^2.1.0",
     "fs-extended": "^0.2.0",
-    "get-youtube-id": "^0.1.3",
     "got": "^1.2.2",
     "internal-ip": "^1.0.0",
     "keypress": "^0.2.1",
     "mime": "^1.2.11",
     "minimist": "^1.1.0",
-    "peerflix": "^0.29.1",
+    "peerflix": "^0.34.0",
     "playerui": "^1.2.0",
     "query-string": "^1.0.0",
     "range-parser": "^1.0.2",
     "read-torrent": "^1.0.0",
     "router": "^0.6.2",
-    "srt2vtt": "^1.2.0",
+    "srt2vtt": "^1.3.1",
     "stream-transcoder": "0.0.5",
     "xml2js": "^0.4.4",
     "xtend": "^4.0.0"

plugins/stdin.js

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+var http = require('http');
+var internalIp = require('internal-ip');
+var debug = require('debug')('castnow:stdin');
+
+var port = 4104;
+
+var isStdin = function(item) {
+    return '-'===item.path;
+};
+
+
+var stdin = function(ctx, next) {
+    debug(ctx.options.playlist);
+    if (ctx.mode !== 'launch') return next();
+    if (ctx.options.playlist.length != 1 || !isStdin(ctx.options.playlist[0])) return next();
+
+    var ip = ctx.options.myip || internalIp();
+    ctx.options.playlist[0] = {
+        path: 'http://' + ip + ':' + port,
+        type: 'video/mp4'
+    };
+
+    http.createServer(function(req, res){
+        process.stdin.pipe(res);
+    }).listen(port);
+
+    debug('started webserver for stdin on address %s using port %s', ip, port);
+    next();
+
+};
+
+module.exports = stdin;

plugins/subtitles.js

@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ var attachSubtitles = function(ctx) {
   }
   ctx.options.playlist[0].media.textTrackStyle = {
     backgroundColor: '#00000000',
-    foregroundColor: '#FFFF00FF',
+    foregroundColor: ctx.options['subtitle-color'] || '#FFFF00FF',
     edgeType: 'OUTLINE',
     edgeColor: '#000000FF',
-    fontScale: 1,
+    fontScale: ctx.options['subtitle-scale'],
     fontStyle: 'NORMAL',
     fontFamily: 'Droid Sans',
     fontGenericFamily: 'SANS_SERIF',

plugins/youtube.js

@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-var Api = require('chromecast-player').api;
-var castv2Cli = require('castv2-client');
-var RequestResponseController = castv2Cli.RequestResponseController;
-var inherits = require('util').inherits;
-var getYouTubeId = require('get-youtube-id');
-var debug = require('debug')('castnow:youtube');
-
-var Yt = function() {
-  Api.apply(this, arguments);
-  this.ytreq = this.createController(RequestResponseController,
-    'urn:x-cast:com.google.youtube.mdx');
-};
-
-Yt.APP_ID = '233637DE';
-
-inherits(Yt, Api);
-
-Yt.prototype.load = function(options, cb) {
-  var youtubeId = getYouTubeId(options.path);
-  debug('loading video with id %s', youtubeId);
-  var opts = {
-    type: 'flingVideo',
-    data: {
-      currentTime: 0,
-      videoId: youtubeId
-    }
-  };
-  this.ytreq.request(opts);
-  if (cb) cb();
-};
-
-var youtube = function(ctx, next) {
-  if (ctx.mode !== 'launch') return next();
-  if (!getYouTubeId(ctx.options.playlist[0].path)) return next();
-  debug('using youtube api');
-  ctx.api = Yt;
-  next();
-};
-
-module.exports = youtube;