fstream/ffmpstream-client.py

#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys

oldexcepthook = sys.excepthook
def newexcepthook(type,value,traceback):
	oldexcepthook(type,value,traceback)
	input("Press ENTER to quit.")
sys.excepthook = newexcepthook

import os
p = os.path.join
pUp = os.path.dirname
s = False
if getattr(sys, 'frozen', False) and hasattr(sys, '_MEIPASS'):
	s = os.path.realpath(sys.executable)
else:
	s = os.path.realpath(__file__)
sp = pUp(s)

# script start
import subprocess
import socket

bufferSize = 1000 # buffer size in bytes
serverAddr = ("127.0.0.1",12000)
connection = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)

def listToCommand(lst):
	cmd = ""
	for arg in lst:
		arg = arg.replace("\\","\\\\")
		arg = arg.replace(",","\\,")
		#arg = arg.replace('"','\\"')
		#if " " in arg: arg = '"' +arg+ '"'
		cmd += arg + ","
	
	return cmd[:-1]

def makePayload(lst):
	cmdText = listToCommand(lst)
	cmdBytes = cmdText.encode("utf-8")
	while len(cmdBytes) < 1000:
		cmdBytes += b" "
	return cmdBytes

def main():
	connection.settimeout(15)
	connection.connect(serverAddr)
	connection.sendall(makePayload(sys.argv[1:]))
	
	if sys.argv[1] == "watch":
		while True:
			data = connection.recv(bufferSize)
			sys.stdout.buffer.write(data)
	
	if sys.argv[1] == "broadcast":
		while True:
			data = sys.stdin.buffer.read(bufferSize)
			connection.sendall(data)

if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()