const express = require('express'); const router = express.Router(); const { spawn } = require('child_process'); const db = require('../db'); /** * Transcode stream * GET /api/transcode?url=... * * Transcodes audio to AAC for browser compatibility while passing video through. * This fixes playback issues with Dolby/AC3/EAC3 audio that browsers can't decode. */ router.get('/', async (req, res) => { const { url } = req.query; if (!url) { return res.status(400).json({ error: 'URL parameter is required' }); } const ffmpegPath = req.app.locals.ffmpegPath || 'ffmpeg'; // Get User-Agent from settings const settings = await db.settings.get(); const userAgent = db.getUserAgent(settings); console.log(`[Transcode] Starting transcoding for: ${url}`); console.log(`[Transcode] Using User-Agent: ${settings.userAgentPreset}`); console.log(`[Transcode] Using binary: ${ffmpegPath}`); // FFmpeg arguments for transcoding // Optimized for VOD content with incompatible audio (Dolby/AC3/EAC3) // Also works for live streams with ad stitching (Pluto TV, etc.) const args = [ '-hide_banner', '-loglevel', 'warning', '-user_agent', userAgent, // Faster startup - reduced probe/analyze for quicker first bytes '-probesize', '2000000', // 2MB (reduced from 5MB) '-analyzeduration', '3000000', // 3 seconds (reduced from 10s) // Error resilience: generate timestamps, discard corrupt packets '-fflags', '+genpts+discardcorrupt+nobuffer', // Ignore errors in stream and continue '-err_detect', 'ignore_err', // Limit max demux delay to prevent buffering issues '-max_delay', '2000000', // Reconnect settings for network drops (useful for live streams) '-reconnect', '1', '-reconnect_streamed', '1', '-reconnect_delay_max', '3', // Prevent Range/HEAD requests that some providers reject with 405 '-seekable', '0', '-i', url, // Map only first video and audio stream (avoid subtitle streams causing issues) '-map', '0:v:0', '-map', '0:a:0?', // ? makes audio optional if not present // Video: passthrough (no re-encoding = fast!) '-c:v', 'copy', // Audio: Transcode to browser-compatible AAC '-c:a', 'aac', '-ar', '48000', '-b:a', '192k', // Handle async audio/video using async filter '-af', 'aresample=async=1:min_hard_comp=0.100000:first_pts=0', // Timestamp handling '-fps_mode', 'passthrough', '-async', '1', '-max_muxing_queue_size', '2048', // Fragmented MP4 for streaming (browser-compatible) '-f', 'mp4', '-movflags', 'frag_keyframe+empty_moov+default_base_moof+faststart', '-flush_packets', '1', // Send data immediately '-' // Output to stdout ]; console.log(`[Transcode] Full command: ${ffmpegPath} ${args.join(' ')}`); let ffmpeg; try { ffmpeg = spawn(ffmpegPath, args); } catch (spawnErr) { console.error('[Transcode] Failed to spawn FFmpeg:', spawnErr); return res.status(500).json({ error: 'FFmpeg spawn failed', details: spawnErr.message }); } // Collect stderr for error reporting let stderrBuffer = ''; // Set headers for fragmented MP4 res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'video/mp4'); res.setHeader('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*'); // Pipe stdout to response ffmpeg.stdout.pipe(res); // Log stderr (useful for debugging transcoding failures) ffmpeg.stderr.on('data', (data) => { const msg = data.toString(); stderrBuffer += msg; console.log(`[FFmpeg] ${msg}`); }); // Cleanup on client disconnect req.on('close', () => { console.log('[Transcode] Client disconnected, killing FFmpeg process'); ffmpeg.kill('SIGKILL'); }); // Handle process exit ffmpeg.on('exit', (code) => { if (code !== null && code !== 0 && code !== 255) { // 255 is often returned on kill console.error(`[Transcode] FFmpeg exited with code ${code}`); } }); // Handle spawn errors ffmpeg.on('error', (err) => { console.error('[Transcode] Failed to spawn FFmpeg:', err); if (!res.headersSent) { res.status(500).json({ error: 'Transcoding failed to start' }); } }); }); module.exports = router;