Renderer for WebChimera.js

Prerequisites

• WebChimera.js prerequisites

Install

npm install wcjs-renderer

Usage example

HTML:

<canvas id="canvas"/>

JS:

var renderer = require("wcjs-renderer");
var vlc = require("wcjs-prebuilt").createPlayer();
var options = { /* Add renderer options here */ }
renderer.bind(document.getElementById("canvas"), vlc, options);
vlc.play("http://archive.org/download/CartoonClassics/Krazy_Kat_-_Keeping_Up_With_Krazy.mp4");

JavaScript API

• bind(canvas, vlc options): bind the Webchimera VLC player to a canvas element:

  • canvas can be a DOM node or selector (mandatory)
  • vlc is a VLC player created with WebChimera.js (mandatory)
  • options:
    • fallbackRenderer is a boolean mentioning if the fallback non-WebGL renderer should be used (optional, defaults to false),
    • preserveDrawingBuffer is a boolean mentioning if we should preserve the drawing buffer (optional, defaults to false),
    • onFrameSetup will be called when VLC's onFrameSetup callback is called, with the same arguments, after the canvas has been setup.
    • onFrameReady will be called when VLC's onFrameReady callback is called, with the same arguments, after the frame has been rendered to the canvas.
    • onFrameCleanup will be called when VLC's onFrameCleanup callback is called, with the same arguments, after the frame was cleaned up.

• clear(canvas): draws a single black frame on a canvas element (it's recommended to clear the canvas when the Media Changed and Ended events are triggered)

• getFps(function): returns int in callback, the number of frames that wore rendered in 1 seconds after the request was made (useful for performance tests and getting the current fps of a live stream as it normally returns as 0 with the WebChimera.js native method, to note: even when playback is paused it still renders at 10 fps)