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class MediaPlayer.MediaPlayer(system, config, mtype=None)

This calss is the public interface by which a <no title> can access the media player. This class abstracts away the actual client being used.

Parameters:

  • system: a <no title> object to communicate with the target system

  • config: a <no title> object hold all our configuration

  • mtype: optionally the (string) name of the type of MediaPlayer to create, overriding anything in the config object

is_playing()

Return: True iff there seems to be something playing currently

load(addr)

Load a resource for playing. The resource may be the path to a file or a URI or anything else that makes sense for the actual media player that is performing the actions.

Parameters:

  • addr: the address of the resource to load

play()

Play the loaded file, if it hasn’t already started.

stop()

Stop the playing file/stream if there is one.