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+import os
+import tempfile
+import threading
+import time
+
+from platypush.context import get_bus, get_plugin
+from platypush.message.response import Response
+from platypush.plugins.media import PlayerState, MediaPlugin
+from platypush.message.event.media import MediaPlayEvent, MediaPlayRequestEvent, \
+    MediaPauseEvent, MediaStopEvent, NewPlayingMediaEvent
+
+from platypush.plugins import action
+
+
+# XXX WORK IN PROGRESS
+class MediaMpvPlugin(MediaPlugin):
+    """
+    Plugin to control MPV instances
+
+    Requires:
+
+        * **python-mpv** (``pip install python-mpv``)
+        * **mpv** executable on your system
+    """
+
+    _mpv_default_communicate_timeout = 0.5
+
+    _mpv_properties = [
+        'osdlevel', 'speed', 'loop', 'pause', 'filename', 'path', 'demuxer',
+        'stream_pos', 'stream_start', 'stream_end', 'stream_length',
+        'stream_time_pos', 'titles', 'chapter', 'chapters', 'angle', 'length',
+        'percent_pos', 'time_pos', 'metadata', 'metadata', 'volume', 'balance',
+        'mute', 'audio_delay', 'audio_format', 'audio_codec', 'audio_bitrate',
+        'samplerate', 'channels', 'switch_audio', 'switch_angle',
+        'switch_title', 'capturing', 'fullscreen', 'deinterlace', 'ontop',
+        'rootwin', 'border', 'framedropping', 'gamma', 'brightness', 'contrast',
+        'saturation', 'hue', 'panscan', 'vsync', 'video_format', 'video_codec',
+        'video_bitrate', 'width', 'height', 'fps', 'aspect', 'switch_video',
+        'switch_program', 'sub', 'sub_source', 'sub_file', 'sub_vob',
+        'sub_demux', 'sub_delay', 'sub_pos', 'sub_alignment', 'sub_visibility',
+        'sub_forced_only', 'sub_scale', 'tv_brightness', 'tv_contrast',
+        'tv_saturation', 'tv_hue', 'teletext_page', 'teletext_subpage',
+        'teletext_mode', 'teletext_format',
+    ]
+
+    def __init__(self, mpv_bin=None,
+                 mpv_timeout=_mpv_default_communicate_timeout,
+                 args=None, *argv, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Create the MPV wrapper.
+
+        :param mpv_bin: Path to the mpv executable (default: search for
+            the first occurrence in your system PATH environment variable)
+        :type mpv_bin: str
+
+        :param mpv_timeout: Timeout in seconds to wait for more data
+            from MPV before considering a response ready (default: 0.5 seconds)
+        :type mpv_timeout: float
+
+        :param args: Default arguments that will be passed to the mpv executable
+        :type args: list
+        """
+
+        super().__init__(*argv, **kwargs)
+
+        self.args = args or []
+        self._init_mpv_bin()
+        self._build_actions()
+        self._player = None
+        self._mpv_timeout = mpv_timeout
+        self._mpv_stopped_event = threading.Event()
+        self._is_playing_torrent = False
+
+
+    def _init_mpv_bin(self, mpv_bin=None):
+        if not mpv_bin:
+            bin_name = 'mpv.exe' if os.name == 'nt' else 'mpv'
+            bins = find_bins_in_path(bin_name)
+
+            if not bins:
+                raise RuntimeError('mpv executable not specified and not ' +
+                                   'found in your PATH. Make sure that mpv' +
+                                   'is either installed or configured')
+
+            self.mpv_bin = bins[0]
+        else:
+            mpv_bin = os.path.expanduser(mpv_bin)
+            if not (os.path.isfile(mpv_bin)
+                    and (os.name == 'nt' or os.access(mpv_bin, os.X_OK))):
+                raise RuntimeError('{} is does not exist or is not a valid ' +
+                                   'executable file'.format(mpv_bin))
+
+            self.mpv_bin = mpv_bin
+
+    def _init_mpv(self, mpv_args=None):
+        if self._player:
+            try:
+                self._player.quit()
+            except:
+                self.logger.debug('Failed to quit mpv before _exec: {}'.
