bohoaush / simple_ccg_nodejs_client

simple_ccg_nodejs_client

Description

This node.js app is a simple multiplatform CasparCG client.

Warning

This app is still in development and it is also my first node.js app, therefore I don't recommend using it in production enviroments.

Prerequisities

• node.js runtime
• web browser (preferably chromium based)
• git

Then you can just clone this repository.

How to use

• run CasparCG media scanner
• run CasparCG
• run this app with "node main.js"
• go to the webinterface, by default running at 127.0.0.1:8084
• to change settings, edit the settings.json file, that is generated after the first run

What's next

• To track what's going on with this project use the issues tab.
• You can also report bugs you find or suggest new features.

simple_ccg_nodejs_client's Issues

Redo trouble state to be more universal

Add basic playlist editor

Add decklink support

Shouldn't be hard, but can only test it at work then.

Update documentation

The project expanded greatly, while the documentation stayed the same since the absolute beginning

Exclude npm libraries from repository

casparcg-connection v6 fixed issue with cinf return value, thus it is not necessary to keep my own version in the repository.

Playlist handling

• Add event types to playlist structure
• Check for event type before asking media-scanner for parameters
• Save parameters back to playlist
• Create array with fixed time events and check them every time update // Done, needs testing

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Improvements to web interface

• Insert item to playlist (add item will be kept)
• "playlist manager" (make and manage multiple different playlists. Playlists will be then automatically and/or manually loaded based on filename)
• hotkeys?

Runaway if picture (item with a duration of zero) is played out

Trouble clip should be played in loop

Redo info-checks

• Check if the currently playing item's name is right instead of checking for change
• Check less often, then every second after full duration of clip is played

Playout handling engine

LOADBG next items automatically

New webinterface

The user interface is a total mess and needs a complete rewrite

Remove unused libraries

Remove libraries that were originally added, but then not used to reduce complexity and size
eg. mediainfo

Improve the console

Instead of writing line with status every second, update the same place, show some helpful info.
Maybe let the user execute some commands over the cli?

Add settings wizard

Not loading next item if path contains dot other than before the extension

Crash when there is no next item to load

LOADBG only for first and second item

Test (and fix) on multiple systems and add them to documentation

This crashes very much on Windows.
It needs to be tested on it too, or I should write that it doesn't work to the documentation

Systems to test:

• Ubuntu 18.04
• Ubuntu 20.04
• Ubuntu 22.04
• Windows 10

Node versions:

• v14.15
• 18.12
• 19.2

casparcg-connection:

• v6

browsers:

• Chromium
• Chrome
• Vivaldi
• Brave
• Firefox

Start time will display wrong if fixed event in new playlist haven't yet started

Add logging

Subfolders arent supported for media

Redoing info loading for media info to use casparcg-connection should fix this issue