EdwardNavarro / omxplayernode

Node.js + Express + socket.io interface for omxplayer on a Raspberry Pi.

omxplayernode

Node.js + Express + socket.io interface for omxplayer on a Raspberry Pi.

This project replaces completely omxplayerphp.

Requirements

This project requires Node.js 0.10.40 or greater on your Raspberry Pi. The current versions of Raspbian install only version 0.6, so you need to follow the instructions in this page to get version 0.10 up and running.

For your convenience, install also supervisor.

Installation

To install this code in your Raspberry Pi:

1. Clone the project.
2. Run npm install on the command line.
3. Copy your movie files (including subtitle files) in the /home/pi/movies folder.
4. Run the command supervisor server.js on the command line.
5. Browse to http://[YOUR_RASPI_IP_HERE]:3000 to use the application.

To be able to interact with the server, consider installing omxplayerios on your iOS devices.

Protocol

The application has a very simple protocol:

• Whenever a new client connects, it gets the list of movies, the available disk space and the name of the current movie automatically. The respective messages are movies, disk and current_movie.
• All messages have the same format: { method: 'method_name', response: [array]|string }
• Response messages include the name of the api method in the method field.
• The movies message returns a list of filenames.
• The disk message returns a string with the number and unit, like "14G" meaning 14 gigabytes.
• The current_movie message returns a string with the filename of the movie currently playing.
• The play message triggers a broadcast to all connected clients of the current_movie message.
• The stop message triggers a broadcast to all connected clients of the stop message.
• The command message does not trigger a broadcast nor returns anything.

License

Check the LICENSE file for details.