mycroft.conf

{
  // Definition and documentation of all variables used by mycroft-core.
  //
  // Settings seen here are considered DEFAULT.  Settings can also be
  // overridden at the REMOTE level (set by the user via
  // https://home.mycroft.ai), at the SYSTEM level (typically in the file
  // '/etc/mycroft/mycroft.conf'), or at the USER level (typically in the
  // file '~/.config/mycroft/mycroft.conf').
  //
  // The load order of settings is:
  //   DEFAULT
  //   REMOTE
  //   SYSTEM
  //   USER
  //
  // The Override: comments below indicates where these settings are generally
  // set outside of this file.  The load order is always followed, so an
  // individual systems can still apply changes at the SYSTEM or USER levels.

  // Language used for speech-to-text and text-to-speech.
  // Code is a BCP-47 identifier (https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47), lowercased
  // TODO: save unmodified, lowercase upon demand
  "lang": "en-us",

  // Secondary languages will also have their resource files loaded into memory
  // but intents will only be considered if that lang is tagged with the utterance at STT step
  "secondary_langs": [],

  // Measurement units, either 'metric' or 'imperial'
  // Override: REMOTE
  "system_unit": "metric",

  // Time format, either 'half' (e.g. "11:37 pm") or 'full' (e.g. "23:37")
  // Override: REMOTE
  "time_format": "half",

  // Date format, either 'MDY' (e.g. "11-29-1978") or 'DMY' (e.g. "29-11-1978")
  // Override: REMOTE
  "date_format": "MDY",

  // Whether to opt in to data collection
  // Override: REMOTE
  "opt_in": false,

  // Play a beep when system begins to listen?
  "confirm_listening": true,

  // File locations of sounds to play for system events
  "sounds": {
    "start_listening": "snd/start_listening.wav",
    "end_listening": "snd/end_listening.wav",
    "acknowledge": "snd/acknowledge.mp3",
    "error": "snd/error.mp3"
  },

  // Mechanism used to play WAV audio files
  // by default ovos-utils will try to detect best player
  // Override: SYSTEM
  //"play_wav_cmdline": "paplay %1 --stream-name=mycroft-voice",

  // Mechanism used to play MP3 audio files
  // by default ovos-utils will try to detect best player
  // Override: SYSTEM
  //"play_mp3_cmdline": "mpg123 %1",

  // Mechanism used to play OGG audio files
  // by default ovos-utils will try to detect best player
  // Override: SYSTEM
  //"play_ogg_cmdline": "ogg123 -q %1",

  // Location where the system resides
  // NOTE: Although this is set here, an Enclosure can override the value.
  //       For example a mycroft-core running in a car could use the GPS.
  // Override: REMOTE
  "location": {
    "city": {
      "code": "Lawrence",
      "name": "Lawrence",
      "state": {
        "code": "KS",
        "name": "Kansas",
        "country": {
          "code": "US",
          "name": "United States"
        }
      }
    },
    "coordinate": {
      "latitude": 38.971669,
      "longitude": -95.23525
    },
    "timezone": {
      "code": "America/Chicago",
      "name": "Central Standard Time",
      "dstOffset": 3600000,
      "offset": -21600000
    }
  },

  // default to $XDG_DATA_DIRS/mycroft
  // "data_dir": "/opt/mycroft",

  // by default, files persist across reboots, but be careful with space usage!
  // TIP: use "/dev/shm/mycroft/cache" if you want to keep the cache in RAM or
  // use "/tmp/mycroft/cache" to remove files upon reboot
  // default to $XDG_DATA_DIRS/$BASE_FOLDER where BASE_FOLDER is read from ovos.conf (default "mycroft")
  // "cache_path": "/tmp/mycroft/cache",

  # emit mycroft.ready signal when all these conditions are met
  # different setups will have different needs
  # eg, a server does not care about audio
  # pairing -> device is paired
  # internet -> device is connected to the internet - NOT IMPLEMENTED
  # skills -> skills reported ready
  # speech -> stt reported ready
  # audio -> audio playback reported ready
  # gui -> gui websocket reported ready - NOT IMPLEMENTED
  # enclosure -> enclosure/HAL reported ready - NOT IMPLEMENTED
  # network_skills -> skills with network requirements
  # internet_skills -> skills with internet requirements
  "ready_settings": ["skills"],

  // To enable a utterance transformer plugin just add it's name with any relevant config
  // these plugins can mutate the utterance between STT and the Intent stage
  // they may also modify message.context with metadata
  // plugins only load if they are installed and enabled in this section
  "utterance_transformers": {

