send video messages

src/domain/session/room/RoomViewModel.js

@@ -187,6 +187,43 @@ export class RoomViewModel extends ViewModel {
         });
     }
 
+    async _pickAndSendVideo() {
+        try {
+            if (!this.platform.hasReadPixelPermission()) {
+                alert("Please allow canvas image data access, so we can scale your images down.");
+                return;
+            }
+            const file = await this.platform.openFile("video/*");
+            if (!file) {
+                return;
+            }
+            if (!file.blob.mimeType.startsWith("video/")) {
+                return this._sendFile(file);
+            }
+            let video = await this.platform.loadVideo(file.blob);
+            const content = {
+                body: file.name,
+                msgtype: "m.video",
+                info: videoToInfo(video)
+            };
+            const attachments = {
+                "url": this._room.createAttachment(video.blob, file.name),
+            };
+
+            const limit = await this.platform.settingsStorage.getInt("sentImageSizeLimit");
+            const maxDimension = limit || Math.min(video.maxDimension, 800);
+            const thumbnail = await video.scale(maxDimension);
+            content.info.thumbnail_info = imageToInfo(thumbnail);
+            attachments["info.thumbnail_url"] = 
+                this._room.createAttachment(thumbnail.blob, file.name);
+            await this._room.sendEvent("m.room.message", content, attachments);
+        } catch (err) {
+            this._sendError = err;
+            this.emitChange("error");
+            console.error(err.stack);
+        }
+    }
+
     async _pickAndSendPicture() {
         try {
             if (!this.platform.hasReadPixelPermission()) {
@@ -221,7 +258,9 @@ export class RoomViewModel extends ViewModel {
             }
             await this._room.sendEvent("m.room.message", content, attachments);
         } catch (err) {
-            console.error(err);
+            this._sendError = err;
+            this.emitChange("error");
+            console.error(err.stack);
         }
     }
     
@@ -259,6 +298,10 @@ class ComposerViewModel extends ViewModel {
         this._roomVM._pickAndSendFile();
     }
 
+    sendVideo() {
+        this._roomVM._pickAndSendVideo();
+    }
+
     get canSend() {
         return !this._isEmpty;
     }
@@ -283,3 +326,9 @@ function imageToInfo(image) {
         size: image.blob.size
     };
 }
+
+function videoToInfo(video) {
+    const info = imageToInfo(video);
+    info.duration = video.duration;
+    return info;
+}

src/platform/web/Platform.js

@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ import {Crypto} from "./dom/Crypto.js";
 import {estimateStorageUsage} from "./dom/StorageEstimate.js";
 import {WorkerPool} from "./dom/WorkerPool.js";
 import {BlobHandle} from "./dom/BlobHandle.js";
-import {hasReadPixelPermission, ImageHandle} from "./dom/ImageHandle.js";
+import {hasReadPixelPermission, ImageHandle, VideoHandle} from "./dom/ImageHandle.js";
 import {downloadInIframe} from "./dom/download.js";
 
 function addScript(src) {
@@ -184,6 +184,10 @@ export class Platform {
         return ImageHandle.fromBlob(blob);
     }
 
+    async loadVideo(blob) {
+        return VideoHandle.fromBlob(blob);
+    }
+
     hasReadPixelPermission() {
         return hasReadPixelPermission();
     }

src/platform/web/dom/ImageHandle.js

@@ -27,18 +27,18 @@ export class ImageHandle {
         this.blob = blob;
         this.width = width;
         this.height = height;
-        this._imgElement = imgElement;
+        this._domElement = imgElement;
     }
 
     get maxDimension() {
         return Math.max(this.width, this.height);
     }
 
-    async _getImgElement() {
-        if (!this._imgElement) {
-            this._imgElement = await loadImgFromBlob(this.blob);
+    async _getDomElement() {
+        if (!this._domElement) {
+            this._domElement = await loadImgFromBlob(this.blob);
         }
-        return this._imgElement;
+        return this._domElement;
     }
 
