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% dtas-player_protocol(7) dtas user manual

=head1 NAME

dtas-player_protocol - protocol for controling dtas-player

=head1 DESCRIPTION

NOTE - NOTE - NOTE - NOTE - NOTE - NOTE - NOTE - NOTE

I'm considering a heavy revamp of this protocol.  The "OK" responses for
a lot of commands may not be necessary since this is Unix sockets and
not TCP, and I may move away from a request-response model and towards
an entirely listen/notification model.  I have little experience in
non-TCP-based application protocols, so this is an area of
experimentation for me.

This must stay over Unix sockets because filesystem permissions are
needed to enforce code execution permissions.  dtas-player is really a
shell in disguise, after all.

Protocol feedback greatly appreciated, email us at L<dtas-all@nongnu.org>

This gives a specification of the dtas-player protocol over a local Unix
SOCK_SEQPACKET socket.  The dtas-player protocol should NOT be
considered stable at this point and compatibility will break.

Inspiration is taken from MPRIS and MPRIS 2.0 specifications (e.g.
play_pause, play, pause), and there will be a proxy in the future to
support MPRIS/MPRIS 2.0 clients.

The DTAS_PLAYER_SOCK is the standard environment determining the control
socket for L<dtas-player(1)>.  This defaults to $HOME/.dtas/player.sock
if unset.

Most low-level commands may be issued using the L<dtas-ctl(1)> command.

Higher-level commands such as L<dtas-console(1)>, L<dtas-sourceedit(1)>,
L<dtas-sinkedit(1)>, and L<dtas-enq(1)> also implement this protocol.

=head1 ARGUMENT TYPES

=over

=item BOOLEAN - must be "true" or "false"

=item INTEGER - a signed integer in decimal notation (base 10)

=item UNSIGNED - an unsigned integer in decimal or hex notation

=item ENVNAME - must be a suitable environment variable (setenv(3))

=item ENVVALUE - must be a suitable environment variable (setenv(3))

=item COMMAND - command to run

This may be quoted string passed to sh -c "".
Variable/argument expansion will be performed by the shell

=item SOURCENAME - "sox" or "av", more backends may be supported in the future

=item TIMESTAMP - a time stamp formatted in HH:MM:SS.FRAC (for seeking)

=item TRACKID - a unique unsigned integer in decimal (base-10)

This represents a track in the tracklist

=item FILENAME

An expanded pathname relative to / is recommended since
dtas-player and the client may run in different directories

=back

=head1 VARIABLE EXPANSION

For source and sink "command" arguments, the $SOXFMT and $ECAFMT
environment variables are exported automatically to source to ease
integration with L<sox(1)> and L<ecasound(1)>.

Both $SOXFMT and $ECAFMT are based on the configured "format" of
the dtas-player (see below).

For all machines, $SOXFMT defaults to: -ts32 -c2 -r44100
For little-endian machines, $ECAFMT defaults to: -fs32_le,2,44100

=head1 COMMANDS

Commands here should be alphabetized according to `LC_ALL=C sort'

=over

=item cd - change the current working directory of the player

=item clear - clear current queue (current track/command continues running)

PENDING: this may be renamed to "queue clear" or "queue-clear"

=item cue - display the index/offsets of the embedded CUE sheet

=item cue next - skip to the next cue sheet offset

This may skip to the next track if there is
no embedded cue sheet or if playing the last (embedded) track

=item cue prev - skip to the previous cue sheet offset

This may just seek to the beginning
if there is no embedded cue sheet or if we are playing the first
(embedded) track.

=item cue goto INTEGER [TIMESTAMP] - go to the cue index denoted by INTEGER

0 is first track as returned by "cue".
Negative values of INTEGER allows selecting track relative to the last
track (-1 is the last track, -2 is the penultimate, and so on).
The optional TIMESTAMP allows starting the index track at a given
point, negative values allow going to a set point before the given
index.   In other words: "cue goto 1 -5" seeks to the last five seconds
of the first track while "cue goto 1 5" seeks to the fifth second of
the second track

=item cue seek TIMESTAMP - seek within the current cue index

Like the normal "seek" command, but this confines the seeking
within the currently playing index.  As with "seek",
"+" and "-" prefixes allow seeking relative to the currently
playing position

Using a "=-" prefix allows seeking to the previous track within
the CUE sheet, relative to the currently playing track.

=item current - output information about the current track/command in YAML

The structure of this is unstable and subject to change.

=item enq FILENAME - enqueue the given FILENAME for playback

An expanded (full) pathname relative to '/' is recommended, as
dtas-player and the client may be in different directories.
PENDING: this may be renamed to "queue add"

=item enq-cmd "COMMAND" - run the following command for playback

The COMMAND is expected to output audio in the audio format matching
the current audio format of the player.  This may be a shell pipeline
and include multiple commands.  The $SOXFMT and $ECAFMT variables are
available here.
PENDING: this may be renamed to "queue add-cmd"

=item env ENVTOSET=ENVVALUE ENVTOSET2=ENVVALUE2

Set environment variables.  This affects all future source/sink
processes as well as helper commands dtas-player may spawn
(e.g. L<soxi(1)>).  Environment variables set this way are currently not
preserved across invocations of L<dtas-player(1)>, but may change in the
future.

