big commit. FINALLY got the combining segments to work using ffmpeg using a different workflow. small ui changes as well.

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 45 deletions

diff --git a/src/server/DashUploadUtils.ts b/src/server/DashUploadUtils.ts
index 148b0df65..be30c115d 100644
--- a/src/server/DashUploadUtils.ts
+++ b/src/server/DashUploadUtils.ts
@@ -63,21 +63,20 @@ export namespace DashUploadUtils {
 
     const { imageFormats, videoFormats, applicationFormats, audioFormats } = AcceptableMedia; //TODO:glr 
     
-    export async function concatenateVideos(filePaths: string[]): Promise<Upload.FileResponse> {
+    export async function concatVideos(filePaths: string[]): Promise<Upload.AccessPathInfo> {
         // make a list of paths to create the ordered text file for ffmpeg
-        //const filePaths = videoFiles.map(file => file.path);
-        // write the text file to the file system
         const inputListName = 'concat.txt';
         const textFilePath = path.join(filesDirectory, inputListName);
         // make a list of paths to create the ordered text file for ffmpeg
-        const filePathsText = filePaths.map(filePath => `file '${filePath}'`).join('\n');
+      const filePathsText = filePaths.map(filePath => `file '${filePath}'`).join('\n');
+        // write the text file to the file system
         writeFile(textFilePath, filePathsText, (err) => console.log(err));
-        console.log(filePathsText)
+        console.log('fileTextPaths', filePathsText)
 
         // make output file name based on timestamp
-        const outputFileName = `output-${Utils.GenerateGuid()}.mkv`;
-        // create the output file path in the parsed_file directory
-        const outputFilePath = path.join(filesDirectory, outputFileName);
+        const outputFileName = `output-${Utils.GenerateGuid()}.mp4`;
+        // create the output file path in the videos directory
+        const outputFilePath = path.join(pathToDirectory(Directory.videos), outputFileName);
 
         // concatenate the videos
         await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
@@ -92,45 +91,15 @@ export namespace DashUploadUtils {
                 .on("end", resolve);
         })
 
-        // delete concat.txt from the file system
-        unlinkSync(textFilePath);
-
-        // read the output file from the file system
-        // const outputFile = fs.readFileSync(outputFilePath);
-
-        // make a new blob object with the output file buffer
-        // const outputFileBlob = new Blob([outputFile.buffer], { type: 'x-matroska/mkv' });
-
-        // TODO: make with toJSON()
+      // delete concat.txt from the file system
+      unlinkSync(textFilePath);
+      // delete the old segment videos from the server
+      filePaths.forEach(filePath => unlinkSync(filePath));
 
-        // make a data object
-        const outputFileObject: formidable.File = {
-            size: 0,
-            name: outputFileName,
-            path: outputFilePath,
-            // size: outputFileBlob.size,
-            type: 'video/x-matroska;codecs=avc1,opus',
-            lastModifiedDate: new Date(),
-
-            toJSON: () => ({ ...outputFileObject, filename: outputFilePath.replace(/.*\//, ""), mtime: null, length: 0, mime: "", toJson: () => undefined as any })
+      // return the path(s) to the output file
+      return {
+          accessPaths: getAccessPaths(Directory.videos, outputFileName)
         }
-
-       // const file = { ...outputFileObject, toJSON: () => ({ ...outputFileObject, filename: outputFilePath.replace(/.*\//, ""), mtime: null, length: 0, mime: "", toJson: () => undefined as any }) };
-
-        // this will convert it to mp4 and save it to the server
-        //return await MoveParsedFile(outputFileObject, Directory.videos);
-
-        return await upload(outputFileObject);
-
-        // // return only the output (first) file to the videos directory
-        // return {
-        //     source: file, result: {
-        //         accessPaths: {
-        //             agnostic: getAccessPaths(Directory.videos, outputFileName)
-        //         },
-        //         rawText: undefined
-        //     }
-        // }
     }
 
     export function uploadYoutube(videoId: string): Promise<Upload.FileResponse> {