     async scale(maxDimension) {
@@ -46,18 +46,18 @@ export class ImageHandle {
         const scaleFactor = Math.min(1, maxDimension / (aspectRatio >= 1 ? this.width : this.height));
         const scaledWidth = Math.round(this.width * scaleFactor);
         const scaledHeight = Math.round(this.height * scaleFactor);
-
         const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
         canvas.width = scaledWidth;
         canvas.height = scaledHeight;
         const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
-        const img = await this._getImgElement();
-        ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, scaledWidth, scaledHeight);
+        const drawableElement = await this._getDomElement();
+        ctx.drawImage(drawableElement, 0, 0, scaledWidth, scaledHeight);
         let mimeType = this.blob.mimeType === "image/jpeg" ? "image/jpeg" : "image/png";
         let nativeBlob;
         if (canvas.toBlob) {
             nativeBlob = await new Promise(resolve => canvas.toBlob(resolve, mimeType));
         } else if (canvas.msToBlob) {
+            // TODO: provide a mimetype override in blob handle for this case
             mimeType = "image/png";
             nativeBlob = canvas.msToBlob();
         } else {
@@ -72,6 +72,21 @@ export class ImageHandle {
     }
 }
 
+export class VideoHandle extends ImageHandle {
+    get duration() {
+        if (typeof this._domElement.duration === "number") {
+            return Math.round(this._domElement.duration * 1000);
+        }
+        return undefined;
+    }
+
+    static async fromBlob(blob) {
+        const video = await loadVideoFromBlob(blob);
+        const {videoWidth, videoHeight} = video;
+        return new VideoHandle(blob, videoWidth, videoHeight, video);
+    }
+}
+
 export function hasReadPixelPermission() {
     const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
     canvas.width = 1;
@@ -91,7 +106,8 @@ export function hasReadPixelPermission() {
 async function loadImgFromBlob(blob) {
     const img = document.createElement("img");
     let detach;
-    const loadPromise = new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const loadPromise = new Promise((resolve, _reject) => {
+        const reject = evt => _reject(evt.target.error);
         detach = () => {
             img.removeEventListener("load", resolve);
             img.removeEventListener("error", reject);
@@ -104,3 +120,36 @@ async function loadImgFromBlob(blob) {
     detach();
     return img;
 }
+
+async function loadVideoFromBlob(blob) {
+    const video = document.createElement("video");
+    video.muted = true;
+    let detach;
+    const loadPromise = new Promise((resolve, _reject) => {
+        const reject = evt => _reject(evt.target.error);
+        detach = () => {
+            video.removeEventListener("loadedmetadata", resolve);
+            video.removeEventListener("error", reject);
+        };
+        video.addEventListener("loadedmetadata", resolve);
+        video.addEventListener("error", reject);
+    });
+    video.src = blob.url;
+    video.load();
+    await loadPromise;
+    // seek to the first 1/10s to make sure that drawing the video
+    // on a canvas won't give a blank image
+    const seekPromise = new Promise((resolve, _reject) => {
+        const reject = evt => _reject(evt.target.error);
+        detach = () => {
+            video.removeEventListener("seeked", resolve);
+            video.removeEventListener("error", reject);
+        };
+        video.addEventListener("seeked", resolve);
+        video.addEventListener("error", reject);
+    });
+    video.currentTime = 0.1;
+    await seekPromise;
+    detach();
+    return video;
+}

src/platform/web/ui/session/room/MessageComposer.js

@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ export class MessageComposer extends TemplateView {
         } else {
             const vm = this.value;
             this._attachmentPopup = new Popup(new Menu([
+                Menu.option(vm.i18n`Send video`, () => vm.sendVideo()).setIcon("video"),
                 Menu.option(vm.i18n`Send picture`, () => vm.sendPicture()).setIcon("picture"),
                 Menu.option(vm.i18n`Send file`, () => vm.sendFile()).setIcon("file"),
             ]));