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Fix Chromecast casting with Redirect profile and auto refresh stream on session end #119

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32 changes: 28 additions & 4 deletions public/js/modules/cast.js
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import { showNotification } from './ui.js';
import { UIElements, guideState, appState } from './state.js';
import { stopStream } from './api.js';
import { forceRefreshStream } from './player.js';

const APPLICATION_ID = 'CC1AD845'; // Default Media Receiver App ID

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -171,6 +172,9 @@ function handleSessionStateChange(event) {
castState.currentMedia = null;
showNotification('Casting session ended.', false, 4000);
updatePlayerUI();
forceRefreshStream().catch(err => {
console.error('[CAST] Error refreshing stream after cast ended:', err);
});
break;
case cast.framework.SessionState.NO_SESSION:
castState.session = null;
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -235,20 +239,40 @@ export async function loadMedia(url, name, logo) {
// ONLY modify URL to use cast profile if NOT already using it
// This ensures we switch to the active cast profile for Chromecast
const activeCastProfileId = guideState.settings?.activeCastProfileId || 'cast-default';
const userAgentId = guideState.settings.activeUserAgentId;
const activeStreamProfileId = guideState.settings?.activeStreamProfileId;
let castUrl = url;
if (!url.includes(`profileId=${activeCastProfileId}`)) {
if (url.includes('profileId=')) {

const streamProfile = activeStreamProfileId
? (guideState.settings.streamProfiles || []).find(p => p.id === activeStreamProfileId)
: null;
const isRedirectProfile = streamProfile?.command === 'redirect';

if (isRedirectProfile) {
// Raw stream URL from Redirect profile - build proper stream URL with cast profile
castUrl = `/stream?url=${encodeURIComponent(url)}&profileId=${activeCastProfileId}&userAgentId=${userAgentId}`;
console.log(`[CAST] Built stream URL for redirect profile: ${castUrl}`);
} else {
// Already a /stream endpoint - ensure correct cast profile is set
if (url.includes(`profileId=${activeCastProfileId}`)) {
castUrl = url;
} else if (url.includes('profileId=')) {
// Replace existing profileId with active cast profile
castUrl = url.replace(/profileId=[^&]+/, `profileId=${activeCastProfileId}`);
console.log(`[CAST] Replaced profile with ${activeCastProfileId}`);
} else {
// Add cast profile
// Add cast profile to existing stream URL
const separator = url.includes('?') ? '&' : '?';
castUrl = `${url}${separator}profileId=${activeCastProfileId}`;
console.log(`[CAST] Added ${activeCastProfileId} profile`);
}
}

// Convert to absolute URL if needed
if (!castUrl.startsWith('http')) {
castUrl = `${window.location.origin}${castUrl}`;
}

// Generate and append cast authentication token
try {
console.log('[CAST] Requesting authentication token...');
Expand All @@ -273,7 +297,7 @@ export async function loadMedia(url, name, logo) {
return;
}

console.log(`[CAST] Cast URL ready for Chromecast`);
console.log(`[CAST] Cast URL (${castUrl}) ready for Chromecast`);

// Use video/mp4 instead of video/mp2t for Chromecast compatibility
const mediaInfo = new chrome.cast.media.MediaInfo(castUrl, 'video/mp4');
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