Install WebChimera.js prebuilt binaries for Electron using npm. This module allows you to set-up WebChimera.js + embedded VLC without compilation / additional steps.

WebChimera.js is a node.js binding to libvlc. You can use it to play video using a JS raw array buffer drawn via WebGL.

Configuration

Before installing the package, you may need to configure a few things. Here's the list of configurable items:

• Target architecture (supported: ia32 / x64. Default value: machine's architecture)
• Target platform (supported: win / osx. Default value: machine's platform)
• Target WebChimera version (format: vX.Y.Z. Default value: latest)
• Target runtime (supported: electron / nw. Default value: electron)
• Target runtime version (format: vX.Y.Z. Default value: latest available for the target runtime and WebChimera version)
• Target directory (where to install the binaries. Default value: ./bin)

There are 2 ways you can configure these elements this:

• With the WCJS_ARCH, WCJS_PLATFORM, WCJS_VERSION, WCJS_RUNTIME, WCJS_RUNTIME_VERSION and WCJS_TARGET_DIR environment variables. Here's an example:

WCJS_RUNTIME=electron WCJS_RUNTIME_VERSION=v0.37.8 WCJS_VERSION=v0.2.4 npm install wcjs-prebuilt

• By adding a wcjs-prebuilt hash to your root package.json and defining the following keys: arch, platform, version, runtime, runtimeVersion, targetDir. Here's an example:

"wcjs-prebuilt": {
  "runtime": "electron"
  "runtimeVersion": "v0.37.8"
  "version": "v0.2.4"
}

Please note that not all combinations of runtime versions and WebChimera versions are available. You can see a list of available options here

Installation

npm install wcjs-prebuilt

Programmatic usage

var wcjs = require("wcjs-prebuilt");
// wcjs is WebChimera.js

Used in (ordered by date of adoption)

• Stremio - since version 2.0
• Powder Player - since version 0.90
• Popcorn Time - not yet released with WebChimera.js, in progress

(please PR other use cases)