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feat(web): add dedicated VLC integration section with Linux support #473

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22 changes: 14 additions & 8 deletions web/components/details/DetailsDrawer.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import { RailScroller } from "@/components/media/RailScroller";
import { config } from "@/lib/config";
import { createPendingExternalPlayback } from "@/lib/externalPlayback";
import { saveProgress } from "@/lib/cloud";
import { copyStreamUrl, downloadStreamUrl, downloadToVlc, externalLaunchMode, isAppleMobile, isDesktop, isWindows, openExternalPlayer, openInAnyPlayer, setVlcProtocolReady, triggerDownload, vlcProtocolReady, VLC_SETUP_URL } from "@/lib/externalPlayers";
import { copyStreamUrl, downloadStreamUrl, downloadToVlc, externalLaunchMode, isAppleMobile, isDesktop, isLinux, isWindows, openExternalPlayer, openInAnyPlayer, setVlcProtocolReady, triggerDownload, vlcProtocolReady, VLC_SETUP_SH_URL, VLC_SETUP_URL } from "@/lib/externalPlayers";
import { fetchSubtitlesForItem } from "@/lib/addons";
import { cachedDebridDirectUrl, isUncachedDebridStream, parseDebridStream, prefetchDebridDirectUrl, resolveDebridDirectUrl } from "@/lib/debrid";
import { canonicalServiceName, IMDB_LOGO, serviceClearLogo } from "@/lib/serviceLogos";
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// macOS is excluded — VLC self-registers vlc:// there, so no installer is
// needed (and the .bat wouldn't run on a Mac anyway).
const [vlcReady, setVlcReady] = useState<boolean>(() => vlcProtocolReady());
const showVlcSetup = isWindows() && !vlcReady;
const showVlcSetup = (isWindows() || isLinux()) && !vlcReady;
const enableVlcProtocol = () => {
// Download the tiny installer, then remember the user set it up so the VLC
// button switches to the direct vlc:// launch.
triggerDownload(VLC_SETUP_URL, "vlc-setup.bat");
setVlcProtocolReady(true);
setVlcReady(true);
onToast("Run the downloaded vlc-setup.bat once — then Open in VLC works instantly.");
// Download the tiny installer script for the platform, then remember the user set it up
if (isLinux()) {
triggerDownload(VLC_SETUP_SH_URL, "vlc-setup.sh");
setVlcProtocolReady(true);
setVlcReady(true);
onToast("Run `bash vlc-setup.sh` once in terminal — then Open in VLC works instantly.");
} else {
triggerDownload(VLC_SETUP_URL, "vlc-setup.bat");
setVlcProtocolReady(true);
setVlcReady(true);
onToast("Run the downloaded vlc-setup.bat once — then Open in VLC works instantly.");
}
};
// Addon subtitles for this title, fetched in the background when the panel
// opens so the VLC/Infuse buttons can attach them synchronously on click.
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