MJPEG Player in JavaScript

license.txt

Copyright 2015 Matthew Brush

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a 
copy of this software and associated documentation files (the 
"Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including 
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, 
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to 
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to 
the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included 
in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS 
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF 
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. 
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CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, 
TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE 
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

mjpeg.js

// namespace MJPEG { ...
var MJPEG = (function(module) {
  "use strict";

  // class Stream { ...
  module.Stream = function(args) {
    var self = this;
    var autoStart = args.autoStart || false;

    self.url = args.url;
    self.refreshRate = args.refreshRate || 500;
    self.onStart = args.onStart || null;
    self.onFrame = args.onFrame || null;
    self.onStop = args.onStop || null;
    self.callbacks = {};
    self.running = false;
    self.frameTimer = 0;

    self.img = new Image();
    if (autoStart) {
      self.img.onload = self.start;
    }
    self.img.src = self.url;

    function setRunning(running) {
      self.running = running;
      if (self.running) {
        self.img.src = self.url;
        self.frameTimer = setInterval(function() {
          if (self.onFrame) {
            self.onFrame(self.img);
          }
        }, self.refreshRate);
        if (self.onStart) {
          self.onStart();
        }
      } else {
        self.img.src = "#";
        clearInterval(self.frameTimer);
        if (self.onStop) {
          self.onStop();
        }
      }
    }

    self.start = function() { setRunning(true); }
    self.stop = function() { setRunning(false); }
  };

  // class Player { ...
  module.Player = function(canvas, url, options) {

    var self = this;
    if (typeof canvas === "string" || canvas instanceof String) {
      canvas = document.getElementById(canvas);
    }
    var context = canvas.getContext("2d");

    if (! options) {
      options = {};
    }
    options.url = url;
    options.onFrame = updateFrame;
    options.onStart = function() { console.log("started"); }
    options.onStop = function() { console.log("stopped"); }

    self.stream = new module.Stream(options);

    canvas.addEventListener("click", function() {
      if (self.stream.running) { self.stop(); }
      else { self.start(); }
    }, false);

    function scaleRect(srcSize, dstSize) {
      var ratio = Math.min(dstSize.width / srcSize.width,
                           dstSize.height / srcSize.height);
      var newRect = {
        x: 0, y: 0,
        width: srcSize.width * ratio,
        height: srcSize.height * ratio
      };
      newRect.x = (dstSize.width/2) - (newRect.width/2);
      newRect.y = (dstSize.height/2) - (newRect.height/2);
      return newRect;
    }

    function updateFrame(img) {
        var srcRect = {
          x: 0, y: 0,
          width: img.naturalWidth,
          height: img.naturalHeight
        };
        var dstRect = scaleRect(srcRect, {
          width: canvas.width,
          height: canvas.height
        });
      try {
        context.drawImage(img,
          srcRect.x,
          srcRect.y,
          srcRect.width,
          srcRect.height,
          dstRect.x,
          dstRect.y,
          dstRect.width,
          dstRect.height
        );
        console.log(".");
      } catch (e) {
        // if we can't draw, don't bother updating anymore
        self.stop();
        console.log("!");
        throw e;
      }
    }

    self.start = function() { self.stream.start(); }
    self.stop = function() { self.stream.stop(); }
  };

  return module;

})(MJPEG || {});

player.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <meta charset="utf-8"/>
    <title>Player</title>
  </head>
  <body>
    <canvas id="player" style="background: #000;">
      Your browser sucks.
    </canvas>
  </body>
  <script src="mjpeg.js"></script>
  <script>
    var player = new MJPEG.Player("player", "http://localhost:8001");
    player.start();
  </script>
</html>

For anyone who needs work with MJPEG or JPEG streams/images that are basic auth protected, check this project.