Phonon

mediacontroller.h
1/*
2 Copyright (C) 2007 Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org>
3 Copyright (C) 2011 Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org>
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23
24#ifndef PHONON_MEDIACONTROLLER_H
25#define PHONON_MEDIACONTROLLER_H
26
27#include "phonon_export.h"
28#include "objectdescription.h"
29
30#include <QObject>
31#include <QtGlobal>
32
33
34#ifndef QT_NO_PHONON_MEDIACONTROLLER
35
36namespace Phonon
37{
38class MediaControllerPrivate;
39class MediaObject;
40
41/** \class MediaController mediacontroller.h phonon/MediaController
42 * \brief Controls optional features of a media file/device like title, chapter, angle.
43 *
44 * \ingroup Playback
45 * \author Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org>
46 */
47class PHONON_EXPORT MediaController : public QObject
48{
49 Q_OBJECT
50 Q_FLAGS(Features)
51 public:
52 enum Feature {
53 /**
54 * In the VOB (DVD) format, it is possible to give several video streams
55 * of the same scene, each of which displays the scene from a different
56 * angle. The DVD viewer can then change between these angles.
57 */
58 Angles = 1,
59 /**
60 * In the VOB format, chapters are points in a single video stream
61 * that can be played and seeked to separately.
62 */
63 Chapters = 2,
64 /**
65 * In the VOB format, navigations are menus to quickly navigate
66 * to content.
67 */
68 Navigations = 3,
69 /**
70 * On a CD, a title is a separate sound track. On DVD, a title is a
71 * separate VOB file (i.e. usually a different video entity).
72 */
73 Titles = 4,
74 /**
75 * Subtitles for videos.
76 */
77 Subtitles = 5,
78 /**
79 * Audio channel/track setting for sources with multiple tracks.
80 * This can be a DVD or a regular file based container such as MKV or MP4.
81 */
82 AudioChannels = 6
83 };
84 Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(Features, Feature)
85
87 RootMenu, /** < Root/main menu. */
88 TitleMenu, /** < Title Menu to access different titles on the media source.
89 The title menu is usually where one would select
90 the episode of a TV series DVD. It can be equal to
91 the main menu but does not need to be. */
92 AudioMenu, /** < Audio menu for language (and sometimes also subtitle)
93 settings etc. */
94 SubtitleMenu, /** < Subtitle menu. Usually this represents the same menu
95 as AudioMenu or is not present at all (in which case
96 subtitle settings are probably also in the AudioMenu). */
97 ChapterMenu, /** < Chapter menu for chapter selection. */
98 AngleMenu /** < Angle menu. Rarely supported on any media source. */
99 };
100
102 ~MediaController() override;
103
104 Features supportedFeatures() const;
105
106 int availableAngles() const;
107 int currentAngle() const;
108
109 int availableChapters() const;
110 int currentChapter() const;
111
112 /**
113 * Translates a NavigationMenu enum to a string you can use in your GUI.
114 * Please note that keyboard shortucts will not be present in the returned
115 * String, therefore it is probably not a good idea to use this function
116 * if you are providing keyboard shortcuts for every other clickable.
117 *
118 * Please note that RootMenu has the string representation "Main Menu" as
119 * root is a rather technical term when talking about menus.
120 *
121 * Example:
122 * \code
123 * QString s = Phonon::MediaController::navigationMenuToString(MenuMain);
124 * // s now contains "Main Menu"
125 * \endcode
126 *
127 * \returns the QString representation of the menu
128 */
129 static QString navigationMenuToString(NavigationMenu menu);
130
131 /**
132 * Get the list of currently available menus for the present media source.
133 *
134 * The list is always ordered by occurrence in the NavgiationMenu enum.
135 * Should you wish to use a different order in your application you will
136 * have to make appropriate changes.
137 *
138 * \returns list of available menus (supported by backend and media source).
139 *
140 * \see navigationMenuToString()
141 */
142 QList<NavigationMenu> availableMenus() const;
143
144 int availableTitles() const;
145 int currentTitle() const;
146
147 bool autoplayTitles() const;
148
149 /**
150 * Returns the selected audio stream.
