feat: add experimental vlc player support

electron/api.ts

@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ import {
     MIGRATE_PLAYLISTS_RESPONSE,
     OPEN_FILE,
     OPEN_MPV_PLAYER,
+    OPEN_VLC_PLAYER,
     PLAYLIST_PARSE_BY_URL,
     PLAYLIST_PARSE_RESPONSE,
     PLAYLIST_UPDATE,
     PLAYLIST_UPDATE_RESPONSE,
     SET_MPV_PLAYER_PATH,
+    SET_VLC_PLAYER_PATH,
     XTREAM_REQUEST,
     XTREAM_RESPONSE,
 } from '../shared/ipc-commands';
@@ -39,6 +41,8 @@ import { ParsedPlaylist } from '../src/typings.d';
 
 const fs = require('fs');
 const https = require('https');
+const child_process = require('child_process');
+const path = require('path');
 
 const mpvAPI = require('node-mpv');
 
@@ -63,6 +67,7 @@ const agent = new https.Agent({
 });
 
 const MPV_PLAYER_PATH = 'MPV_PLAYER_PATH';
+const VLC_PLAYER_PATH = 'VLC_PLAYER_PATH';
 
 export class Api {
     /** Instance of the main application window */
@@ -254,6 +259,24 @@ export class Api {
                 // recreate mpv player instance with new binary path if it was changed
                 if (store.get(MPV_PLAYER_PATH, mpvPlayerPath) !== mpvPlayerPath)
                     this.mpv = this.createMpvInstance();
+            })
+            .on(OPEN_VLC_PLAYER, (event, { url }) => {
+                const proc = child_process.spawn(
+                    this.getVlcPath(),
+                    [`"${url as string}"`],
+                    {
+                        shell: true,
+                    }
+                );
+
+                proc.on('exit', (code) => {
+                    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/restrict-template-expressions
+                    console.log(`VLC exited with code ${code}`);
+                });
+            })
+            .on(SET_VLC_PLAYER_PATH, (_event, vlcPlayerPath) => {
+                console.log('... setting vlc player path', vlcPlayerPath);
+                store.set(VLC_PLAYER_PATH, vlcPlayerPath);
             });
 
         // listeners for EPG events
@@ -503,6 +526,31 @@ export class Api {
         return parse(m3uString);
     }
 
+    getDefaultVlcPath() {
+        if (process.platform === 'win32') {
+            return path.join(
+                'C:',
+                'Program Files (x86)',
+                'VideoLAN',
+                'VLC',
+                'vlc.exe'
+            );
+        } else if (process.platform === 'linux') {
+            return '/usr/bin/vlc';
+        } else if (process.platform === 'darwin') {
+            return '/Applications/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC';
+        }
+    }
+
+    getVlcPath() {
+        const customVlcPath = this.store.get(VLC_PLAYER_PATH);
+        if (customVlcPath) {
+            return customVlcPath;
+        } else {
+            return this.getDefaultVlcPath();
+        }
+    }
+
     /** @deprecated - used only for migration */
     getAllPlaylists() {
         return db