node-gyp VS Video-Hub-App

The benefit of having it in JS is not speed but portability and access to the JS ecosystem of tools. Having the code run in the browser without needing a complex setup is a huge benefit for sharing demos. Node.js provides a way to use native code as well and it's quite commonly used https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp so there's no reason you couldn't use those same or similar libraries in a JS implementation.

It is still possible to execute binaries made in other languages such as C/C++ by linking it dynamically as Native Addon Modules in Node.js using tools like node-gyp. But the execution in those case is done by the operating system, not the JS Engine.

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2023-07-13T06_54_24_745Z-debug-0.log PS C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\Sample Project\Audio to Text\scripts> npm install @tensorflow/tfjs-node npm ERR! code 1 npm ERR! path C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\Sample Project\Audio to Text\node_modules\@tensorflow\tfjs-node npm ERR! command failed npm ERR! command C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe /d /s /c node scripts/install.js npm ERR! CPU-windows-4.8.0.zip npm ERR! https://storage.googleapis.com/tensorflow/libtensorflow/libtensorflow-cpu-windows-x86_64-2.9.1.zip npm ERR! node-pre-gyp install failed with error: Error: Command failed: node-pre-gyp install --fallback-to-build npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info using [email protected] npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp info check checked for "C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\Sample Project\Audio to Text\node_modules\@tensorflow\tfjs-node\lib\napi-v8\tfjs_binding.node" (not found) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp http GET https://storage.googleapis.com/tf-builds/pre-built-binary/napi-v8/4.8.0/CPU-windows-4.8.0.zip npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! install response status 404 Not Found on https://storage.googleapis.com/tf-builds/pre-built-binary/napi-v8/4.8.0/CPU-windows-4.8.0.zip npm ERR! node-pre-gyp WARN Pre-built binaries not installable for @tensorflow/[email protected] and [email protected] (node-v108 ABI, unknown) (falling back to source compile with node-gyp) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp WARN Hit error response status 404 Not Found on https://storage.googleapis.com/tf-builds/pre-built-binary/napi-v8/4.8.0/CPU-windows-4.8.0.zip npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64 npm ERR! gyp info ok npm ERR! gyp info it worked if it ends with ok npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] npm ERR! gyp info using [email protected] | win32 | x64 npm ERR! gyp info find Python using Python version 3.7.9 found at "C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.7_qbz5n2kfra8p0\python.exe" npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS msvs_version not set from command line or npm config npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS VCINSTALLDIR not set, not running in VS Command Prompt npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS checking VS2022 (17.6.33815.320) found at: npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\BuildTools" npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - found "Visual Studio C++ core features" npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - missing any VC++ toolset npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS could not find a version of Visual Studio 2017 or newer to use npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS looking for Visual Studio 2015 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS - not found npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS not looking for VS2013 as it is only supported up to Node.js 8 npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS ************************************************************** npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS You need to install the latest version of Visual Studio npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS including the "Desktop development with C++" workload. npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS For more information consult the documentation at: npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS ************************************************************** npm ERR! gyp ERR! find VS npm ERR! gyp ERR! configure error npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack Error: Could not find any Visual Studio installation to use npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.fail (C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:122:47) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:75:16 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at VisualStudioFinder.findVisualStudio2013 (C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:380:14) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:71:14 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\find-visualstudio.js:401:16 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:54:7 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\lib\util.js:33:16 npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.exithandler (node:child_process:427:5) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28) npm ERR! gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1091:16) npm ERR! gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.22621 npm ERR! gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\ASUS\\AppData\\Roaming\\npm\\node_modules\\npm\\node_modules\\node-gyp\\bin\\node-gyp.js" "configure" "--fallback-to-build" "--module=C:\\Users\\ASUS\\Documents\\Sample Project\\Audio to Text\\node_modules\\@tensorflow\\tfjs-node\\lib\\napi-v8\\tfjs_binding.node" "--module_name=tfjs_binding" "--module_path=C:\\Users\\ASUS\\Documents\\Sample Project\\Audio to Text\\node_modules\\@tensorflow\\tfjs-node\\lib\\napi-v8" "--napi_version=8" "--node_abi_napi=napi" "--napi_build_version=8" "--node_napi_label=napi-v8" npm ERR! gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\Sample Project\Audio to Text\node_modules\@tensorflow\tfjs-node npm ERR! gyp ERR! node -v v18.16.0 npm ERR! gyp ERR! node-gyp -v v9.4.0 npm ERR! gyp ERR! not ok npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! build error npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! stack Error: Failed to execute 'C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.exe C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\npm\node_modules\node-gyp\bin\node-gyp.js configure --fallback-to-build --module=C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\Sample Project\Audio to Text\node_modules\@tensorflow\tfjs-node\lib\napi-v8\tfjs_binding.node --module_name=tfjs_binding --module_path=C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\Sample Project\Audio to Text\node_modules\@tensorflow\tfjs-node\lib\napi-v8 --napi_version=8 --node_abi_napi=napi --napi_build_version=8 --node_napi_label=napi-v8' (1) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess. (C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\Sample Project\Audio to Text\node_modules\@mapbox\node-pre-gyp\lib\util\compile.js:89:23) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1091:16) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! stack at ChildProcess._handle.onexit (node:internal/child_process:302:5) npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! System Windows_NT 10.0.22621 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! command "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\ASUS\\Documents\\Sample Project\\Audio to Text\\node_modules\\@mapbox\\node-pre-gyp\\bin\\node-pre-gyp" "install" "--fallback-to-build" npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! cwd C:\Users\ASUS\Documents\Sample Project\Audio to Text\node_modules\@tensorflow\tfjs-node npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! node -v v18.16.0 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! node-pre-gyp -v v1.0.9 npm ERR! node-pre-gyp ERR! not ok npm ERR! * Downloading libtensorflow npm ERR! npm ERR! * Building TensorFlow Node.js bindings npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in: C:\Users\ASUS\AppData\Local\npm-cache\_logs\2023-07-13T07_03_46_164Z-debug-0.log

