Add subtitles and start offset to playvideo command

README.md

@@ -126,12 +126,16 @@ curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/control -H "Content-Type: application/json" -
 
 ___
 
-- Tell the client to play a video, defined by the filename parameter:
+- Tell the client to play a video, defined by the `filename` parameter. It has optional parameters `subtitles`, which should point to a subtitle file and defaults to `null`, and `secondsfromstart` which indicated the timestap at what the video should start, which defaults to `0`:
 
 `
 curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/control -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"command": "playvideo", "filename": "stallman.webm"}'
 `
 
+`
+curl -X POST http://localhost:8000/control -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"command": "playvideo", "filename": "stallman.webm", "subtitles": "stallman.vtt", "secondsfromstart": 69}'
+`
+
 ___
 
 - Seek the currently played video to a timestamp (in seconds):

main.py

@@ -150,8 +150,14 @@ async def control_endpoint(request: Request):
 
         elif data['command'] == "playvideo" and 'filename' in data:
             filename = data['filename']
-            await playvideo(filename)
+            subtitles = None
-            logger.info(f"Video playback requested: {filename}")
+            seconds_from_start = 0
+            if 'subtitles' in data:
+                subtitles = data['subtitles']
+            if 'secondsfromstart' in data:
+                seconds_from_start = data['secondsfromstart']
+            await playvideo(filename, subtitles, seconds_from_start)
+            logger.info(f"Video playback requested: {filename} with subtitles {subtitles} starting {seconds_from_start} seconds from start.")
 
         elif data['command'] == "seekvideo" and 'timestamp' in data:
             timestamp = data['timestamp']
@@ -301,8 +307,8 @@ async def setscreen_single(ws: WebSocket, screen: str):
 async def setscreen(screen: str):
     return await manager.broadcast_binary({"type": "setscreen", "screen": screen})
 
-async def playvideo(filename: str):
+async def playvideo(filename: str, subtitles: str, seconds_from_start: int):
-    return await manager.broadcast_binary({"type": "playvideo", "filename": filename})
+    return await manager.broadcast_binary({"type": "playvideo", "filename": filename, "subtitles": subtitles, "seconds_from_start": seconds_from_start})
 
 async def seekvideo(timestamp: int):
     return await manager.broadcast_binary({"type": "seekvideo", "timestamp": timestamp})