unicast - The universal media server

Warning This project is still in alpha state and under heavy development, with many features still to be added and plenty of bugs to be fixed.

Note The web interface development repository can be found here.

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Installation

Note This installation process is temporary, and some knowledge of how to work with the command line is needed, and as such it is intended for advanced users only. In the near future, a more simplified version will be created.

Download this repository, either by running the command

git clone git@github.com:scorchpt/unicast.git unicast

After that, install the NodeJs dependencies with the command

npm install --save-dev

Finally, download RethinkDB and save the executable somewhere on your disk.

Tip You may want to put it inside the storage/ folder inside the unicast directory.

After that, the sources need to be compiled to JavaScript (Really? Sadly, really.). Run the command

tsc

If the command is not found, try installing Trypescript:

npm install -g typescript

And run tsc again.

Configuration

Create a file config/local.yaml, and configure the receivers and providers for your application. Right now, the only receivers that are implemented are the Chromecast receiver and the only providers that are implemented are the Kodi provider.

Note As of now, the server should be able to auto detect the Chromecast devices in your network, so you only need to explicitly add them to the config file if, for some reason, they are not showing up automatically.

For example, the file can be:

# Change primary language
primaryLanguage: por

# Change secondary languages
secondaryLanguages:
    - pob
    - eng

receivers:
    default: false
    list:
        - name: ChromecastName
          address: 192.168.0.60
          type: chromecast

providers:
    - name: kodi
      type: kodi
      address: 127.0.0.1
      port: 8008

ffmpeg:
    # Optional: If ffmpeg is not in PATH ENV, set a custom path
    path: C:\Program Files\ffmpeg\bin

Usage

First start the database server. Go to the folder where rethink.exe is saved and run it.

rethink.exe

Leave the program running, and launch the media server

node lib/index.js