/***************************************************************************
                          soundengine.h  -  description
                             -------------------
    begin                : Sat Jul 27 2002
    copyright            : (C) 2002 by Samuele Catuzzi
    email                : samuele_catuzzi@yahoo.it
 ***************************************************************************/

/***************************************************************************
 *                                                                         *
 *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
 *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
 *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
 *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
 *                                                                         *
 ***************************************************************************/

/********************************************************************************
 *                                                                              *
 *  This class is a remake of portions of software from kaboodle (class Engine) *
 *  I report here noatun copyright notice and permission notice.                *
 *                                                        Samuele Catuzzi       *
 ********************************************************************************/

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#ifndef SOUND_ENGINE_H
#define SOUND_ENGINE_H

#include <kconfig.h>
#include <kdebug.h>
#include <klocale.h>
#include <kmessagebox.h>
#include <kmimetype.h>
#include <kstandarddirs.h>
#include <kurl.h>
#include <qtimer.h>
#include <qfile.h>
#include <qdir.h>

#include <arts/connect.h>
#include <arts/dynamicrequest.h>
#include <arts/flowsystem.h>
#include <arts/kartsdispatcher.h>
#include <arts/kartsserver.h>
#include <arts/kmedia2.h>
#include <arts/kplayobjectfactory.h>
#include <arts/soundserver.h>
#include <qobject.h>
#include <kurl.h>

namespace Arts
{
class PlayObject;
class SoundServerV2;
}
  
/**
 * Handles all playing, connecting to aRts.
 * Does almost everything related to multimedia.
 * Most interfacing should be done with Player
 **/
class SoundEngine : public QObject
{
Q_OBJECT

public:
	SoundEngine(QObject *parent=0);
	~SoundEngine();

	enum EngineState { Stop, Play, Empty };

public slots:
	/**
	 * Load a file
	 **/
	bool load(const KURL &file);

	/**
	 * Pause while playing
	 **/
	void pause();
	
	/**
	 * Start
	 **/
	void play();
	
	/**
	 * stops, and unloads
	 **/
	void stop();

public:
	EngineState state();

private:
	bool reload(void);
	bool m_needReload;
	KPlayObject *playobj;
	KArtsDispatcher dispatcher;
	KArtsServer server;
	KURL file;	
};

#endif