annotate

Add metadata to a request

The syntax is annotate:key="val",key2="val2",...:uri.

autocue

Adding automatically computed cues/crossfade metadata

The syntax is autocue:uri.

copy

Copy file to a temporary destination

The syntax is copy:/path/to/file.extname.

fallible

Mark the given uri as being fallible. This can be used to prevent a request or source from being resolved once and for all and considered infallible for the duration of the script, typically when debugging.

The syntax is fallible:uri.

ffmpeg

Decode any file to wave using ffmpeg

The syntax is ffmpeg:uri.

file

File protocol. Only local files are supported

The syntax is file:///path/to/file.

gtts

Generate speech synthesis using Google translate’s text-to-speech API. This requires the gtts-cli binary. Result may be mono.

The syntax is gtts:Text to read.

http

Download http URLs using curl

The syntax is http://....

https

Download http URLs using curl

The syntax is https://....

macos_say

Generate speech synthesis using the say command available on macos.

The syntax is macos_say:Text to read.

mpd

Finds all files with a tag equal to a given value using mpd.

The syntax is mpd:tag=value.

pico2wave

Generate speech synthesis using pico2wave. Result may be mono.

The syntax is pico2wave:Text to read.

polly

Generate speech synthesis using AWS polly service. Result might be mono, needs aws binary in the path.

The syntax is polly:Text to read.

process

Resolve a request using an arbitrary process. <cmd> is interpolated with: [("input",<input>),("output",<output>),("colon",":")]. uri is an optional child request, <output> is the name of a fresh temporary file and has extension .<extname>. <input> is an optional input file name as returned while resolving uri.

The syntax is process:<extname>,<cmd>[:uri].

replaygain

Compute ReplayGain value. Adds returned value as "replaygain_track_gain" metadata

The syntax is replaygain:uri.

s3

Fetch files from s3 using the AWS CLI

The syntax is s3://uri.

say

Generate speech synthesis using text2wave. Result is always stereo.

The syntax is say:Text to read.

stereo

Convert a file to stereo (currently decodes to wav).

The syntax is stereo:<uri>.

synth

Synthesize audio. Parameters are optional.

The syntax is synth:shape=sine,frequency=440.,duration=10..

text2wave

Generate speech synthesis using text2wave. Result may be mono.

The syntax is text2wave:Text to read.

tmp

Mark the given uri as temporary. Useful when chaining protocols

The syntax is tmp:uri.

youtube-dl

Resolve a request using youtube-dl.

The syntax is youtube-dl:uri.

youtube-pl

Resolve a request as a youtube playlist using youtube-dl. You typically want to use this as playlist("youtube-pl:...").

The syntax is youtube-pl:uri.