ovos-media-plugin-ffplay

This plugin adds ffplay as an audio backend for ovos-audio and ovos-media. It plays media through the ffplay command from FFmpeg.

Install

pip install ovos-media-plugin-ffplay

Configuration

Edit your mycroft.conf file to expose the ffplay backend.

{
  "Audio": {
    "backends": {
      "ffplay": {
        "type": "ovos_ffplay",
        "active": true
      }
    }
  }
}

Python usage

The FFPlayAudioPlayer class gives direct access to ffplay.

import time
from ovos_media_plugin_ffplay.ffplay import FFPlayAudioPlayer

# Example usage: playing an MP3 file from a URL
url = "https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-skill-easter-eggs/raw/refs/heads/dev/sounds/sing/drnimpo-robots.mp3"

# Create player instance
player = FFPlayAudioPlayer()

# Play media
player.play(url, volume=100)
print(f"Playback time: {player.playback_time} ms")
time.sleep(5)
print(f"Playback time: {player.playback_time} ms")

# Pause media
player.pause()
time.sleep(2)
print(f"Playback time: {player.playback_time} ms")

# Resume media
player.resume()
time.sleep(1)
player.set_track_position(65)
print(f"Playback time: {player.playback_time} ms")
print(f"Volume: {player.volume}")
time.sleep(3)
player.set_volume(30)
print(f"Volume: {player.volume}")
time.sleep(6)
player.set_volume(70)
print(f"Volume: {player.volume}")
player.wait_for_end_of_playback()

Related projects

• OpenVoiceOS/ovos-audio: the audio service that loads this plugin
• OpenVoiceOS/ovos-media: the media service that loads this plugin