omxplayer-controll v0.1.9

omxplayer-controll

Controll omxplayer with native dbus

Installation

npm install omxplayer-controll [--save]

Usage

Short example running a video getting the status every 5 seconds and listeing to the aboutToFinis signal

var omxp = require('omxplayer-controll');
var opts = {
    'audioOutput': 'hdmi', //  'hdmi' | 'local' | 'both'
    'blackBackground': false, //false | true | default: true
    'disableKeys': true, //false | true | default: false
    'disableOnScreenDisplay': true, //false | true | default: false
    'disableGhostbox': true, //false | true | default: false
    'subtitlePath': '', //default: ""
    'startAt': 0, //default: 0
    'startVolume': 0.8 //0.0 ... 1.0 default: 1.0
};
omxp.open('path_to_file', opts);
omxp.on('changeStatus',function(status){
    console.log('Status',status);
});
omxp.on('aboutToFinish',function(){
    console.log('File about to finish');
});

#API

List of available commands

Open single file

omxp.open('path_to_file', opts);

Basic commands

omxp.playPause(function(err){});
omxp.pause(function(err){});
omxp.getStatus(function(err, status){}); //Playing, Paused,
omxp.getDuration(function(err, duration){});
omxp.getPosition(function(err, position){});
omxp.setPosition(new_pos, function(err){});
omxp.seek(offset, function(err){});
omxp.getVolume(function(err, volume){});
omxp.setVolume(new_volume, function(err, volume){});
omxp.volumeUp(function(err){});
omxp.volumeDown(function(err){});
omxp.toggleSubtitles(function(err){});
omxp.hideSubtitles(function(err){});
omxp.showSubtitles(function(err){});
omxp.setAlpha(function(err){});
omxp.setVideoPos(function(err){});
omxp.setVideoCropPos(function(err){});
omxp.setAspectMode(function(err){});

Other commands

Change de Alpha of the current window the value must be between 0 and 255

omxp.setAlpha(alpha_value, function(err){});

Set the position of the window, only works in non full screen.

omxp.setVideoPos(x1, y1, x2, y2, function(err){});

Crop the video inside the window.

omxp.setVideoCropPos(x1, y1, x2, y2, function(err){});

Set the aspect mode for the video, must be one of the following: 'letterbox', 'fill', 'stretch', 'default'

omxp.setAspectMode(aspect, function(err){});

Reference:

• https://github.com/sidorares/node-dbus/
• https://github.com/popcornmix/omxplayer
• https://github.com/diederikfeilzer/node-omx-interface
• https://github.com/alepez/omxdirector