=item env ENVTOUNSET1# ENVTOUNSET#

Unset the given environment variable.
PENDING: the '#' is ugly and inconsistent with the per-sink/source.
env.

=item format FORMATARGS - configure the format between source and sink

Changing this will affect the $SOXFMT and $ECAFMT environments passed
to source and sink commands.  Changing this implies a "restart"
Changing rate to 48000 is probably useful if you plan on playing to some
laptop sound cards.  In all cases where "bypass" is supported, it
removes the guarantee of gapless playback as the audio device(s)
will likely need to be restarted.

=over

=item channels=(UNSIGNED|bypass) - (default: 2 (stereo))

number of channels to use internally.  sox will internally invoke the remix
effect when decoding.  This supports the value "bypass" (without
quotes) to avoid the automatic remix effect.  Using "bypass" mode
removes the guarantee of gapless playback, as the audio device will
likely need to be restarted, introducing an audible gap.

=item endian=(big|little|swap) - (default: native)

there is probably no
point in changing this unless you output over a network sink to
a machine of different endianess.

=item bits=(UNSIGNED|bypass) - (default: implied from type)

Sample precision (decoded).
This may be pointless and removed in the future, since the sample
precision is implied from type.  This supports the value of "bypass"
to avoid dither/truncation in later stages.

=item rate=(UNSIGNED|bypass) - (default: 44100) - sample rate of audio

Typical values of rate are 44100, 48000, 88200, 96000.  Not all
DSP effects are compatible with all sampling rates/channels.
This supports the value of "bypass" as well to avoid introducing
software resamplers into the playback chain.

=item type=(s16|s24|s32|u16|u24|u32|f32|f64) - (default: s32)

Change the raw PCM format.  s32 currently offers the best performance
when only sox/play are used.  f32 may offer better performance if
piping to/from non-sox applications (e.g. ecasound)

=back

=item pause - pause playback

  Player pause state is preserved across dtas-player invocations.

=item play - restart playback from pause

Playback sinks will yield control of the audio playback device once no
source is playing.

=item play_pause - toggle the play/pause state

This starts playback if paused, and pauses playback if playing.

=item queue cat - dump the contents of the queue as YAML

This may include arbitrary commands to be executed, filenames,
and offsets for playback.  The format is not intended to be
stable and subject to internal changes in dtas-player.

=item restart - restarts all processes in the current pipeline

Playback will be momentarily interrupted while this change occurs.  This is
necessary if one of the commands (e.g. sox or ecasound) or loaded
libraries (e.g. a LADSPA plugin) is upgraded.  Use "source restart"
instead to only restart the source chain, leaving the sinks
untouched.

=item rg RGARGS - configure ReplayGain support

All FLOAT values may be adjusted via '+=' or '-=' instead of simple
assignment ('=').  If RGARGS is empty, the current rg state of
non-default values will be dumped in YAML.

=over

=item fallback_gain=FLOAT (-6.0) - dB value

Adjust the volume by this level (usually negative) for tracks
missing ReplayGain tags.  This is useful when the queue contains
a mix of tracks with and without ReplayGain tags.

=item fallback_track=BOOLEAN (true)

When in album_gain mode, fallback to track_gain if the
REPLAYGAIN_ALBUM_GAIN metadata is missing.

=item mode=(album_gain|track_gain|track_norm|album_norm|off)

This controls the ReplayGain tag to use.  The *_norm options
are used for peak normalization and not commonly found in other
players.

=item preamp=FLOAT (0) - dB value

Adjust the album_gain or track_gain amount by this value (in dB).

=item norm_level=FLOAT (1.0 == dBFS)

Controls the level to normalize to when using album_norm or track_norm.

=back

=item seek [+-]TIMESTAMP - seek the current track to a specified time.

This is passed directly as the first argument for the L<sox(1)> "trim"
command.   See the L<sox(1)> manpage for details.
Seeking to a relative time is also supported by prefixing the time
with '+' or '-'

=item skip - abort current track/command

This is accomplished via closing the output pipe.
Running the "clear" command before this will abort playback.

=item sink ls - list names of current sinks

=item sink cat SINKNAME - dump SINKNAME config in YAML

=item sink rm SINKNAME - remove SINKNAME

=item sink ed SINKNAME SINKARGS - create/edit SINKNAME

This currently does not restart running (active) sinks.
This will stop active sinks if active is set to false, and start
active sinks if active is set to true.
See dtas-sinkedit(1) for an example of using this.

