Get local address for media server from bridge

app/src/bridge/components/mediaServer.ts

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import fs from "fs";
 import http from "http";
+import os from "os";
 import path from "path";
 import stream from "stream";
 
@@ -131,13 +132,35 @@ export async function startMediaServer (filePath: string, port: number) {
         }
     });
 
-    mediaServer.on("listening", () => sendMessage({
-        subject: "mediaCast:/mediaServer/started"
-      , data: {
-            mediaPath: fileName
-          , subtitlePaths: Array.from(subtitles.keys())
+    mediaServer.on("listening", () => {
+        let localAddress = "";
+        const ifaces = Object.values(os.networkInterfaces());
+        for (const iface of ifaces) {
+            const matchingIface = iface?.find(
+                    details => details.family === "IPv4" && !details.internal);
+            if (matchingIface) {
+                localAddress = matchingIface.address;
+            }
         }
-    }));
+
+        if (!localAddress) {
+            console.error("Failed to get local address.");
+            sendMessage({
+                subject: "mediaCast:/mediaServer/error"
+            });
+            stopMediaServer();
+            return;
+        }
+
+        sendMessage({
+            subject: "mediaCast:/mediaServer/started"
+          , data: {
+                mediaPath: fileName
+              , subtitlePaths: Array.from(subtitles.keys())
+              , localAddress
+            }
+        });
+    });
 
     mediaServer.on("close", () => sendMessage({
         subject: "mediaCast:/mediaServer/stopped"

app/src/bridge/types.ts

@@ -264,7 +264,11 @@ export type Messages = [
 
   , {
         subject: "mediaCast:/mediaServer/started"
-      , data: { mediaPath: string, subtitlePaths: string[] }
+      , data: {
+            mediaPath: string
+          , subtitlePaths: string[]
+          , localAddress: string
+        }
     }
   , {
         subject: "mediaCast:/mediaServer/stopped"

ext/src/messaging.ts

@@ -234,7 +234,11 @@ export type Messages = [
 
   , {
         subject: "mediaCast:/mediaServer/started"
-      , data: { mediaPath: string, subtitlePaths: string[] }
+      , data: {
+          mediaPath: string
+        , subtitlePaths: string[]
+        , localAddress: string
+      }
     }
   , {
         subject: "mediaCast:/mediaServer/stopped"

ext/src/senders/media/index.ts

@@ -8,26 +8,10 @@ import { Message } from "../../messaging";
 import { Receiver } from "../../types";
 
 
-function getLocalAddress () {
-    const pc = new RTCPeerConnection();
-    pc.createDataChannel("");
-    pc.createOffer().then(pc.setLocalDescription.bind(pc));
-
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-        pc.addEventListener("icecandidate", ev => {
-            if (ev.candidate) {
-                resolve(ev.candidate.candidate.split(" ")[4]);
-            }
-        });
-        pc.addEventListener("error", () => {
-            reject();
-        });
-    });
-}
-
 function startMediaServer (filePath: string, port: number)
         : Promise<{ mediaPath: string
-                  , subtitlePaths: string[] }> {
+                  , subtitlePaths: string[]
+                  , localAddress: string }> {
 
     return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         backgroundPort.postMessage({
@@ -122,22 +106,21 @@ function getMedia (opts: InitOptions): Promise<cast.media.Media> {
         let mediaUrl = new URL(opts.mediaUrl);
         let subtitleUrls: URL[] = [];
 
-        const mediaTitle = mediaUrl.pathname;
+        const mediaTitle = mediaUrl.pathname.slice(1);
 
         /**
          * If the media is a local file, start an HTTP media server
          * and change the media URL to point to it.
          */
         if (opts.mediaUrl.startsWith("file://")) {
-            const host = await getLocalAddress();
             const port = await options.get("localMediaServerPort");
 
             try {
                 // Wait until media server is listening
-                const { mediaPath, subtitlePaths }
+                const { localAddress, mediaPath, subtitlePaths }
                         = await startMediaServer(mediaTitle, port);
 
-                const baseUrl = new URL(`http://${host}:${port}/`);
+                const baseUrl = new URL(`http://${localAddress}:${port}/`);
                 mediaUrl = new URL(mediaPath, baseUrl);
                 subtitleUrls = subtitlePaths.map(
                         path => new URL(path, baseUrl));