dlnanow

This is a command-line utility that can be used to stream media files to your DLNA-capable devices (Smart TVs, Xbox One, etc). It supports playback of local video files, videos on the web, and torrents.

Internally, this script simply wraps castnow's middleware functions for serving content.

Installation

$ npm install -g dlnanow

Usage

# start playback of a local video file
$ dlnanow ./myvideo.mp4

# play a file from the web
$ dlnanow http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/ED_1280.mp4

# start playback of a video over torrent
$ dlnanow <url-to-torrent-file OR magnet>

# start playback of a video with subtitles
$ dlnanow ./myvideo.mp4 --subtitles </local/path/to/subtitles.srt>

# transcode some other video format to mp4 while playback (requires ffmpeg)
$ dlnanow ./myvideo.avi --tomp4

Or, as a module

var dlnanow = require('dlnanow');

// Add some logging
dlnanow.use(function (ctx, next) {
  ctx.on('status', function (status) {
    console.log(status);
  });
  next();
});

// Enable some castnow plugins
dlnanow.enable('stdin');
dlnanow.enable('torrent');
dlnanow.enable('localfile');
dlnanow.enable('transcode');
dlnanow.enable('subtitles');

// Go!
dlnanow.launch(opts, function (err, player, ctx) {
});