create a native Node package using node-gyp

These are the bare minimum. You can also target other API levels like @nodert-win10-au, etc. You'll need to set up node-gyp with Python and Windows Build Tools and install the Windows 10 SDK corresponding to the version of the NodeRT package you pulled in.

I assume it's use of node-gyp, the native plugin system.

https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp

I got it from here. Using -std=c++20 gives me cl : command line warning D9002: ignoring unknown option '-std=c++20'

Read the docs https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp#on-windows

First $100: Thirty copies sold of Video Hub App

First $1,000: Three hundred copies sold of my Video Hub App

https://videohubapp.com/

Though I do donate $3.50 of every sale to a cost-effective charity so in theory I made no money for a while until I bumped the price to $5 / copy.

semi-on-topic: I created Video Hub App that is like YouTube for local files: shows you a gallery with scrub-able (preview on hover) thumbnails. But does not work streaming videos to TV / tablet - only for local consumption. Hope someone finds it useful.

https://videohubapp.com/

MIT Open Source: https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App

I created Video Hub App which is MIT License

https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App

I also sell it for $5 and have sold just over 5,000 copies last month (5 years old app). Importantly, $3.50 of every purchase goes to a cost-effective charity, GiveWell recommended Against Malaria Foundation (see website for details).

https://videohubapp.com/

"The problem" might be that people in this thread and others get frustrated because others have different goals than them.

Of course Electron is overkill for a single-button application. But Visual Basic is absolutely going to be a headache if you want a custom GUI.

Pick the tool that's right for the job!

I build this with Electron: https://videohubapp.com/

Simplest File Renamer - https://www.yboris.dev/renamer & https://github.com/whyboris/Simplest-File-Renamer

I wanted to be able to quickly rename files with my text editor (using keyboard commands), so this lets me do it. Plus I share the app online for free.

Video Hub App - https://videohubapp.com/ & https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App

I started it just for myself, but it ended up so good I spent several more years improving it as people kept buying it (up to almost 5,000 purchases since I started).

Also wrote a couple of dev tools for myself (sharing via NPM too) - https://www.yboris.dev/

I created Video Hub App: https://videohubapp.com/ - it shows screenshots from videos as you scrub/hover across the thumbnail.

I've been so frustrated that FFprobe functionality is not part of FFmpeg.

My app extracts screenshots from videos to create a beautiful gallery of videos. But even though I include FFmpeg already, I need a 50mb FFprobe executable to be bundled with my app just so that I can determine the width, height, duration, and fps of a video file! What is it that FFprobe does that FFmpeg couldn't do with a few extra pieces of exposed API?

https://videohubapp.com/ - https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App

https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App/blob/772b25bbd4b41...

Created Video Hub App (that will be 5 years old next month). I sell it for $5 and $3.50 of each purchase goes to the cost-effective charity Against Malaria Foundation (See GiveWell.org for details).

It was averaging around 100 purchases per month, though it's lower over the last year as I've not had time to release new updates (moving to another state is challenging).

https://videohubapp.com/ - Think of it like YouTube for videos on your computer. Browse, search, and organize your videos

MIT Open Source: https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App

Built Video Hub App that almost 5,000 people have purchased. I was a math teacher, became a web dev 6 years ago, built this 5 years ago. Most proceeds go to charity. Very minor by comparison to others, but I'm just starting out ;)

https://videohubapp.com/ && https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App

What I did that is most impactful is that I've been giving at least 10% of my income to cost-effective charities for over 10 years now (see Giving What We Can - thousands of others do the same). This amounts to almost $100,000 given to charity which translates to thousands of people protected from malaria for many years of their lives.

My personal model for my commercial software: charityware - require a payment but made most proceeds go to my favorite (cost-effective) charity.

I'm getting about 100 purchases ($500/month, donating $350 of that) with my Video Hub App - https://videohubapp.com/ - which is also open source - https://github.com/whyboris/Video-Hub-App

I wrote about charityware a few years ago: https://medium.com/@whyboris/charityware-doing-good-with-pro...