MediaObjectInterface Class Reference

MediaObjectInterface Class Referenceabstract

#include <Phonon/MediaObjectInterface>

Class Description

Backend interface for media sources.

The backend implementation has to provide two signals, that are not defined in this interface:

  • void stateChanged(Phonon::State newstate, Phonon::State oldstate)

    Emitted when the state of the MediaObject has changed. In case you're not interested in the old state you can also connect to a slot that only has one State argument.

    Parameters
    newstateThe state the Player is in now.
    oldstateThe state the Player was in before.
  • void tick(qint64 time)

    This signal gets emitted every tickInterval milliseconds.

    Parameters
    timeThe position of the media file in milliseconds.
    See also
    setTickInterval()
    tickInterval()
Author
Matthias Kretz kretz.nosp@m.@kde.nosp@m..org
See also
MediaObject

Definition at line 67 of file mediaobjectinterface.h.

Public Member Functions

virtual ~MediaObjectInterface ()
 
virtual void play ()=0
 Requests the playback to start. More...
 
virtual void pause ()=0
 Requests the playback to pause. More...
 
virtual void stop ()=0
 Requests the playback to be stopped. More...
 
virtual void seek (qint64 milliseconds)=0
 Requests the playback to be seeked to the given time. More...
 
virtual qint32 tickInterval () const =0
 Return the time interval in milliseconds between two ticks. More...
 
virtual void setTickInterval (qint32 interval)=0
 Change the interval the tick signal is emitted. More...
 
virtual bool hasVideo () const =0
 Check whether the media data includes a video stream. More...
 
virtual bool isSeekable () const =0
 If the current media may be seeked returns true. More...
 
virtual qint64 currentTime () const =0
 Get the current time (in milliseconds) of the file currently being played. More...
 
virtual Phonon::State state () const =0
 Get the current state. More...
 
virtual QString errorString () const =0
 A translated string describing the error. More...
 
virtual Phonon::ErrorType errorType () const =0
 Tells your program what to do about the error. More...
 
virtual qint64 totalTime () const =0
 Returns the total time of the media in milliseconds. More...
 
virtual MediaSource source () const =0
 Returns the current source. More...
 
virtual void setSource (const MediaSource &)=0
 Sets the current source. More...
 
virtual void setNextSource (const MediaSource &source)=0
 Sets the next source to be used for transitions. More...
 
virtual qint64 remainingTime () const
 
virtual qint32 prefinishMark () const =0
 
virtual void setPrefinishMark (qint32)=0
 
virtual qint32 transitionTime () const =0
 
virtual void setTransitionTime (qint32)=0
 

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual ~MediaObjectInterface ( )
inlinevirtual

Definition at line 70 of file mediaobjectinterface.h.

70 {}

Member Function Documentation

virtual void play ( )
pure virtual

Requests the playback to start.

This method is only called if the state transition to PlayingState is possible.

The backend should react immediately by either going into PlayingState or BufferingState if the former is not possible.

virtual void pause ( )
pure virtual

Requests the playback to pause.

This method is only called if the state transition to PausedState is possible.

The backend should react as fast as possible. Go to PausedState as soon as playback is paused.

virtual void stop ( )
pure virtual

Requests the playback to be stopped.

This method is only called if the state transition to StoppedState is possible.

The backend should react as fast as possible. Go to StoppedState as soon as playback is stopped.

A subsequent call to play() will start playback at the beginning of the media.

virtual void seek ( qint64  milliseconds)
pure virtual

Requests the playback to be seeked to the given time.

The backend does not have to finish seeking while in this function (i.e. the backend does not need to block the thread until the seek is finished; even worse it might lead to deadlocks when using a ByteStream which gets its data from the thread this function would block).

As soon as the seek is done the currentTime() function and the tick() signal will report it.

Parameters
millisecondsThe time where playback should seek to in milliseconds.
virtual qint32 tickInterval ( ) const
pure virtual

Return the time interval in milliseconds between two ticks.

Returns
Returns the tick interval that it was set to (might not be the same as you asked for).
virtual void setTickInterval ( qint32  interval)
pure virtual

Change the interval the tick signal is emitted.

If you set interval to 0 the signal gets disabled.

Parameters
intervaltick interval in milliseconds
Returns
Returns the tick interval that it was set to (might not be the same as you asked for).
virtual bool hasVideo ( ) const
pure virtual

Check whether the media data includes a video stream.

Returns
returns true if the media contains video data
virtual bool isSeekable ( ) const
pure virtual

If the current media may be seeked returns true.

Returns
whether the current media may be seeked.
virtual qint64 currentTime ( ) const
pure virtual

Get the current time (in milliseconds) of the file currently being played.

virtual Phonon::State state ( ) const
pure virtual

Get the current state.

virtual QString errorString ( ) const
pure virtual

A translated string describing the error.

virtual Phonon::ErrorType errorType ( ) const
pure virtual

Tells your program what to do about the error.

See also
Phonon::ErrorType
virtual qint64 totalTime ( ) const
pure virtual

Returns the total time of the media in milliseconds.

If the total time is not know return -1. Do not block until it is known, instead emit the totalTimeChanged signal as soon as the total time is known or changes.

virtual MediaSource source ( ) const
pure virtual

Returns the current source.

virtual void setSource ( const MediaSource )
pure virtual

Sets the current source.

When this function is called the MediaObject is expected to stop all current activity and start loading the new source (i.e. go into LoadingState).

It is expected that the backend now starts preloading the media data, filling the audio and video buffers and making all media meta data available. It will also trigger the totalTimeChanged signal.

If the backend does not know how to handle the source it needs to change state to Phonon::ErrorState. Don't bother about handling KIO URLs. It is enough to handle AbstractMediaStream sources correctly.

Warning
Keep the MediaSource object around as long as the backend uses the AbstractMediaStream returned by the MediaSource. In case that no other reference to the MediaSource exists and it is set to MediaSource::autoDelete, the AbstractMediaStream is deleted when the last MediaSource ref is deleted.
virtual void setNextSource ( const MediaSource source)
pure virtual

Sets the next source to be used for transitions.

When a next source is set playback should continue with the new source. In that case finished and prefinishMarkReached are not emitted.

Parameters
sourceThe source to transition to (crossfade/gapless/gap). If source is an invalid MediaSource object then the queue is empty and the playback should stop normally.
Warning
Keep the MediaSource object around as long as the backend uses the AbstractMediaStream returned by the MediaSource. In case that no other reference to the MediaSource exists and it is set to MediaSource::autoDelete, the AbstractMediaStream is deleted when the last MediaSource ref is deleted.
virtual qint64 remainingTime ( ) const
inlinevirtual

Definition at line 227 of file mediaobjectinterface.h.

227 { return totalTime() - currentTime(); }
virtual qint64 currentTime() const =0
Get the current time (in milliseconds) of the file currently being played.
virtual qint64 totalTime() const =0
Returns the total time of the media in milliseconds.
virtual qint32 prefinishMark ( ) const
pure virtual
virtual void setPrefinishMark ( qint32  )
pure virtual
virtual qint32 transitionTime ( ) const
pure virtual
virtual void setTransitionTime ( qint32  )
pure virtual

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