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docs: Fix link, add examples of URI conversion before playback

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Stein Magnus Jodal 2014-01-12 13:47:58 +01:00
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@ -18,20 +18,24 @@ URIs and routing of requests to the backend
When Mopidy's core layer is processing a client request, it routes the request
to one or more appropriate backends based on the URIs of the objects the
request touches on. The objects' URIs are compared with the backends'
:attr:`~mopidy.backend.Backend.uri_scheme` to select the relevant backends.
:attr:`~mopidy.backend.Backend.uri_schemes` to select the relevant backends.
An often used pattern when implementing Mopidy backends is to create your own
URI scheme which you use for all tracks, playlists, etc. related to your
backend. In most cases the Mopidy URI is translated to an actual URI right
before playback. For example:
backend. In most cases the Mopidy URI is translated to an actual URI that
GStreamer knows how to play right before playback. For example:
- Spotify already has its own URI scheme (``spotify:track:...``,
``spotify:playlist:...``, etc.) used throughout their applications, and thus
Mopidy-Spotify simply uses the same URI scheme.
Mopidy-Spotify simply uses the same URI scheme. Playback is handled by
pushing raw audio data into a GStreamer ``appsrc`` element.
- Mopidy-SoundCloud created it's own URI scheme, after the model of Spotify,
and use URIs of the following forms: ``soundcloud:search``,
``soundcloud:user-...``, ``soundcloud:exp-...``, and ``soundcloud:set-...``.
Playback is handled by converting the custom ``soundcloud:..`` URIs to
``http://`` URIs immediately before they are passed on to GStreamer for
playback.
- Mopidy differentiates between ``file://...`` URIs handled by
:ref:`ext-stream` and ``local:...`` URIs handled by :ref:`ext-local`.
@ -43,7 +47,9 @@ before playback. For example:
library, but can provide additional features like directory browsing and
search. In other words, we have two different ways of playing local music,
handled by two different backends, and have thus created two different URI
schemes to separate their handling.
schemes to separate their handling. The ``local:...`` URIs are converted to
``file://...`` URIs immediately before they are passed on to GStreamer for
playback.
If there isn't an existing URI scheme that fits for your backend's purpose,
you should create your own, and name it after your extension's