more styling: add meta info

src/client.js

@@ -1,28 +1,33 @@
 const vid = document.querySelector('video');
 const wsProto = window.location.protocol === 'https:' ? 'wss' : 'ws';
-let socket = null; // Initialize socket as null
-let retryInterval = 1000; // Initial retry interval in milliseconds
-const maxRetryInterval = 30000; // Maximum retry interval
+const socket = new WebSocket(`${wsProto}://${window.location.hostname}:${window.location.port}`);
+
+// if the new tms is within this margin of the current tms, then the change is ignored for smoother viewing
+const PLAYING_THRESH = 1;
+const PAUSED_THRESH = 0.01;
+
+// local state
+let video_playing = false;
+let last_updated = 0;
+let client_uid = null;
+
+// clocks sync variables
+const num_time_sync_cycles = 10;
+let over_estimates = new Array();
+let under_estimates = new Array();
+let over_estimate = 0;
+let under_estimate = 0;
+let correction = 0;
 
-function createWebSocket() {
-	socket = new WebSocket(`${wsProto}://${window.location.hostname}:${window.location.port}`);
 
 // Connection opened
 socket.addEventListener('open', function (event) {
 	console.log('Connected to WS Server');
-		retryInterval = 1000; // Reset retry interval on successful connection
 });
 
 // Got message from the server
 socket.addEventListener("message", (event) => {
 
-		// Reload the page if the server sends a reload request
-		if (event.data.startsWith("reload_request")) {
-			console.log("Reloading the page as requested by the server");
-			setTimeout(() => window.location.reload(), 1000);
-			return;
-		}
-
 	// Time syncing backward server-response
 	if (event.data.startsWith("time_sync_response_backward")) {
 		let time_at_server = Number(event.data.slice("time_sync_response_backward".length + 1));
@@ -77,47 +82,14 @@ function createWebSocket() {
 	}
 });
 
+
 // Connection closed
 socket.addEventListener('close', function (event) {
 	console.log('Disconnected from the WS Server');
 	client_uid = null;
-		retryWebSocketConnection(); // Attempt to reconnect
+	setTimeout(() => window.location.reload(), 1000);
 });
 
-	// Connection error
-	socket.addEventListener('error', function (event) {
-		console.error('WebSocket error:', event);
-		socket.close(); // Ensure the socket is closed on error
-	});
-}
-
-function retryWebSocketConnection() {
-	console.log(`Attempting to reconnect in ${retryInterval / 1000} seconds...`);
-	setTimeout(() => {
-		retryInterval = Math.min(retryInterval * 2, maxRetryInterval); // Exponential backoff
-		createWebSocket(); // Recreate the WebSocket connection
-	}, retryInterval);
-}
-
-// Initial WebSocket connection
-createWebSocket();
-
-// if the new tms is within this margin of the current tms, then the change is ignored for smoother viewing
-const PLAYING_THRESH = 1;
-const PAUSED_THRESH = 0.01;
-
-// local state
-let video_playing = false;
-let last_updated = 0;
-let client_uid = null;
-
-// clocks sync variables
-const num_time_sync_cycles = 10;
-let over_estimates = new Array();
-let under_estimates = new Array();
-let over_estimate = 0;
-let under_estimate = 0;
-let correction = 0;
 
 // Send video state update to the server
 // event: the video event (ex: seeking, pause play) 
@@ -139,10 +111,8 @@ function state_change_handler(event) {
 		client_uid: client_uid
 	};
 
-	if (socket.readyState === WebSocket.OPEN) {
 	socket.send(`state_update_from_client ${JSON.stringify(state_image)}`);
 }
-}
 
 // assigning event handlers
 vid.onseeking = state_change_handler;
@@ -243,4 +213,3 @@ document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
 		style.textContent = `::cue { font-size: ${size} !important; }`;
 	});
 });
-

src/index.js

@@ -80,14 +80,6 @@ wss.on('connection', function connection(ws) {
 ////  Web server  ////
 
 // app settings
-
-// disable cache globally because it may break things between server restarts,
-// since the paths aren't unique
-app.use(function (req, res, next) {
-	res.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate");
-	next();
-});
-
 app.use('/', express.static(__dirname));
 app.use(bodyParser.urlencoded({
 	extended: true
@@ -100,6 +92,13 @@ app.use(session({
 	logged: false
 }));
 
+// disable cache globally because it may break things between server restarts,
+// since the paths aren't unique
+app.use(function (req, res, next) {
+	res.setHeader("Cache-Control", "no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate");
+	next();
+});
+
 
 // home page
 app.get("/", function (req, res) {
@@ -187,10 +186,7 @@ server.listen(settings.server_port, settings.server_ip,
 process.on('SIGINT', () => {
 	console.log("Shutting down server...");
 	// wss.close();
-	wss.clients.forEach(client => {
-		client.send("reload_request");
-		client.terminate();
-	});
+	wss.clients.forEach(client => client.terminate());
 	server.close(() => {
 		console.log("Server closed");
 		process.exit(0);

src/main.css

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ body[data-background] {
 	background-size: cover;
 	background-position: center;
 	background-repeat: no-repeat;
-	background-blend-mode: multiply;
+	background-blend-mode: darken;
 }
 
 .container {
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ header {
 video {
 	/*height:;*/
 	max-width: 100%;
-	max-height: 80vh;
 	/*max-height: 400px;*/
 	/*position: absolute;*/
 	/*top: 0;*/