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![Screenshot of Streamwall displaying a grid of streams](screenshot.png) ![Screenshot of Streamwall displaying a grid of streams](screenshot.png)
## How it works ## How it works
Under the hood, think of Streamwall as a specialized web browser for mosaicing video streams. It uses [Electron](https://www.electronjs.org) to create a grid of web browser views, loading the specified webpages into them. Once the page loads, Streamwall finds the `<video>` tag and reformats the page so that the video fills the space. This works for a wide variety of web pages without specialized scrapers. Under the hood, think of Streamwall as a specialized web browser for mosaicing video streams. It uses [Electron](https://www.electronjs.org) to create a grid of web browser views, loading the specified webpages into them. Once the page loads, Streamwall finds the `<video>` tag and reformats the page so that the video fills the space. This works for a wide variety of web pages without specialized scrapers.
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1. Download streamwall. You can use git, or download and unzip https://github.com/chromakode/streamwall/archive/main.zip 1. Download streamwall. You can use git, or download and unzip https://github.com/chromakode/streamwall/archive/main.zip
2. Open the streamwall directory in a console 2. Open the streamwall directory in a console
- In Windows, the LTS install from nodejs.org will install a program called "Node.js command prompt." Open this program; Command Prompt and Powershell may not have the correct environment variables. Once it's open, change directories to where you extracted the file, e.g., `> cd c:\Users\<myname>\Downloads\streamwall\` - In Windows, the LTS install from nodejs.org will install a program called "Node.js command prompt." Open this program; Command Prompt and Powershell may not have the correct environment variables. Once it's open, change directories to where you extracted the file, e.g., `> cd c:\Users\<myname>\Downloads\streamwall\`
- On MacOS, you should be able to use the default system terminal or other terminals like iTerm2 as long as a sufficient version of Node is installed. With that open, change directories to where you extracted the file, e.g., `> cd ~/Downloads/streamwall` - On MacOS, you should be able to use the default system terminal or other terminals like iTerm2 as long as a sufficient version of Node is installed. With that open, change directories to where you extracted the file, e.g., `> cd ~/Downloads/streamwall`
3. Run the following command: `npm install` 3. Run the following command: `npm install`
## To Start Streamwall ## To Start Streamwall
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## Troubleshooting ## Troubleshooting
### Unexpected token errors during `npm install` ### Unexpected token errors during `npm install`
We've observed this occur in cases where file corruption is an issue. The fix has been to clear the npm cache, remove the streamwall directory, and start from scratch. We've observed this occur in cases where file corruption is an issue. The fix has been to clear the npm cache, remove the streamwall directory, and start from scratch.
### The Streamwall Electron window only fits 2.5 tiles wide ### The Streamwall Electron window only fits 2.5 tiles wide
It's possible that your system resolution is causing a problem. If you only broadcast at 720p, you can update the height and width in `src/constants.js` to 1280 and 720 respectively. Save your changes and restart Streamwall It's possible that your system resolution is causing a problem. If you only broadcast at 720p, you can update the height and width in `src/constants.js` to 1280 and 720 respectively. Save your changes and restart Streamwall
## Credits ## Credits