151 *
152 * \see availableAudioChannels
153 * \see setCurrentAudioChannel
154 */
155 AudioChannelDescription currentAudioChannel() const;
156
157 /**
158 * Returns the selected subtitle stream.
159 *
160 * \see availableSubtitles
161 * \see setCurrentSubtitle
162 */
163 SubtitleDescription currentSubtitle() const;
164
165 /**
166 * Subtitle auto-detection transparently tries to find a subtitle file
167 * for the current MediaSource and will automatically select a possible
168 * match. Detected subtitles are added to the regular subtitle
169 * descriptions, allowing the user to deactivate it manually or switch
170 * to another detected file.
171 *
172 * Matching method depends on the backend in use and may either be
173 * driven by a backend or even subsystem implementation. Consequently
174 * different backends may not give the same results. At any rate all
175 * algorithms are supposed to give as accurate as possible matches.
176 * Should you require reproducible matching across backends you should
177 * deactivate auto-detection entirely and instead do the lookup yourself
178 * and set the desired file using setCurrentSubtitle(QUrl); the file
179 * will still be added to the subtitledescriptions model.
180 *
181 * \note Auto-detection is always activate so long as the backend supports it.
182 *
183 * \returns \c true if subtitles are autodetected, otherwise \c false is
184 * returned.
185 *
186 * \see setSubtitleAutodetect
187 * \since 4.7.0
188 */
189 bool subtitleAutodetect() const;
190
191 /**
192 * Returns the encoding used to render subtitles
193 *
194 * \see setSubtitleEncoding
195 * \since 4.7.0
196 */
197 QString subtitleEncoding() const;
198
199 /**
200 * Returns the font used to render subtitles
201 *
202 * \see setSubtitleFont
203 * \see QApplication::setFont
204 * \since 4.7.0
205 */
206 QFont subtitleFont() const;
207
208 /**
209 * Returns the audio streams that can be selected by the user. The
210 * strings can directly be used in the user interface.
211 *
212 * \see selectedAudioChannel
213 * \see setCurrentAudioChannel
214 */
215 QList<Phonon::AudioChannelDescription> availableAudioChannels() const;
216
217 /**
218 * Returns the subtitle streams that can be selected by the user. The
219 * strings can directly be used in the user interface.
220 *
221 * \see selectedSubtitle
222 * \see setCurrentSubtitle
223 */
224 QList<SubtitleDescription> availableSubtitles() const;
225
226 /**
227 * Selects an audio stream from the media.
228 *
229 * Some media formats allow multiple audio streams to be stored in
230 * the same file. Normally only one should be played back.
231 *
232 * \param stream Description of an audio stream
233 *
234 * \see availableAudioChannels()
235 * \see currentAudioChannel()
236 */
237 void setCurrentAudioChannel(const Phonon::AudioChannelDescription &stream);
238
239 /**
240 * Switches to a menu (e.g. on a DVD).
241 *
242 * \see availableMenus()
243 */
244 void setCurrentMenu(NavigationMenu menu);
245
246 /**
247 * Selects a subtitle stream from the media.
248 *
249 * Some media formats allow multiple subtitle streams to be stored in
250 * the same file. Normally only one should be displayed.
251 *
252 * \param stream description of a subtitle stream
253 *
254 * \see availableSubtitles()
255 * \see currentSubtitle()
256 */
257 void setCurrentSubtitle(const Phonon::SubtitleDescription &stream);
258
259 /**
260 * \brief Selects a subtitle file as subtitle source for the media.
261 *
262 * \note The file will also be added to the model of SubtitleDescriptions,
263 * so you do not need special handling in the UI.
264 *
265 * \see setCurrentSubtitle(const Phonon::SubtitleDescription &stream)
266 */
267 void setCurrentSubtitle(const QUrl &url);
268
269 /**
270 * Sets/Unsets subtitles autodetection.
