Use LibVLC via WebChimera.js instead of VLC through its HTTP API

app.iced

@@ -46,20 +46,33 @@ await services.find("pulseaudio").start defer err
 if err
 	log.warn "PulseAudio could not start up, audio may not act as expected!"
 
-# VLC HTTP API
-await services.find("vlc").start defer err
+# VLC via WebChimera.js
+vlcService = services.find("vlc")
+await vlcService.start defer err, vlc
 if err
 	log.warn "VLC could not start up!"
 	await module.exports.shutdown defer()
 	process.exit 1
-vlc = services.find("vlc").instance
+
+# Cached information for tracks in playlist
+vlcMediaInfo = {}
 
 # TeamSpeak3
 ts3clientService = services.find("ts3client")
 
 ts3clientService.on "started", (ts3proc) =>
 	ts3query = ts3clientService.query
 
+	# VLC event handling
+	vlc.onPlaying = () =>
+		info = vlcMediaInfo[vlc.playlist.items[vlc.playlist.currentItem].mrl]
+		ts3query.sendtextmessage 2, 0, "Now playing [URL=#{info.originalUrl}]#{info.title}[/URL]."
+	vlc.onPaused = () => ts3query.sendtextmessage 2, 0, "Paused."
+	vlc.onForward = () => ts3query.sendtextmessage 2, 0, "Fast-forwarding..."
+	vlc.onBackward = () => ts3query.sendtextmessage 2, 0, "Rewinding..."
+	vlc.onEncounteredError = () => log.error "VLC has encountered an error! You will need to restart the bot.", arguments
+	vlc.onStopped = () => ts3query.sendtextmessage 2, 0, "Stopped."
+
 	ts3query.currentScHandlerID = 1
 	ts3query.mydata = {}
 
@@ -145,15 +158,16 @@ ts3clientService.on "started", (ts3proc) =>
 
 		switch name.toLowerCase()
 			when "pause"
-				vlc.status.pause()
+				# now we can toggle-pause playback this easily! yay!
+				vlc.togglePause()
 				return
 			when "play"
 				inputBB = paramline.trim()
 				input = (removeBB paramline).trim()
 
 				# we gonna interpret play without a url as an attempt to unpause the current song
 				if input.length <= 0
-					vlc.status.resume()
+					vlc.play()
 					return
 
 				# only allow playback from file if it's a preconfigured alias
@@ -168,11 +182,7 @@ ts3clientService.on "started", (ts3proc) =>
 
 				# TODO: permission system to check if uid is allowed to play this url or alias
 
-				await vlc.status.empty defer(err)
-				if err
-					log.warn "Couldn't empty VLC playlist", err
-					ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Sorry, an error occurred. Try again later."
-					return
+				vlc.playlist.clear()
 
