# WebChimera.js

**Repository Path**: liwei_lup/WebChimera.js

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: WebChimera.js
- **Description**: [SUSPENDED] libvlc binding for node.js/io.js/Node-Webkit/NW.js/Electron
- **Primary Language**: C++
- **License**: LGPL-2.1
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-11-29
- **Last Updated**: 2020-12-19

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# <img alt="WebChimera.js" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jaruba/wcjs-logos/master/logos/small/webchimera.png">
libvlc binding for node.js/io.js/NW.js/Electron

[![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/RSATom/WebChimera](https://badges.gitter.im/Join%20Chat.svg)](https://gitter.im/RSATom/WebChimera?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge)

## Demos
* [WebChimera.js Renderer Demo](https://github.com/RSATom/wcjs-ugly-demo)
* [WebChimera.js Player - Single Video Demo](https://github.com/jaruba/node-vlcPlayer-demo)
* [WebChimera.js Player - Multiscreen Demo](https://github.com/jaruba/node-vlc-multiscreen)

## Docs
* [JavaScript API](https://github.com/RSATom/WebChimera.js/wiki/JavaScript-API)

## Known issues and workarounds
* [latest `Electron` versions is not compatible with `WebChimera.js` on Linux](https://github.com/RSATom/WebChimera.js/issues/69)
* [libvlc 2.2.x is broken on OS X](https://github.com/RSATom/WebChimera.js/wiki/Due-to-bug-libvlc-2.2.x-could-not-be-used-as-is-outside-VLC.app-on-Mac-OS-X)
* [libvlc has compatibility issue with latest `Electron`/`NW.js` versions on Windows](https://github.com/RSATom/WebChimera.js/wiki/Latest-Electron-and-NW.js-versions-has-compatibility-issue-on-Windows)
* [libvlc 2.2.x x64 has issue with subtitles](https://github.com/RSATom/WebChimera.js/issues/65)
* [Webpack](https://github.com/RSATom/WebChimera.js/wiki/WebChimera.js-with-Webpack)


## Known Projects using WebChimera.js
* [Stremio](http://www.strem.io/)
* [Powder Player](http://powder.media/)
* [Butter](http://butterproject.org/)
* [PagalPlayer](https://hlgkb.github.io/pagal-player/)

## Prebuilt binaries
* https://github.com/RSATom/WebChimera.js/releases

### Using prebuilt on Windows
* download `WebChimera.js_*_VLC_*_win.zip` corresponding to your engine and extract to `node_modules`

### Using prebuilt on Mac OS X
* download `WebChimera.js_*_osx.tar.gz` corresponding to your engine and extract to `node_modules`

### Using prebuilt on Linux
* install `VLC` (for apt based distros: `sudo apt-get install vlc`)
* `npm install webchimera.js --ignore-scripts`
* download `WebChimera.js_*_linux.zip` and extract to `webchimera.js\Release`

## Build Prerequisites
### Windows
* [Visual Studio Community 2013](https://www.visualstudio.com/en-us/products/visual-studio-community-vs.aspx);
* [VLC Player](http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html) in your PATH environment variable;
* [CMake](http://www.cmake.org/);
* [io.js](https://iojs.org) or [Node.js](https://nodejs.org);
* [NW.js ia32](http://nwjs.io/) or [Electron ia32](http://electron.atom.io/);

### Mac OS X
* [Apple XCode](https://developer.apple.com/xcode/);
* [VLC Player](http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html);
* [CMake](http://www.cmake.org/);
* [io.js](https://iojs.org) or [Node.js](https://nodejs.org);
* [NW.js](http://nwjs.io/) or [Electron](http://electron.atom.io/);

### Linux
for apt based distros:
* `$ sudo apt-get install build-essential cmake libvlc-dev`

## Build from sources
### Windows
* `git clone --recursive https://github.com/RSATom/WebChimera.js.git`
* `cd WebChimera.js`
* `build_nwjs.cmd` or `build_electron.cmd` or `build_node.cmd` or `build_iojs.cmd`

### Mac OS X & Linux
* `git clone --recursive https://github.com/RSATom/WebChimera.js.git`
* `cd WebChimera.js`
* `./build_nwjs.sh` or `./build_electron.sh` or `./build_node.sh` or `./build_iojs.sh`