271 *
272 * Detection is attempted when moving the MediaObject into Playing state.
273 * In order to enable/disable autodetection it must be set before play()
274 * is called. Whether a MediaSource is set on the MediaObject does not
275 * matter, and once detection is set it will remain set that way for
276 * this exact combination of MediaController and MediaObject.
277 *
278 * \note The subtitle autodetection may only be changed in states other
279 * than Playing | Buffering | Paused.
280 *
281 * \see subtitleAutodetect
282 * \since 4.7.0
283 */
284 void setSubtitleAutodetect(bool enable);
285
286 /**
287 * Selects the current encoding used to render subtitles.
288 *
289 * The encoding name must respect the
290 * @link http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets
291 * Link text IANA character-sets encoding file @endlink
292 * If no encoding is explicitly set, it defaults to UTF-8.
293 *
294 * \note The subtitle encoding may only be changed in states other
295 * than Playing | Buffering | Paused.
296 * \note Decoding support may vary between backends.
297 *
298 * \see subtitleEncoding
299 * \since 4.7.0
300 */
301 void setSubtitleEncoding(const QString &encoding);
302
303 /**
304 * Selects the current font used to render subtitles.
305 *
306 * If no font is explicitly set, the system default font is used.
307 *
308 * \note The subtitle font may only be changed in states other
309 * than Playing | Buffering | Paused.
310 * \note Non-system fonts can not be used. In particular adding
311 * fonts manually to the QFontDatabase will not make them
312 * available as render fonts.
313 *
314 * \see subtitleFont
315 * \since 4.7.0
316 */
317 void setSubtitleFont(const QFont &font);
318
319 public Q_SLOTS:
320 void setCurrentAngle(int angleNumber);
321 void setCurrentChapter(int chapterNumber);
322
323 /**
324 * Skips to the given title \p titleNumber.
325 *
326 * If it was playing before the title change it will start playback on the new title if
327 * autoplayTitles is enabled.
328 */
329 void setCurrentTitle(int titleNumber);
330 void setAutoplayTitles(bool);
331
332 /**
333 * Skips to the next title.
334 *
335 * If it was playing before the title change it will start playback on the next title if
336 * autoplayTitles is enabled.
337 */
338 void nextTitle();
339
340 /**
341 * Skips to the previous title.
342 *
343 * If it was playing before the title change it will start playback on the previous title if
344 * autoplayTitles is enabled.
345 */
346 void previousTitle();
347
348 Q_SIGNALS:
349 void availableAnglesChanged(int availableAngles);
350 void availableAudioChannelsChanged();
351 void availableChaptersChanged(int availableChapters);
352
353 /**
354 * The available menus changed, this for example emitted when Phonon switches
355 * from a media source without menus to one with menus (e.g. a DVD).
356 *
357 * \param menus is a list of all currently available menus, you should update
358 * GUI representations of the available menus with the new set.
359 *
360 * \see availableMenus()
361 * \see navigationMenuToString()
362 */
364 void availableSubtitlesChanged();
365 void availableTitlesChanged(int availableTitles);
366
367 void angleChanged(int angleNumber);
368 void chapterChanged(int chapterNumber);
369 void titleChanged(int titleNumber);
370
371 protected:
372 MediaControllerPrivate *const d;
373};
374
375Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(MediaController::Features)
376
377} // namespace Phonon
378
381
382#endif //QT_NO_PHONON_MEDIACONTROLLER
383
384
385#endif // PHONON_MEDIACONTROLLER_H
Controls optional features of a media file/device like title, chapter, angle.
@ SubtitleMenu
< Audio menu for language (and sometimes also subtitle) settings etc.
@ ChapterMenu
< Subtitle menu.
@ TitleMenu
< Root/main menu.
@ AudioMenu
< Title Menu to access different titles on the media source.
void availableMenusChanged(QList< NavigationMenu > menus)
The available menus changed, this for example emitted when Phonon switches from a media source withou...
Interface for media playback of a given URL.
Provides a tuple of enduser visible name and description.
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