+                                  format(str))
+
+        mpv_args = mpv_args or []
+        args = [self.mpv_bin] + self._mpv_bin_default_args
+        for arg in self.args + mpv_args:
+            if arg not in args:
+                args.append(arg)
+
+        popen_args = {
+            'stdin': subprocess.PIPE,
+            'stdout': subprocess.PIPE,
+        }
+
+        if self._env:
+            popen_args['env'] = self._env
+
+        self._player = subprocess.Popen(args, **popen_args)
+        threading.Thread(target=self._process_monitor()).start()
+
+    def _exec(self, cmd, *args, mpv_args=None, prefix=None,
+              wait_for_response=False):
+        cmd_name = cmd
+        response = None
+
+        if cmd_name == 'loadfile' or cmd_name == 'loadlist':
+            self._init_mpv(mpv_args)
+        else:
+            if not self._player:
+                self.logger.warning('mpv is not running')
+
+        cmd = '{}{}{}{}\n'.format(
+            prefix + ' ' if prefix else '',
+            cmd_name, ' ' if args else '',
+            ' '.join(repr(a) for a in args)).encode()
+
+        self._player.stdin.write(cmd)
+        self._player.stdin.flush()
+        bus = get_bus()
+
+        if cmd_name == 'loadfile' or cmd_name == 'loadlist':
+            bus.post(NewPlayingMediaEvent(resource=args[0]))
+        elif cmd_name == 'pause':
+            bus.post(MediaPauseEvent())
+        elif cmd_name == 'quit' or cmd_name == 'stop':
+            if cmd_name == 'quit':
+                self._player.terminate()
+                self._player.wait()
+                try: self._player.kill()
+                except: pass
+                self._player = None
+
+        if not wait_for_response:
+            return
+
+        poll = select.poll()
+        poll.register(self._player.stdout, select.POLLIN)
+        last_read_time = time.time()
+
+        while time.time() - last_read_time < self._mpv_timeout:
+            result = poll.poll(0)
+            if result:
+                line = self._player.stdout.readline().decode()
+                last_read_time = time.time()
+
+                if line.startswith('ANS_'):
+                    k, v = tuple(line[4:].split('='))
+                    v = v.strip()
+                    if v == 'yes': v = True
+                    elif v == 'no': v = False
+
+                    try: v = eval(v)
+                    except: pass
+                    response = { k: v }
+
+        return response
+
+    @action
+    def execute(self, cmd, args=None):
+        """
+        Execute a raw mpv command.
+        """
+
+        args = args or []
+        return self._exec(cmd, *args)
+
+    @action
+    def list_actions(self):
+        return [ { 'action': action, 'args': self._actions[action] }
+                for action in sorted(self._actions.keys()) ]
+
+    def _process_monitor(self):
+        def _thread():
+            if not self._player:
+                return
+
+            self._mpv_stopped_event.clear()
+            self._player.wait()
+            try: self.quit()
+            except: pass
+
+            get_bus().post(MediaStopEvent())
+            self._mpv_stopped_event.set()
+            self._player = None
+
+        return _thread
+
+    def _get_subtitles_file(self, subtitles):
+        if not subtitles:
+            return
+
+        if subtitles.startswith('file://'):
+            subtitles = subtitles[len('file://'):]
+        if os.path.isfile(subtitles):
+            return os.path.abspath(subtitles)
+        else:
+            import requests
+            content = requests.get(subtitles).content
+            f = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(prefix='media_subs_',
+                                            suffix='.srt', delete=False)
+
+            with f:
+                f.write(content)
+            return f.name
+
+
+    @action
+    def play(self, resource, subtitles=None, mpv_args=None):
+        """
+        Play a resource.
+
+        :param resource: Resource to play - can be a local file or a remote URL
+        :type resource: str
+
+        :param subtitles: Path to optional subtitle file
+        :type subtitles: str
+
+        :param mpv_args: Extra runtime arguments that will be passed to the
+            mpv executable
+        :type mpv_args: list[str]
+        """
+
+        get_bus().post(MediaPlayRequestEvent(resource=resource))
+        if subtitles:
+            mpv_args = mpv_args or []
+            mpv_args += ['-sub', self._get_subtitles_file(subtitles)]
+
+        resource = self._get_resource(resource)
+        if resource.startswith('file://'):
+            resource = resource[7:]
+        elif resource.startswith('magnet:?'):
+            self._is_playing_torrent = True
+            return get_plugin('media.webtorrent').play(resource)
+
+        self._is_playing_torrent = False
+        ret = self._exec('loadfile', resource, mpv_args=mpv_args)
+        get_bus().post(MediaPlayEvent(resource=resource))
+        return ret
+
+    @action
+    def pause(self):
+        """ Toggle the paused state """
+        ret = self._exec('pause')
+        get_bus().post(MediaPauseEvent())
+        return ret
+
+    def _stop_torrent(self):
+        if self._is_playing_torrent:
+            try:
+                get_plugin('media.webtorrent').quit()
+            except:
+                self.logger.warning('Cannot quit the webtorrent instance: {}'.
