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Get a mimetype from a video for use with MediaSource API.

Purpose

Detects mimetype of given video and output a mimetype compatible with MediaSource API.

Prerequisites

$ pip install pre-commit

Installation

$ pre-commit install --install-hooks

Usage

const videoMimeType = require('video-mimetype');
function main () {
  const result = await videoMimeType(__dirname + '/video.mp4');
  console.log(result);
}

Prints:

{
  height: 100,
  width: 100,
  format: 'mp4',
  mime: 'video/mp4; codecs="avc1.4d401f, mp4a.40.2"',
  ffprobe: /* json output from ffprobe */
}

API

video-mimetype ⇒ object

Returns: object - object comprising width, height, format (mimetype), ffprobe metadata

Param Type
filePath string

Note: To regenerate this section from the jsdoc run npm run docs and paste the output above.

Installation

This module is installed via npm:

$ npm install video-mimetype

License

The BSD License

Copyright (c) 2018, Tim Allen

All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

  • Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

  • Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

  • Neither the name of the Tim Allen nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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