Streaming server can play (#48)

* check if at least 1 audio/video stream is supported

* 0.0.25-rc.3

* update node

* add webm format

* 0.0.25-rc.4

* update media capabilities detection

* force stereo audio on chrome

* force stereo audio on chromecast

* revert formatting

* fix lint

* override media capabilities with command args

* fix lint

* fix lint

* fix lint

* 0.0.25-rc.5

* remove merge with

* revert format specific codec checks

* reformat

* revert changes in ss middleware

* add support for mkv only in chrome

* 0.0.25-rc.6

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Setup NodeJS
       uses: actions/setup-node@v1
       with:
-        node-version: 10
+        node-version: 16
         registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v2

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
     "name": "@stremio/stremio-video",
-    "version": "0.0.25-rc.2",
+    "version": "0.0.25-rc.6",
     "description": "Abstraction layer on top of different media players",
     "author": "Smart Code OOD",
     "main": "src/index.js",

src/mediaCapabilities.js

@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 var VIDEO_CODEC_CONFIGS = [
     {
         codec: 'h264',
+        force: window.chrome || window.cast,
         mime: 'video/mp4; codecs="avc1.42E01E"',
     },
     {
         codec: 'h265',
+        force: window.chrome || window.cast,
         mime: 'video/mp4; codecs="hev1.1.6.L150.B0"',
         aliases: ['hevc']
     },
@@ -46,18 +48,17 @@ var AUDIO_CODEC_CONFIGS = [
 ];
 
 function canPlay(config, options) {
-    return options.mediaElement.canPlayType(config.mime) ?
-        [config.codec].concat(config.aliases || [])
-        :
-        [];
+    return config.force || options.mediaElement.canPlayType(config.mime)
+        ? [config.codec].concat(config.aliases || [])
+        : [];
 }
 
 function getMaxAudioChannels() {
     if (/firefox/i.test(window.navigator.userAgent)) {
         return 6;
     }
 
-    if (!window.AudioContext) {
+    if (!window.AudioContext || window.chrome || window.cast) {
         return 2;
     }
 
@@ -68,6 +69,9 @@ function getMaxAudioChannels() {
 function getMediaCapabilities() {
     var mediaElement = document.createElement('video');
     var formats = ['mp4'];
+    if (window.chrome || window.cast) {
+        formats.push('matroska,webm');
+    }
     var videoCodecs = VIDEO_CODEC_CONFIGS
         .map(function(config) {
             return canPlay(config, { mediaElement: mediaElement });