just_audio with MPV

This platform interface allows you to use just_audio on Linux with the user's installed MPV.

This uses mpv_dart, which uses a local socket to communicate with mpv over JSON IPC. mpv takes care of all the file loading, shuffling, looping, pretty much everything.

Installation

Users with software that uses just_audio_mpv have to install mpv. A recent version is highly recommended. The mpv binary must be present in the PATH. One of the following commands should do this for you:

For Debian and Ubuntu, add this repository and run:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install mpv

For Arch, get https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/mpv-git/ via AUR and install it. This can be done with something like:

yay -S mpv-git

For Fedora:

sudo yum install mpv

Build into a Flatpak

To add MPV to a Flatpak build, add these modules to your flatpak-builder manifest:

  - name: libass
    # mpv won't build without this
    cleanup:
      - /include
      - /lib/pkgconfig
    config-opts:
      - --disable-static
    sources:
      - type: archive
        url: https://github.com/libass/libass/releases/download/0.15.0/libass-0.15.0.tar.gz
        sha256: 9cbddee5e8c87e43a5fe627a19cd2aa4c36552156eb4edcf6c5a30bd4934fe58
  - name: mpv
    buildsystem: simple
    cleanup:
      - /include
      - /lib/pkgconfig
    build-commands:
      - python3 waf configure --prefix=/app --enable-libmpv-shared --disable-build-date
        --disable-manpage-build --disable-alsa --enable-libarchive
        --disable-lua --disable-javascript --disable-uchardet --disable-drm --disable-dvdnav
      - python3 waf build
      - python3 waf install
    post-install:
      # save screenshots at ~/Pictures/mpv
      - echo "screenshot-directory=~/Pictures/mpv" > /app/etc/mpv/mpv.conf
    sources:
      - type: archive
        url: https://github.com/mpv-player/mpv/archive/v0.35.0.tar.gz
        sha256: dc411c899a64548250c142bf1fa1aa7528f1b4398a24c86b816093999049ec00
      - type: file
        url: https://waf.io/waf-2.0.22
        sha256: 0a09ad26a2cfc69fa26ab871cb558165b60374b5a653ff556a0c6aca63a00df1
        dest-filename: waf

For other distributions, you might want to look into https://mpv.io/installation/.

Currently it is not possible to tell just_audio_mpv to use an asset-bundled mpv.

Checking for MPV

To check whether MPV is installed, first check if it's going to be used (with if (Platform.isLinux)), then check the exit code of the command which mpv. If it returns 0, MPV is present and you can continue. If it returns 1, MPV is not present. Any other error codes are likely indicative of the which command not being present-- good luck getting a Flutter app to run on a machine that doesn't have basic tools like which.

// In a synchronous environment, optimally before the runApp(MyApp()) call and/or with a
// splash/loading screen available:
// (Note: asynchronous is preferred where possible, but `which` is an instant command
// so running it synchronously should not hurt performance.)
if (Platform.isLinux && Process.runSync("which", ["mpv"]).exitCode != 0) {
  // Tell the user somehow that MPV is not installed,
  // point them to this page, and prevent them from
  // trying to play audio.
}
// If you're running in an environment where audio support is considered absent by default,
// you can check for MPV's presence asynchronously like this:
final which = Process.run("which", ["mpv"]);
if (which.exitCode == 0) {
  canPlayAudio = true;
}

For Windows the command would be Get-Command for PowerShell and where for CMD.

Logging

If you want centralized, controlled, or pretty logging, you can use the below example to tell just_audio_mpv to log to wherever you want instead. It logs to console by default, so for most debugging purposes nothing needs to be done.

Please note: the dynamic error parameter may include non-error information that may be useful in debugging, such as what track it is attempting to load. It is typically null.

// Map your various log levels to MPV's:
const _logLevelMap = {
  JAMPV_LogLevel.debug: LogLevel.debug,
  JAMPV_LogLevel.info: LogLevel.info,
  JAMPV_LogLevel.warning: LogLevel.warning,
  JAMPV_LogLevel.error: LogLevel.error,
  JAMPV_LogLevel.verbose: LogLevel.verbose,
  JAMPV_LogLevel.none: LogLevel.debug,
};
mpvLog = (dynamic message, {dynamic error, JAMPV_LogLevel level = JAMPV_LogLevel.debug, StackTrace stackTrace}) {
  // Run your logging function of choice here.
  // For example, if using Pinelogger:
  justAudioMpvPinelogger.log(message, severity: _logLevelMap[level]!, error: error, stackTrace: stackTrace);
};

Features

Feature Linux
read from URL ✅
read from file ✅
read from asset ✅
read from byte stream
request headers
DASH ✅
HLS ✅
ICY metadata
buffer status/position ✅
play/pause/seek ✅
set volume/speed ✅
clip audio ✅
playlists ✅
looping/shuffling ✅
compose audio
gapless playback ✅
report player errors ✅
handle phonecall interruptions
buffering/loading options
set pitch
skip silence
equalizer ✅
volume boost ✅

Libraries

just_audio_mpv