Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: ovos-media
Version: 0.0.1a21
Summary: ovos-core audio daemon client
Home-page: https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-media
License: Apache-2.0
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License
Description-Content-Type: text/markdown
Requires-Dist: ovos-utils >=0.1.0a13,~=0.0
Requires-Dist: ovos-bus-client >=0.0.9a11,~=0.0
Requires-Dist: ovos-config >=0.0.12,~=0.0
Requires-Dist: ovos-plugin-manager >=0.0.25,~=0.0
Requires-Dist: dbus-next
Provides-Extra: extras
Requires-Dist: ovos-ocp-youtube-plugin ; extra == 'extras'
Requires-Dist: ovos-ocp-m3u-plugin ; extra == 'extras'
Requires-Dist: ovos-ocp-rss-plugin ; extra == 'extras'
Requires-Dist: ovos-ocp-files-plugin ; extra == 'extras'
Requires-Dist: ovos-ocp-news-plugin ; extra == 'extras'

# OVOS media service

Media playback service for OpenVoiceOS

Documentation:
- [Media Service](https://openvoiceos.github.io/ovos-technical-manual/OCP/)
- [OCP Skills](https://openvoiceos.github.io/ovos-technical-manual/OCP_skills/)
- [OCP Pipeline](https://openvoiceos.github.io/ovos-technical-manual/OCP_pipeline/)

## Install

`pip install ovos-media` to install this package and the default plugins.

In order to use ovos-media you need to enable the OCP pipeline in ovos-core and to disable the old audio service 

disabling old OCP
```json
{
  "enable_old_audioservice": false
}
```

See additional details in documentation linked above

## Configuration

under mycroft.conf

```javascript
{
  // Configure ovos-media service
  // similarly to wakewords, configure any number of playback handlers
  // playback handlers might be local applications or even remote devices
  "media": {

    // enable MPRIS integration
    "enable_mpris": false,
    // have MPRIS control external players
    "manage_external_players": false,

    // order of preference to try playback handlers
    // if unavailable or unable to handle a uri, the next in list is used
    // NB: users may request specific handlers in the utterance

    // keys are the strings defined in "audio_players"
    "preferred_audio_services": ["gui", "vlc", "mplayer", "cli"],

    // keys are the strings defined in "web_players"
    "preferred_web_services": ["gui", "browser"],

    // keys are the strings defined in "video_players"
    "preferred_video_services": ["gui", "vlc"],

    // PlaybackType.AUDIO handlers
    "audio_players": {
        // vlc player uses a headless vlc instance to handle uris
        "vlc": {
            // the plugin name
            "module": "ovos-media-audio-plugin-vlc",

            // friendly names a user may use to refer to this playback handler
            // those will be parsed by OCP and used to initiate
            // playback in the request playback handler
            "aliases": ["VLC"],

            // deactivate a plugin by setting to false
            "active": true
        },
        // command line player uses configurable shell commands with file uris as arguments
        "cli": {
            // the plugin name
            "module": "ovos-media-audio-plugin-cli",

            // friendly names a user may use to refer to this playback handler
            // those will be parsed by OCP and used to initiate
            // playback in the request playback handler
            "aliases": ["Command Line"],

            // deactivate a plugin by setting to false
            "active": true
        },
        // gui uses mycroft-gui natively to handle uris
        "gui": {
            // the plugin name
            "module": "ovos-media-audio-plugin-gui",

            // friendly names a user may use to refer to this playback handler
            // those will be parsed by OCP and used to initiate
            // playback in the request playback handler
            "aliases": ["GUI", "Graphical User Interface"],

            // deactivate a plugin by setting to false
            "active": true
        }
    },

    // PlaybackType.VIDEO handlers
    "video_players": {
        // vlc player uses a headless vlc instance to handle uris
        "vlc": {
            // the plugin name
            "module": "ovos-media-video-plugin-vlc",

            // friendly names a user may use to refer to this playback handler
            // those will be parsed by OCP and used to initiate
            // playback in the request playback handler
            "aliases": ["VLC"],

            // deactivate a plugin by setting to false
            "active": true
        },
        // gui uses mycroft-gui natively to handle uris
        "gui": {
            // the plugin name
            "module": "ovos-media-video-plugin-gui",

            // friendly names a user may use to refer to this playback handler
            // those will be parsed by OCP and used to initiate
            // playback in the request playback handler
            "aliases": ["GUI", "Graphical User Interface"],

            // deactivate a plugin by setting to false
            "active": true
        }
    },

    // PlaybackType.WEBVIEW handlers
    "web_players": {
        // open url in the native browser
        "browser": {
            // the plugin name
            "module": "ovos-media-web-plugin-browser",

            // friendly names a user may use to refer to this playback handler
            // those will be parsed by OCP and used to initiate
            // playback in the request playback handler
            "aliases": ["Browser", "Local Browser", "Default Browser"],

            // deactivate a plugin by setting to false
            "active": true
        },
        // gui uses mycroft-gui natively to handle uris
        "gui": {
            // the plugin name
            "module": "ovos-media-web-plugin-gui",

            // friendly names a user may use to refer to this playback handler
            // those will be parsed by OCP and used to initiate
            // playback in the request playback handler
            "aliases": ["GUI", "Graphical User Interface"],

            // deactivate a plugin by setting to false
            "active": true
        }
    }
  }
}
```


## Credits

This work and [Dataset collection](https://github.com/NeonGeckoCom/OCP-dataset) for training the classifiers has been sponsored by [@NeonGeckoCom](https://github.com/NeonGeckoCom/) as part of [The OCP Sprint](https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-ocp-audio-plugin/issues/74)


