Add audio-only option to transcoders and player

This patch adds an audio-only option to PeerTube by means of a new transcoding configuration which creates mp4 files which only contain an audio stream. This new transcoder has a resolution of '0' and is presented in the preferences and in the player resolution menu as 'Audio-only' (localised). When playing such streams the player shows the file thumbnail as background and disables controls autohide.

Audio-only files can be shared and streamed just like any other file. They can be downloaded as well, the resulting file will be an mp4 container with a single audio stream.

This patch is a proof of concept to show the feasibility of 'true' audio-only support. There are better ways of doing this which also enable multiple audio streams for a given video stream (e.g. DASH) but as this would entail a fundamental change in the way PeerTube works it is a bridge too far for a simple proof of concept.

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/client/src/assets/player/videojs-components/resolution-menu-button.ts b/client/src/assets/player/videojs-components/resolution-menu-button.ts
index aeb48888f..445b14b2b 100644
--- a/client/src/assets/player/videojs-components/resolution-menu-button.ts
+++ b/client/src/assets/player/videojs-components/resolution-menu-button.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class ResolutionMenuButton extends MenuButton {
         this.player_,
         {
           id: d.id,
-          label: d.label,
+          label: d.id == 0 ? this.player .localize('Audio-only') : d.label,
           selected: d.selected,
           callback: data.qualitySwitchCallback
         })
diff --git a/client/src/assets/player/webtorrent/webtorrent-plugin.ts b/client/src/assets/player/webtorrent/webtorrent-plugin.ts
index 4a0b38703..007fc58cc 100644
--- a/client/src/assets/player/webtorrent/webtorrent-plugin.ts
+++ b/client/src/assets/player/webtorrent/webtorrent-plugin.ts
@@ -181,20 +181,29 @@ class WebTorrentPlugin extends Plugin {
     const currentTime = this.player.currentTime()
     const isPaused = this.player.paused()
 
-    // Remove poster to have black background
-    this.playerElement.poster = ''
-
     // Hide bigPlayButton
     if (!isPaused) {
       this.player.bigPlayButton.hide()
     }
 
+    // Audio-only (resolutionId == 0) gets special treatment
+    if (resolutionId > 0) {
+      // Hide poster to have black background 
+      this.player.removeClass('vjs-playing-audio-only-content')
+      this.player.posterImage.hide()
+    } else {
+      // Audio-only: show poster, do not auto-hide controls
+      this.player.addClass('vjs-playing-audio-only-content')
+      this.player.posterImage.show()
+    }
+
     const newVideoFile = this.videoFiles.find(f => f.resolution.id === resolutionId)
     const options = {
       forcePlay: false,
       delay,
       seek: currentTime + (delay / 1000)
     }
+
     this.updateVideoFile(newVideoFile, options)
   }
 
@@ -327,6 +336,7 @@ class WebTorrentPlugin extends Plugin {
                           this.player.posterImage.show()
                           this.player.removeClass('vjs-has-autoplay')
                           this.player.removeClass('vjs-has-big-play-button-clicked')
+                          this.player.removeClass('vjs-playing-audio-only-content')
 
                           return done()
                         })