 				# let's give youtube-dl a shot!
 				await youtubedl.getInfo input, [
@@ -189,24 +199,51 @@ ts3clientService.on "started", (ts3proc) =>
 				if not info.url?
 					info.url = input
 					info.title = input # URL as title
-
-				await vlc.status.play info.url, defer(err)
-				if err
-					vlc.status.empty()
-					log.warn "VLC API returned an error when trying to play", err
-					ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Something seems to be wrong with the specified media. Try checking the URL/path you provided?"
-					return
-
-				ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Now playing [URL=#{input}]#{info.title}[/URL]."
+				info.originalUrl = input
+				vlcMediaInfo[info.url] = info
+
+				# play it in VLC
+				vlc.play info.url
+			when "stop-after"
+				vlc.playlist.mode = vlc.playlist.Single
+				ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Playback will stop after the current playlist item."
+			when "loop"
+				inputBB = paramline
+				input = null
+				switch (removeBB paramline).toLowerCase().trim()
+					when ""
+						# just show current mode
+						ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Playlist looping is #{if vlc.playlist.mode == vlc.playlist.Loop then "on" else "off"}."
+					when "on"
+						# enable looping
+						vlc.playlist.mode = vlc.playlist.Loop
+						ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Playlist looping is now on."
+					when "off"
+						# disable looping
+						vlc.playlist.mode = vlc.playlist.Normal
+						ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Playlist looping is now off."
+					else
+						ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "[B]#{name} on|off[/B] - Turns playlist looping on or off"
+						return
 			when "next"
-				await vlc.status.next defer(err)
-				if err
-					vlc.status.empty()
-					log.warn "VLC API returned an error when trying to skip current song", err
-					ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "This didn't work. Does the playlist have multiple songs?"
+				if vlc.playlist.items.count == 0
+					ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "The playlist is empty."
 					return
-
-				ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Playing next song in the playlist."
+				if vlc.playlist.mode != vlc.playlist.Loop and vlc.playlist.currentItem == vlc.playlist.items.count - 1
+					ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Can't jump to next playlist item, this is the last one!"
+					return
+				vlc.playlist.next()
+			when "prev", "previous"
+				if vlc.playlist.items.count == 0
+					ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "The playlist is empty."
+					return
+				if vlc.playlist.mode != vlc.playlist.Loop and vlc.playlist.currentItem <= 0
+					ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Can't jump to previous playlist item, this is the first one!"
+					return
+				vlc.playlist.prev()
+			when "empty", "clear"
+				vlc.playlist.clear()
+				ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Cleared the playlist."
 			when "enqueue", "add", "append"
 				inputBB = paramline.trim()
 				input = (removeBB paramline).trim()
@@ -242,36 +279,25 @@ ts3clientService.on "started", (ts3proc) =>
 				if not info.url?
 					info.url = input
 					info.title = input # URL as title
+				info.originalUrl = input
+				vlcMediaInfo[info.url] = info
 
-				await vlc.status.enqueue info.url, defer(err)
-				if err
-					vlc.status.empty()
-					log.warn "VLC API returned an error when trying to play", err
-					ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Something seems to be wrong with the specified media. Try checking the URL/path you provided?"
-					return
-
+				# add it in VLC
+				vlc.playlist.add info.url
 				ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Added [URL=#{input}]#{info.title}[/URL] to the playlist."
-			when "stop"
-				await vlc.status.stop defer(err)
 
-				vlc.status.empty()
-
-				ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Stopped playback."
+				# TODO: Do we need to make sure that vlc.playlist.mode is not set to "Single" here or is that handled automatically?
+			when "stop"
+				vlc.stop()
 			when "vol"
 				vol = parseInt paramline
 
-				if paramline.trim().length <= 0 or vol > 511 or vol < 0
-					ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "[B]vol <number>[/B] - takes a number between 0 (0%) and 1024 (400%) to set the volume. 100% is 256. Defaults to 128 (50%) on startup."
-					return
-
-				await vlc.status.volume paramline, defer(err)
-
-				if err
-					log.warn "Failed to set volume", err
-					ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "That unfortunately didn't work out."
+				if paramline.trim().length <= 0 or vol == NaN or vol > 200 or vol < 0
+					ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "[B]vol <number>[/B] - takes a number between 0 (0%) and 200 (200%) to set the volume. 100% is 100. Defaults to 50 (50%) on startup."
 					return
 
-				ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Volume set."
+				vlc.audio.volume = vol
+				ts3query.sendtextmessage args.targetmode, invoker.id, "Volume set to #{vol}%."
 			when "changenick"
 				nick = if paramline.length > params[0].length then paramline else params[0]
 				if nick.length < 3 or nick.length > 30

package.json

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "string.prototype.startswith": "^0.2.0",
     "sync": "^0.2.5",
     "valid-url": "^1.0.9",
-    "vlc-api": "0.0.0",
+    "webchimera.js": "^0.1.38",
     "which": "^1.1.2",
     "winston": "^1.0.1",
     "xvfb": "git://github.com/icedream/node-xvfb.git",

services/vlc.iced

@@ -1,88 +1,43 @@
 spawn = require("child_process").spawn
 services = require("../services")
 config = require("../config")
-VLCApi = require("vlc-api")
+wc = require("webchimera.js")
 StreamSplitter = require("stream-splitter")
-require_bin = require("../require_bin")
-
-vlcBinPath = require_bin "vlc"
 
