Electroteque Media

Chromecast Stream Appending

Playlists with stream appending while casting

Demonstrate adding new streams to the Chromecast queue while casting. 

function app() {
  return {

    init() {
      //do init stuff here
    },
    addCastStream(e) {
         player.appendSrc({
            "title": "Sintel",
            "castInfo": {
              "title": "Sintel",
              "subtitle": "Subtitle",
              "images": [
                {
                  "url": "http://192.168.5.25:8000/plugins//videojs/chromecast/images/stills/sintel_still.jpg"
                }
              ]
            },
            "sources": [{'type': 'video/mp4', 'src': 'https://videos.electroteque.org/bitrate/sintel_2000k.mp4'}]
        });     
    }
  }
}

    <div class="flex w-full h-auto my-auto">
      <video class="video-js vjs-default-skin vjs-fluid " crossorigin="anonymous" controls="" id="addstream"></video>
  </div>

  <script type="text/javascript">

  	var player = videojs("addstream", {
    "plugins": {
        "chromecast": {
            "castAppID": "5C78621A"
        }
    }
});

  
          const playlistPlugin = player.playlistPlugin(player, {});
          const PlaylistPluginClass = videojs.getPlugin('playlistPlugin');

        
          const videoList = [
    {
        "castInfo": {
            "images": [
                {
                    "url": "http://192.168.5.25:8000/plugins//videojs/chromecast/images/stills/bbb_still.jpg"
                }
            ],
            "subtitle": "Subtitle",
            "title": "Big Buck Bunny"
        },
        "sources": [
            {
                "src": "https://videos.electroteque.org/bitrate/big_buck_bunny_2000k.mp4",
                "type": "video/mp4"
            },
            {
                "src": "https://videos.electroteque.org/bitrate/big_buck_bunny_2000k.ogv",
                "type": "video/ogg"
            }
        ]
    }
];
          const playlist = PlaylistPluginClass.createPlaylistFrom(videoList);

          // Plugin methods
          playlistPlugin.loadPlaylist(playlist);
          player.playlistUi({playOnSelect: true});

          playlistPlugin.loadFirstItem();
          playlistPlugin.setAutoadvanceDelay(0);

  </script>