MediaSource API as a node.js Writable stream
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Stream video/audio into a or tag by attaching node.js Writable streams.
This package is used by WebTorrent (along with other approaches)
to support media streaming.
``
npm install mediasource
`js
var MediaElementWrapper = require('mediasource')
function createElem (tagName) {
var elem = document.createElement(tagName)
elem.controls = true
elem.autoplay = true // for chrome
elem.play() // for firefox
document.body.appendChild(elem)
return elem
}
var elem = createElem('video')
var readable = // ... get a readable stream from somewhere
var wrapper = new MediaElementWrapper(elem)
// The correct mime type, including codecs, must be provided
var writable = wrapper.createWriteStream('video/webm; codecs="vorbis, vp8"')
elem.addEventListener('error', function () {
// listen for errors on the video/audio element directly
var errorCode = elem.error
var detailedError = wrapper.detailedError
// wrapper.detailedError will often have a more detailed error message
})
writable.on('error', function (err) {
// listening to the stream 'error' event is optional
})
readable.pipe(writable)
// media should start playing now!
`
wrapper.createWriteStream() can be called multiple times if different tracks (e.g. audio and video) need to
be passed in separate streams. Each call should be made with the correct mime type.
Instead of a mime type, an existing MediaSourceStream (as returned by wrapper.createWriteStream()) can bewrapper.createWriteStream()
passed as the single argument to , which will cause the existing stream to be
replaced by the newly returned stream. This is useful when you want to cancel the existing stream
and replace it with a new one, e.g. when seeking.
Naively using this package will not work for many video formats, nor will it support
seeking. For an approach that is more likely to work for all video files, and
supports seeking, take a look at
videostream.
Or for a package that tries multiple approaches, including videostream and thismediasource
package (), as well as a Blob API (non-streaming) approach, and works
for many non-video file types, consider
render-media.
#### opts.bufferDuration
Specify how many seconds of media should be put into the browser's buffer before applying backpressure.
Handle errors by listening to the 'error' event on the
Some (but not all) errors will also cause wrapper.detailedError` to be set to an error value that has
a more informative error message.
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