=over

=item command=COMMAND - change the command-line used for playback

=item active=BOOLEAN - whether or not the sink will be in use (default: false)

=item env.ENVNAME=ENVVALUE - set ENVNAME to ENVVALUE for the sink process

=item env#ENVNAME - unset ENVNAME in the sink process (only)

=item prio=INTEGER - priority of the sink, lower values run first

=item nonblock=BOOLEAN - drop audio data to avoid holding back other sinks

=item pipe_size=UNSIGNED - set the size of the pipe for the sink (Linux-only)

=back

=item source cat SOURCENAME - dump the current source command and env in YAML

=item source ed SOURCENAME SOURCEARGS - edit the source parameters.

This changes here will immediately restart the source process.
See the code for dtas-sourceedit(1) for an example of using this.

=over

=item command=COMMAND - change the command-line used to decode audio

=item env.ENVNAME=ENVVALUE - set ENVNAME to ENVVALUE for the source process

=item env#ENVNAME - unset ENVNAME in the source process (only)

=item tryorder=INTEGER - lower values are tried first

=back

PENDING: tryorder here is wrong and may be removed or changed.
We need to account for at least two variables input file:

=over

=item 1. input type (flac/opus/mp3/etc)

=item 2. transport protocol (local FS/http/ftp/sftp/etc)

=back

=item source ls

Dump the names of sources sorted by tryorder

=item source restart

Restart the current source command.
This can be useful if the source file is changed during playback
and the current player process is holding onto an unlinked inode.
This is advantageous over a full "restart" as there is no audible
gap on most systems.

=item state dump [FILENAME]

Immediately dump the state of the player.  If a FILENAME is specified,
the state is written to that file.  Otherwise, the default state file
(configured via DTAS_PLAYER_STATE environment variable, defaulting
to ~/.dtas/player_state.yml) is written to.  This does not use
L<fsync(2)>, users requiring fsync should L<open(2)> that file and
L<fsync(2)> it themselves if necessary.

=item tl add FILENAME [TRACKID [BOOLEAN]]

Add files to the tracklist with one arg, adds FILENAME to the head
of the tracklist.
If TRACKID is specified, FILENAME is added immediately after TRACKID
on the existing tracklist.  The final BOOLEAN argument replaces the
currently playing track with the newly-added one.
Returns the TRACKID of the newly added track

=item tl clear

Clear current tracklist

=item tl consume [BOOLEAN]

Show/or change consume status of the tracklist.  Enabling this causes
tracks to be deleted from the tracklist after they are played or skipped.
With no args, this will show "true" or "false

=item tl current

Display the pathname to the currently playing track

=item tl current-id

Display the TRACKID of the currently playing track

=item tl remove TRACKID

Remove the track with the given TRACKID from
the track list and returns the FILENAME if successful

=item tl get [TRACKIDS]

Returns a list of TRACKIDS mapped to shell-escaped filenames.

=item tl goto TRACKID [TIMESTAMP]

Plays the given TRACKID.
An optional timestamp may be added to prevent playing the
same part(s) repeatedly

=item tl max [MAXIMUM]

Sets or gets the maximum number of tracks allowed in the tracklist

=item tl next

Jump to the next track in the tracklist

=item tl prev

Jump to the previous track in the tracklist

=item tl repeat [BOOLEAN|1]

Show/or change repeat status of the tracklist.
With no args, this will show "true", "false", or "1"
If set to "1", dtas-player will repeat the current track.
Returns the previous repeat status.

=item tl shuffle [BOOLEAN]

Show/or change the current shuffle status of the tracklist.
Returns the previous shuffle status.

=item tl swap TRACKID_A TRACKID_B

Swaps the positions of two tracks.

=item tl tracks

Returns a list of all TRACKIDS in the tracklist

=item trim [off|TBEG [TLEN]]

Limits playback of all tracks in the tracklist to the time starting
at TBEG and ending after TLEN has elapsed.  Not specifying TLEN will
cause sox.  Like the sox "trim" effect, prefixing TLEN with a '='
will be interpreted as an absolute stop time.
Both TBEG and TLEN should be specified in seconds, not sample counts.
Specifying "off" (without quotes) disables trim.
This feature is intended to allow users to "zoom-in" on a particular
portion of a track to tweak parameters (either with
L<dtas-sourceedit(1)> or via playback of splitfx YAML files) and often
combined with looping the tracklist (via "tl repeat").

=item watch - adds the client to the passive watch list for notifications.

It is recommended clients issue no further commands and open
another client socket to issue non-watch commands.

=back

=head1 CONTACT

All feedback welcome via plain-text mail to: L<mailto:dtas-all@nongnu.org>

Mailing list archives available at L<https://80x24.org/dtas-all/>
and L<ftp://lists.gnu.org/dtas-all/>

No subscription is necessary to post to the mailing list.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2013-2016 all contributors L<mailto:dtas-all@nongnu.org>

License: GPL-3.0+ L<https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt>

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