const express = require('express'); const router = express.Router(); const { spawn } = require('child_process'); /** * 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('/', (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'; console.log(`[Transcode] Starting transcoding for: ${url}`); console.log(`[Transcode] Using binary: ${ffmpegPath}`); // FFmpeg arguments for transcoding // Video: Copy (passthrough) - most sources are already H264/HEVC which browsers support // Audio: Transcode to AAC - fixes Dolby/AC3/EAC3 that browsers can't play const args = [ '-hide_banner', '-loglevel', 'info', '-fflags', '+genpts', '-i', url, '-c:v', 'copy', // Video passthrough (no re-encoding = fast!) '-c:a', 'aac', // Transcode audio to browser-compatible AAC '-ac', '2', '-ar', '48000', '-b:a', '128k', '-af', 'aresample=48000:async=1', // Fragmented MP4 for streaming (browser-compatible) '-f', 'mp4', '-movflags', 'frag_keyframe+empty_moov+default_base_moof', '-' // 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;