rc works

Author: formix

.vscode/launch.json

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@
         "skipFiles": [
             "<node_internals>/**"
         ],
-        "program": "${workspaceFolder}\\src\\index.js"
-    }
+        "program": "${workspaceFolder}/lib/index.mjs"
+    },
+    
     ]
 }

lib/index.mjs

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+import { spawn } from "node:child_process";
+import { setMaxIdleHTTPParsers } from "node:http";
+
+const sleep = (time => new Promise(r => setTimeout(r, time)));
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+export class VlcPlayer {
+
+    /**
+     * 
+     */
+    constructor() {
+        this._executable = "cvlc";
+        if (process.platform === "win32") {
+            this._executable = "vlc.exe"
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Opens the VLC media player and start playing the given file.
+     * 
+     * @param {string=} filePath - The file to play.
+     */
+    async open() {
+        let options = [
+            "--no-video-title-show",
+            "-I", "rc"
+        ];
+        this._vlc = spawn(this._executable, options);
+        while (!this._vlc.pid) {
+            await sleep(10);
+        }
+        this._vlc.stdout.on("data", data => {
+            process.stdout.write(data);
+        });
+        this._vlc.stderr.on("data", data => {
+            process.stderr.write(data);
+        });
+        this._rc = this._vlc.stdin;
+        this._rc.write("playlist\n");
+    }
+
+    play(filePath, repeat = false) {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Terminate the VLC process.
+     */
+    async close() {
+        this._rc.end("quit\n");
+        this._vlc = undefined;
+        this._rc = undefined;
+    }
+}

package.json

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "name": "vlcplayer-node",
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "description": "A library for controlling VLC player on any system and OS including Raspberry PI.",
-  "main": "src/index.js",
+  "main": "lib/index.js",
   "scripts": {
     "test": "mocha --timeout 30000"
   },
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/formix/vlcplayer-node#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "telnet-client": "^2.0.8",
     "winston": "^3.8.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {

src/index.mjs

@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 import assert from "assert";
-import {VlcPlayer} from "../src/index.mjs";
+import {VlcPlayer} from "./../lib/index.mjs"
 
 
 describe("VlcPlayer", async () => {
     describe("#open()", async () => 
         it("Should start a new player with the given stream", async () => {
             let player = new VlcPlayer();
-            player.open("D:\\tests\\vlcplayer\\window-01-initial.mp4");
+            await player.open();
             assert.equal(true, player._vlc.pid > 0);
             await sleep(2000);
-            player.close();
+            await player.close();
         }));
 
-    describe("#play()", async () => 
-        it("Should start a new player whith a stream the play another one.", async () => {
-            let player = new VlcPlayer();
-            player.open("D:\\tests\\vlcplayer\\window-01-initial.mp4");
-            assert.equal(true, player._vlc.pid > 0);
-            await sleep(3000);
-            player.play("D:\\tests\\vlcplayer\\window-02-storm-begin.mp4");
-            await sleep(2000);
-            player.close();
-        }));
+    // describe("#play()", async () => 
+    //     it("Should start a new player whith a stream the play another one.", async () => {
+    //         let player = new VlcPlayer();
+    //         player.open("D:\\tests\\vlcplayer\\window-01-initial.mp4");
+    //         assert.equal(true, player._vlc.pid > 0);
+    //         await sleep(3000);
+    //         player.play("D:\\tests\\vlcplayer\\window-02-storm-begin.mp4");
+    //         await sleep(2000);
+    //         player.close();
+    //     }));
     }
 );