 module.exports = class VLCService extends services.Service
 	dependencies: [
 		"pulseaudio"
 	]
 	constructor: -> super "VLC",
+		###
+		# Starts an instance of VLC and keeps it ready for service.
+		###
 		start: (cb) ->
-			if @_process
-				cb? null, @_process
+			if @_instance
+				cb? null, @_instance
 				return
 
 			calledCallback = false
 
-			proc = null
-			doStart = null
-			doStart = () =>
-				await services.find("pulseaudio").start defer(err)
-				if err
-					throw new Error "Dependency pulseaudio failed."
-
-				proc = spawn vlcBinPath, [
-					"-I", "http",
-					"--http-host", config.get("vlc-host"),
-					"--http-port", config.get("vlc-port"),
-					"--http-password", config.get("vlc-password")
-					"--aout", "pulse",
-					"--volume", "128", # 50% volume
-					"--no-video"
-				],
-					stdio: ['ignore', 'pipe', 'pipe']
-					detached: true
-
-				# logging
-				stdoutTokenizer = proc.stdout.pipe StreamSplitter "\n"
-				stdoutTokenizer.encoding = "utf8";
-				stdoutTokenizer.on "token", (token) =>
-					token = token.trim() # get rid of \r
-					@log.debug token
-
-				stderrTokenizer = proc.stderr.pipe StreamSplitter "\n"
-				stderrTokenizer.encoding = "utf8";
-				stderrTokenizer.on "token", (token) =>
-					token = token.trim() # get rid of \r
-					@log.debug token
-
-				proc.on "exit", () =>
-					if @state == "stopping"
-						return
-					if not calledCallback
-						calledCallback = true
-						@log.warn "VLC terminated unexpectedly during startup."
-						cb? new Error "VLC terminated unexpectedly."
-					@log.warn "VLC terminated unexpectedly, restarting."
-					doStart()
+			instance = wc.createPlayer [
+				"--aout", "pulse",
+				"--no-video"
+			]
+			instance.audio.volume = 50
 
-				@_process = proc
-
-			doStart()
-
-			setTimeout (() =>
-				if not calledCallback
-					calledCallback = true
-
-					@instance = new VLCApi
-						host: ":#{encodeURIComponent config.get("vlc-password")}@#{config.get("vlc-host")}",
-						port: config.get("vlc-port")
-					cb? null, @instance), 1500 # TODO: Use some more stable condition
+			@_instance = instance
+			cb? null, @_instance
 
+		###
+		# Shuts down the VLC instance.
+		###
 		stop: (cb) ->
-			if not @_process
+			if not @_instance
 				cb?()
 				return
 
-			@instance = null
-
-			@_process.kill()
-			await @_process.once "exit", defer()
+			# TODO: Is there even a proper way to shut this down?
+			@_instance = null
 
 			cb?()
 

ts3query.iced

@@ -10,9 +10,23 @@ merge = require "merge"
 
 parserLog = getLogger "parser"
 
-escape = (value) => value.toString().replace(///\\///g, "\\\\").replace(/\//g, "\\/").replace(/\|/g, "\\|").replace(///\ ///g, "\\s")
-
-unescape = (value) => value.toString().replace(/\\s/g, " ").replace(/\\\//g, "/").replace(/\\\|/g, "|").replace(/\\\\/g, "\\")
+escape = (value) => value.toString()\
+	.replace(/\\/g, "\\\\")\
+	.replace(/\//g, "\\/")\
+	.replace(/\|/g, "\\|")\
+	.replace(/\n/g, "\\n")\
+	.replace(/\r/g, "\\r")\
+	.replace(/\t/g, "\\t")\
+	.replace(/\ /g, "\\s")
+
+unescape = (value) => value.toString()\
+	.replace(/\\s/g, " ")\
+	.replace(/\\t/g, "\t")\
+	.replace(/\\r/g, "\r")\
+	.replace(/\\n/g, "\n")\
+	.replace(/\\\|/g, "|")\
+	.replace(/\\\//g, "/")\
+	.replace(/\\\\/g, "\\")
 
 buildCmd = (name, namedArgs, posArgs) =>
 	# TODO: Add support for collected arguments (aka lists)