gt945/dlnacasts

Query your local network for DLNA media renderers and have them play media

dlnacasts

Query your local network for DLNA media renderers and have them play media

API (and code) based on mafintosh/chromecasts for DLNA

npm install dlnacasts

Usage

var dlnacasts = require('dlnacasts')()

dlnacasts.on('update', function (player) {
  console.log('all players: ', dlnacasts.players)
  player.play('http://example.com/my-video.mp4', {title: 'my video', type: 'video/mp4'})
})

API

var list = dlnacasts()

Creates a dlna list. When creating a new list it will call list.update() once.

list.update()

Updates the player list by querying the local network for DLNA renderer instances.

list.on('update', player)

Emitted when a new player is found on the local network

player.play(url, [opts], cb)

Make the player play a url. Options include:

{
  title: 'My movie',
  type: 'video/mp4',
  seek: seconds, // start by seeking to this offset
  subtitles: ['http://example.com/sub.vtt'], // subtitle track 1,
  autoSubtitles: true // enable first track if you provide subs
}

player.subtitles(track, [cb])

Enable subtitle track. Use player.subtitles(false) to disable subtitles

player.pause([cb])

Make the player pause playback

player.resume([cb])

Resume playback

player.stop([cb])

Stop the playback

player.seek(seconds, [cb])

Seek the video

player.status(cb)

Get a status object of the current played video.

player.on('status', status)

Emitted when a status object is received.

License

MIT