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nowhear\n\n[![CI](https://github.com/akiomik/nowhear/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/akiomik/nowhear/actions/workflows/ci.yml)\n[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/nowhear.svg)](https://crates.io/crates/nowhear)\n[![Documentation](https://docs.rs/nowhear/badge.svg)](https://docs.rs/nowhear)\n[![License](https://img.shields.io/crates/l/nowhear.svg)](https://github.com/akiomik/nowhear/blob/main/LICENSE)\n[![codecov](https://codecov.io/gh/akiomik/nowhear/graph/badge.svg?token=GU40650KX6)](https://codecov.io/gh/akiomik/nowhear)\n\nCross-platform library for monitoring media playback information in Rust.\n\n## Features\n\n- 🎵 **Get currently playing media information** across Linux, macOS, and Windows\n- 📡 **Subscribe to media events** via async streams\n- 🔄 **Unified API** across all platforms\n- ⚡ **Async/await** support with Tokio\n- 🦀 **Pure Rust** implementation\n\n## Supported Platforms\n\n| Platform | API | Supported Players |\n|----------|-----|-------------------|\n| **Linux** | MPRIS (D-Bus) | Spotify, VLC, Rhythmbox, Chromium, Firefox, and any MPRIS-compatible player |\n| **macOS** | AppleScript (JXA) | Music.app, Spotify |\n| **Windows** | Windows Media Control | Spotify, Windows Media Player, VLC, iTunes, Chrome/Edge, and any SMTC-compatible app |\n\n## Installation\n\nAdd this to your `Cargo.toml`:\n\n```toml\n[dependencies]\nnowhear = \"0.2\"\ntokio = { version = \"1.0\", features = [\"macros\", \"rt-multi-thread\"] }\nfutures = \"0.3\"\n```\n\n## Usage\n\n### Basic Example\n\n```rust\nuse nowhear::{MediaSource, MediaSourceBuilder, Result};\n\n#[tokio::main]\nasync fn main() -\u003e Result\u003c()\u003e {\n    // Create a media source\n    let source = MediaSourceBuilder::new().build().await?;\n\n    // List all active media players\n    let players = source.list_players().await?;\n    println!(\"Active players: {players:?}\");\n\n    // Get information for a specific player\n    if let Some(player_name) = players.first() {\n        let info = source.get_player(player_name).await?;\n        println!(\"Player: {}\", info.player_name);\n        println!(\"State: {:?}\", info.playback_state);\n        if let Some(track) = info.current_track {\n            println!(\"Track: {} - {}\", track.artist.join(\", \"), track.title);\n        }\n    }\n\n    Ok(())\n}\n```\n\n### Event Stream Example\n\n```rust\nuse futures::StreamExt;\nuse nowhear::{MediaEvent, MediaSource, MediaSourceBuilder, Result};\n\n#[tokio::main]\nasync fn main() -\u003e Result\u003c()\u003e {\n    let source = MediaSourceBuilder::new().build().await?;\n\n    // Create an event stream\n    let mut stream = source.event_stream().await?;\n\n    // Process events as they arrive\n    while let Some(event) = stream.next().await {\n        match event {\n            MediaEvent::TrackChanged { player_name, track } =\u003e {\n                println!(\"🎵 {} - {}\", track.artist.join(\", \"), track.title);\n            }\n            MediaEvent::StateChanged { player_name, state } =\u003e {\n                println!(\"▶️  Playback state: {:?}\", state);\n            }\n            MediaEvent::PlayerAdded { player_name } =\u003e {\n                println!(\"➕ Player added: {}\", player_name);\n            }\n            MediaEvent::PlayerRemoved { player_name } =\u003e {\n                println!(\"➖ Player removed: {}\", player_name);\n            }\n            _ =\u003e {}\n        }\n    }\n\n    Ok(())\n}\n```\n\n## API Overview\n\n### MediaSource Trait\n\n```rust\npub trait MediaSource: Send + Sync {\n    /// List all available players\n    async fn list_players(\u0026self) -\u003e Result\u003cVec\u003cString\u003e\u003e;\n\n    /// Get information for a specific player\n    async fn get_player(\u0026self, player_name: \u0026str) -\u003e Result\u003cPlayerInfo\u003e;\n\n    /// Create an event stream that yields media events\n    async fn event_stream(\u0026self) -\u003e Result\u003cEventStream\u003e;\n}\n```\n\n### Events\n\n```rust\npub enum MediaEvent {\n    /// A new track started playing\n    TrackChanged { player_name: String, track: Track },\n\n    /// Playback state changed (playing, paused, stopped)\n    StateChanged { player_name: String, state: PlaybackState },\n\n    /// Playback position changed (seek)\n    PositionChanged { player_name: String, position: Duration },\n\n    /// Volume changed\n    VolumeChanged { player_name: String, volume: f64 },\n\n    /// A new player appeared\n    PlayerAdded { player_name: String },\n\n    /// A player disappeared\n    PlayerRemoved { player_name: String },\n}\n```\n\n### Track Information\n\n```rust\npub struct Track {\n    pub title: String,\n    pub artist: Vec\u003cString\u003e,\n    pub album: Option\u003cString\u003e,\n    pub album_artist: Vec\u003cString\u003e,\n    pub track_number: Option\u003cu32\u003e,\n    pub duration: Option\u003cDuration\u003e,\n    pub art_url: Option\u003cString\u003e,\n}\n```\n\n## Examples\n\nRun the included examples:\n\n```bash\n# Basic usage - list players and get current playback info\ncargo run --example basic\n\n# Stream events - monitor media events in real-time\ncargo run --example stream\n```\n\n## Platform-Specific Notes\n\n### Linux\n\n- Requires D-Bus and MPRIS-compatible media players\n- Works out of the box on most modern Linux distributions\n- Event-driven architecture using native D-Bus signals for real-time updates\n- **Build requirements**: `libdbus-1-dev` and `pkg-config` packages are required\n  ```bash\n  # Debian/Ubuntu\n  sudo apt-get install libdbus-1-dev pkg-config\n\n  # Fedora/RHEL\n  sudo dnf install dbus-devel pkgconf-pkg-config\n\n  # Arch Linux\n  sudo pacman -S dbus pkg-config\n  ```\n\n### macOS\n\n- Uses AppleScript (JXA) to communicate with media players\n- Requires macOS 10.10 Yosemite or later (JXA support required)\n- Does not launch media applications if they're not already running\n- 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