Chrome Capture for Channels

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#1897

Apologies if I'm missing something obvious, but is there a way to run this code on a Mac, too? Or is this only for Windows? Thanks!

Edit: I followed the node installation instructions for macOS, tested, and that worked fine. Then I downloaded @doug8796's scripts, put the ncc-7-0.js in the same directory, and replaced main.js in my LauchAgent with ncc-7-0.js and got this in the log

[2025/01/27 12:01:17.363] Chrome Capture server listening on port 5589

So far, so good!

Then I tried to watch something and, unfortunately, got this in the log:

[2025/01/27 12:02:22.757] TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'match')
    at /Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/ncc-7-0.js:248:33
    at newFn (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express-async-errors/index.js:16:20)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at next (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:144:13)
    at Route.dispatch (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/route.js:114:3)
    at newFn (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express-async-errors/index.js:16:20)
    at Layer.handle [as handle_request] (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/layer.js:95:5)
    at /Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:284:15
    at param (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:365:14)
    at param (/Users/dave/Applications/chrome-capture-for-channels/node_modules/express/lib/router/index.js:376:14)```

Not sure what that means and haven't been able to dig in and find out, but hopefully it's helpful to someone down the line. :)
#1898

I would recommend the TBS2603se if you can get it cheap on eBay, otherwise a Uraycoder. Both of these have been rock solid for me and I got them cheap there.

Others here use the LinkPi ENC1V3 but it had unresolvable black level issues for me. It has a great UI and is well worth a try, just make sure you can return it if you have the same issue.

Avoid the Exvist and iSeevys, both had A/V sync issues.

#1899

Just a note that there is a missing character in step 10. Doug's file is (now?) named ncc-7-0.js and not ncc7-0.js.

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#1900

Thank you for catching that and letting us know. I'll edit my post to fix it!

#1901

Yes it does

#1902

It's working fine for me. Just upgraded tto o macOS Sequoia 15.3, and it's still working, phew. A very cool bit of code!

I'm finding CC4C to be a great way to pull in some oddball content, that isn't available elsewhere. For example, tvOS still doesn't have a TikTok app, and may never have one. So I'm using adbTuner to play the "For You" tab as a streaming channel in the Channels guide. It's just an endless stream "random" TikTok. But I couldn't figure out how to stream a specific TikTok'er inside adbTuner. So with CC4C instead, for example, I'm able to integrate K Lover King's livestream for daily ASMR street cooking. Great for background noise too. Enjoy it while it lasts :man_shrugging:

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#1903

Great - thanks for the info/suggestions

#1904

That's awesome. Where can I download the latest version? I may have missed it, but the last version I've seen is 0.70 that you posted a Google Drive link to back in October. Thanks.

#1905

is windows or ubuntu best for cc4c?

#1906

From the GitHub page for Chrome-Capture-for-Channels:

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As you can see, there's no version to install directly on a Linux host -- only Docker, and we discussed the shortcomings of that previously. Search is your friend, both on the forum and in general.

#1908

is cc4c down by an chance?

#1909

no

#1910

okay, i was able to get it to work, I have a beelink mini pc s12 pro and the quality of the stream is often choppy or laggy I dont know what the word is lol, the point is it has trouble is it my device or am i doing something wrong? Is there perhaps a way to allocate more memory or cpu power to cc4c because I added memory to the mini pc it came with 4 now it has 8gb?

#1911

I have a beelink mini pc s12 pro and the quality of the stream is often choppy or laggy I dont know what the word is lol, the point is it has trouble is it my device or am i doing something wrong? Is there perhaps a way to allocate more memory or cpu power to cc4c because I added memory to the mini pc it came with 4 now it has 8gb?

#1912

This is the system you're running Ubuntu on? So, you're using the Docker version of cc4c?

#1913

no i was able to install it through git after installing git i ran:

git clone https://github.com/fancybits/chrome-capture-for-channels
cd chrome-capture-for-channels
npm install
node main.js
#1914

and by system do you mean the actual beelink minipc?

#1915

There have been one or two users in the past that have messed around running cc4c directly on a Linux system (i.e. without Docker), but I'm not aware of anybody that's been successful creating a "production" setup. It's likely your N100-based system isn't powerful enough, but it'd be worth checking if your iGPU is getting utilized.

You'd need to install intel-gpu-tools, and run intel_gpu_top to confirm.

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#1916

im sorry what is n100 is that the beelink mini pc or the ubuntu os or something else?

#1917

The N100 is the Beelink you got which might not be powerful enough to run chrome capture. The Beelink is recommended for basic Channels DVVR functionality Chrome capture requires a lot of CPU Power.