+                                    format(str(e)))
+
+    @action
+    def stop(self):
+        """ Stop the playback """
+        # return self._exec('stop')
+        return self.quit()
+
+    @action
+    def quit(self):
+        """ Quit the player """
+        self._stop_torrent()
+        self._exec('quit')
+        get_bus().post(MediaStopEvent())
+
+    @action
+    def voldown(self, step=10.0):
+        """ Volume down by (default: 10)% """
+        return self._exec('volume', -step*10)
+
+    @action
+    def volup(self, step=10.0):
+        """ Volume up by (default: 10)% """
+        return self._exec('volume', step*10)
+
+    @action
+    def back(self, offset=60.0):
+        """ Back by (default: 60) seconds """
+        return self.step_property('time_pos', -offset)
+
+    @action
+    def forward(self, offset=60.0):
+        """ Forward by (default: 60) seconds """
+        return self.step_property('time_pos', offset)
+
+    @action
+    def toggle_subtitles(self):
+        """ Toggle the subtitles visibility """
+        subs = self.get_property('sub_visibility').output.get('sub_visibility')
+        return self._exec('sub_visibility', int(not subs))
+
+    @action
+    def set_subtitles(self, filename):
+        """ Sets media subtitles from filename """
+        self._exec('sub_visibility', 1)
+        return self._exec('sub_load', filename)
+
+    @action
+    def remove_subtitles(self, index=None):
+        """ Removes the subtitle specified by the index (default: all) """
+        if index is None:
+            return self._exec('sub_remove')
+        else:
+            return self._exec('sub_remove', index)
+
+    @action
+    def is_playing(self):
+        """
+        :returns: True if it's playing, False otherwise
+        """
+        return self.get_property('pause').output.get('pause') == False
+
+    @action
+    def load(self, resource, mpv_args={}):
+        """
+        Load a resource/video in the player.
+        """
+        return self.play(resource, mpv_args=mpv_args)
+
+    @action
+    def mute(self):
+        """ Toggle mute state """
+        return self._exec('mute')
+
+    @action
+    def seek(self, position):
+        """
+        Seek backward/forward by the specified number of seconds
+
+        :param relative_position: Number of seconds relative to the current cursor
+        :type relative_position: int
+        """
+        return self.step_property('time_pos', position)
+
+    @action
+    def set_position(self, position):
+        """
+        Seek backward/forward to the specified absolute position
+
+        :param position: Number of seconds from the start
+        :type position: int
+        """
+        return self.set_property('time_pos', position)
+
+    @action
+    def set_volume(self, volume):
+        """
+        Set the volume
+
+        :param volume: Volume value between 0 and 100
+        :type volume: float
+        """
+        return self._exec('volume', volume)
+
+    @action
+    def status(self):
+        """
+        Get the current player state.
+
+        :returns: A dictionary containing the current state.
+
+        Example::
+
+            output = {
+                "state": "play"  # or "stop" or "pause"
+            }
+        """
+
+        state = { 'state': PlayerState.STOP.value }
+
+        try:
+            paused = self.get_property('pause').output.get('pause')
+            if paused is True:
+                state['state'] = PlayerState.PAUSE.value
+            elif paused is False:
+                state['state'] = PlayerState.PLAY.value
+        except:
+            pass
+        finally:
+            return state
+
+    @action
+    def get_property(self, property, args=None):
+        """
+        Get a player property (e.g. pause, fullscreen etc.). See
+        http://www.mpvhq.hu/DOCS/tech/slave.txt for a full list of the
+        available properties
+        """
+
+        args = args or []
+        response = Response(output={})
+
+        result = self._exec('get_property', property, prefix='pausing_keep_force',
+                            wait_for_response=True, *args) or {}
+
+        for k, v in result.items():
+            if k == 'ERROR' and v not in response.errors:
+                response.errors.append('{}{}: {}'.format(property, args, v))
+            else:
+                response.output[k] = v
+
+        return response
+
+    @action
+    def set_property(self, property, value, args=None):
+        """
+        Set a player property (e.g. pause, fullscreen etc.).
+        """
+
+        args = args or []
+        response = Response(output={})
+
+        result = self._exec('set_property', property, value,
+                            prefix='pausing_keep_force' if property != 'pause'
+                            else None, wait_for_response=True, *args) or {}
+
+        for k, v in result.items():
+            if k == 'ERROR' and v not in response.errors:
+                response.errors.append('{} {}{}: {}'.format(property, value,
+                                                            args, v))
+            else:
+                response.output[k] = v
+
+        return response
+
+    @action
+    def step_property(self, property, value, args=None):
+        """
+        Step a player property (e.g. volume, time_pos etc.).
+        """
+
+        args = args or []
+        response = Response(output={})
+
+        result = self._exec('step_property', property, value,
+                            prefix='pausing_keep_force',
+                            wait_for_response=True, *args) or {}
+
+        for k, v in result.items():
+            if k == 'ERROR' and v not in response.errors:
+                response.errors.append('{} {}{}: {}'.format(property, value,
+                                                            args, v))
+            else:
+                response.output[k] = v
+
+        return response
+
+
+# vim:sw=4:ts=4:et: