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/*  This file is part of the KDE project
    Copyright (C) 2005-2008 Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org>

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*/

#ifndef PHONONNAMESPACE_H
#define PHONONNAMESPACE_H

#include "phonon_export.h"

/**
 * Helper macro that can be used like
 * \code
 * #if (PHONON_VERSION >= PHONON_VERSION_CHECK(4, 4, 0))
 * \endcode
 */
#define PHONON_VERSION_CHECK(major, minor, patch) ((major<<16)|(minor<<8)|(patch))

/**
 * PHONON_VERSION is (major << 16) + (minor << 8) + patch.
 */
#define PHONON_VERSION PHONON_VERSION_CHECK(4, 7, 1)

/**
 * PHONON_VERSION_STR is "major.minor.patch". E.g. "4.2.1"
 */
#define PHONON_VERSION_STR "4.7.1"

/**
 * Definitions to disable capture - should end up in the backends and
 * platform plugins, too
 */
/* #undef PHONON_NO_CAPTURE */
#ifdef PHONON_NO_CAPTURE
#define PHONON_NO_VIDEOCAPTURE
#define PHONON_NO_AUDIOCAPTURE
#endif


class QString;

/**
 * \brief The %KDE Multimedia classes
 *
 * In this Namespace you find the classes to access Multimedia functions for
 * audio and video playback. Those classes are not dependent
 * on any specific framework (like they were in pre KDE4 times) but rather use
 * exchangeable backends to do the work.
 *
 * If you want to write a new backend take a look at \ref phonon_backend_development_page.
 *
 * \author Matthias Kretz <kretz@kde.org>
 */
namespace Phonon
{
    PHONON_EXPORT const char *phononVersion();

    /**
     * Enum to identify the media discs supported by MediaObject.
     *
     * \see MediaSource(Phonon::DiscType, const QString &deviceName)
     */
    enum DiscType {
        NoDisc = -1, /** < No disc was selected. Only used as default value in
                          \class MediaSource */
        Cd = 0,      /** < Audio CD */
        Dvd = 1,     /** < Video DVD (no arbitrary data DVDs) */
        Vcd = 2,     /** < Video CD */
        BluRay = 3   /** < BluRay video disc \since 4.7.0 */
    };

    /**
     * Provided as keys for MediaObject::metaData for convenience, in addition to the strings defined in
     * the Ogg Vorbis specification.
     */
    enum MetaData {
        /**
         * The artist generally considered responsible for the work. In popular
         * music this is usually the performing band or singer. For classical
         * music it would be the composer. For an audio book it would be the
         * author of the original text.
         */
        ArtistMetaData,
        /**
         * The collection name to which this track belongs.
         */
        AlbumMetaData,
        /**
         * Track/Work name
         */
        TitleMetaData,
        /**
         * Date the track was recorded
         */
        DateMetaData,
        /**
         * A short text indication of music genre
         */
        GenreMetaData,
        /**
         * The track number of this piece if part of a specific larger
         * collection or album
         */
        TracknumberMetaData,
        /**
         * A short text description of the contents
         */
        DescriptionMetaData,
        MusicBrainzDiscIdMetaData
    };

    /**
     * The state the media producing object is in at the moment.
     *
     * \see MediaObject
     */
    enum State {
        /**
         * After construction it might take a while before the Player is
         * ready to play(). Normally this doesn't happen for local
         * files, but can happen for remote files where the asynchronous
         * mimetype detection and prebuffering can take a while.
         */
        LoadingState,
        /**
         * The Player has a valid media file loaded and is ready for
         * playing.
         */
        StoppedState,
        /**
         * The Player is playing a media file.
         */
        PlayingState,
        /**
         * The Player is waiting for data to be able to continue
         * playing.
         */
        BufferingState,
        /**
         * The Player is currently paused.
         */
        PausedState,
        /**
         * An unrecoverable error occurred. The Object is unusable in this state.
         */
        ErrorState
    };

    /**
     * Set's the category your program should be listed in in the mixer.
     *
     * A Jukebox will set this to Music, a VoIP program to Communication, a
     * DVD player to video, and so on.
     *
     * \note These categories can also become useful for an application that
     * controls the volumes automatically, like turning down the music when a call
     * comes in, or turning down the notifications when the media player knows
     * it's playing classical music.
     *
     * \see AudioOutput::setCategory
     */
    enum Category {
        /**
         * Will make use of the default device.
         */
        NoCategory = -1,
        /**
         * If the sounds produced are notifications (bing, beep and such) you
         * should use this category.
         */
        NotificationCategory = 0,
        /**
         * If your application is a music player (like a jukebox or media player
         * playing an audio file).
         */
        MusicCategory = 1,
        /**
         * If the sound is the audio channel of a video.
         */
        VideoCategory = 2,
        /**
         * If your applications produces sounds from communication with somebody
         * else (VoIP, voice chat).
         */
        CommunicationCategory = 3,
        /**
         * Sound produced by a computer game should go into this category.
         */
        GameCategory = 4,
        /**
         * Sounds produced for accessibility (e.g. Text-To-Speech)
         */
        AccessibilityCategory = 5,
        /**
         * \internal
         * Holds the largest value of categories.
         */
        LastCategory = AccessibilityCategory
    };

    /**
     * What capture category does an application adhere to. Mainly
     * used to decide upon what capture device will be used, depending
     * on the global configuration (user preference).
     *
     * \see MediaObject::setVideoCaptureDevice
     * \see MediaObject::setAudioCaptureDevice
     * \see AvCapture
     */
    enum CaptureCategory {
        /**
         * Will make use of the default device
         */
        NoCaptureCategory = NoCategory,

        /**
         * For applications that use video or audio capture for communication,
         * video conference style. (VoIP, voice chat)
         */
        CommunicationCaptureCategory = CommunicationCategory,

        /**
         * Recording applications, that actually save the data somewhere
         */
        RecordingCaptureCategory,

        /**
         * Voice control. Maybe used for accesibility purpouses too
         */
        ControlCaptureCategory = AccessibilityCategory
    };

    namespace Capture {
        /**
         * Describes the type of a capture device, audio or video
         */
        enum DeviceType {
            AudioType,
            VideoType
        };
    }

    /**
     * Tells your program how to recover from an error.
     *
     * \see MediaObject::errorType()
     */
    enum ErrorType {
        /**
         * No error. MediaObject::errorType() returns this if
         * MediaObject::state() != Phonon::ErrorState.
         */
        NoError = 0,
        /**
         * Playback should work, and trying with another URL should work.
         */
        NormalError = 1,
        /**
         * Something important does not work. Your program cannot continue
         * playback or capture or whatever it was trying to do
         * without help from the user.
         */
        FatalError = 2
    };

    /**
     * Returns a (translated) string to show to the user identifying the given
     * Category.
     */
    PHONON_EXPORT QString categoryToString(Category c);

    /**
     * Returns a (translated) string to show to the user identifying the given
     * CaptureCategory.
     */
    PHONON_EXPORT QString categoryToString(CaptureCategory c);

    // TODO: naming
    /*enum MediaStreamType {
        Audio = 1,
        Video = 2,
        StillImage = 4,
        Subtitle = 8,
        AllMedia = 0xFFFFFFFF
    };
    Q_DECLARE_FLAGS(MediaStreamTypes, MediaStreamType)*/

    PHONON_EXPORT QDebug operator <<(QDebug dbg, const Phonon::DiscType &);
    PHONON_EXPORT QDebug operator <<(QDebug dbg, const Phonon::MetaData &);
    PHONON_EXPORT QDebug operator <<(QDebug dbg, const Phonon::State &);
    PHONON_EXPORT QDebug operator <<(QDebug dbg, const Phonon::Category &);
    PHONON_EXPORT QDebug operator <<(QDebug dbg, const Phonon::CaptureCategory &);
    PHONON_EXPORT QDebug operator <<(QDebug dbg, const Phonon::Capture::DeviceType &);
    PHONON_EXPORT QDebug operator <<(QDebug dbg, const Phonon::ErrorType &);

} // namespace Phonon
//Q_DECLARE_OPERATORS_FOR_FLAGS(Phonon::MediaStreamTypes)

#include <QtCore/QMetaType>

Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Phonon::State)
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Phonon::ErrorType)
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Phonon::Category)
Q_DECLARE_METATYPE(Phonon::CaptureCategory)



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#endif // PHONONNAMESPACE_H