     "ovos-utterance-normalizer": {},

     // cancel utterances mid command
     "ovos-utterance-plugin-cancel": {},
      
     // define utterance fixes via fuzzy match ~/.local/share/mycroft/corrections.json
     // define unconditional replacements at word level ~/.local/share/mycroft/word_corrections.json
     "ovos-utterance-corrections-plugin": {}
  },

  // To enable a metadata transformer plugin just add it's name with any relevant config
  // these plugins can mutate the message.context between STT and the Intent stage
  "metadata_transformers": {},

  // Intent Pipeline / plugins config
  "intents" : {
    "OCP": {
      // legacy forces old audio service instead of OCP
      "legacy": false,
      // min confidence (0.0 - 1.0) to accept MediaType
      "classifier_threshold": 0.4,
      // min conf for each result (0 - 100)
      "min_score": 50,
      // filter results from "wrong" MediaType
      "filter_media": true,
      // filter results we lack plugins to play
      "filter_SEI": true,
      // playback mode
      // 0 - auto
      // 10 - audio results only
      // 20 - video results only
      "playback_mode": 0,
      // if MediaType query fails, try Generic query
      "search_fallback": true
    },

    // the pipeline is a ordered set of frameworks to send an utterance too
    // if one of the frameworks fails the next one is used, until an answer is found
    // NOTE: if padatious is not installed, it will be replaced with padacioso (much slower)
    // in the future these will become plugins, and new pipeline stages can be added by end users
    "pipeline": [
        "stop_high",
        "converse",
        "ocp_high",
        "padatious_high",
        "adapt_high",
        "ocp_medium",
        "fallback_high",
        "stop_medium",
        "adapt_medium",
        "padatious_medium",
        "adapt_low",
        "common_qa",
        "fallback_medium",
        "fallback_low"
    ]
  },

  // General skill values
  "skills": {

    // relative to "data_dir"
    "directory": "skills",

    // used by selene for marketplace integration in web interface
    // NOTE: selene seems to work fine without this data
    // no need to advertise installed skills if they dont have settings
    // this data was tightly coupled to msm and is now mostly useless for selene
    "upload_skill_manifest": false,

    // if "sync_skill_settings" is enabled in "server" section
    // should skill settingg changes on device be upload to selene?
    // NOTE: this should be true, but it was removed (bug ?) in selene at some point
    // old endpoints are however still available so functionality has been restored here
    // it is only configurable in case you want to retain "old" mycroft-core behaviour
    // or in case selene deprecates the old endpoint
    "sync2way": true,
    // values in skill settings missing in settingsmeta wont show up in selene
    // this flag auto generates settingsmeta on the fly
    // TODO - settings this to true may run into permission issues until settingsmeta.json gets XDG support
    // it writes to skill base folder
    "autogen_meta": false,

    // blacklisted skills to not load
    // NB: This is skill_id of the skill, usually defined in the skills setup.py
    "blacklisted_skills": [
        // stop skill has been replaced with native core functionality
        "skill-ovos-stop.openvoiceos"
    ],

    // fallback skill configuration
    "fallbacks": {
        // you can add skill_id: priority to override the developer defined
        // priority of those skills, this allows customization
        // of unknown intent handling for default_skills + user preferences
        "fallback_priorities": {
           // "skill_id": 10
        },
        // fallback skill handling has 3 modes of operations:
        // - "accept_all"  # default mycroft-core behavior
        // - "whitelist"  # only call fallback for skills in "fallback_whitelist"
        // - "blacklist"  # only call fallback for skills NOT in "fallback_blacklist"
        "fallback_mode": "accept_all",
        "fallback_whitelist": [],
        "fallback_blacklist": []
    },

    // converse stage configuration
    "converse": {
        // the default number of seconds a skill remains active
        // if the user does not interact with the skill in this timespan it
        // will be deactivated, default 5 minutes (same as mycroft)
        "timeout": 300,
         // override of "skill_timeouts" per skill_id
        "skill_timeouts": {},

        // conversational mode has 3 modes of operations:
        // - "accept_all"  # default mycroft-core behavior
        // - "whitelist"  # only call converse for skills in "converse_whitelist"
        // - "blacklist"  # only call converse for skills NOT in "converse_blacklist"
        "converse_mode": "accept_all",
        "converse_whitelist": [],
        "converse_blacklist": [],

        // converse activation has 4 modes of operations:
        // - "accept_all"  # default mycroft-core behavior, any skill can
        //                 # activate itself unconditionally
        // - "priority"  # skills can only activate themselves if no skill with
        //               # higher priority is active
        // - "whitelist"  # only skills in "converse_whitelist" can activate themselves
        // - "blacklist"  # only skills NOT in converse "converse_blacklist" can activate themselves
        // NOTE: this does not apply for regular skill activation, only to skill
        //       initiated activation requests
        "converse_activation": "accept_all",

        // number of consecutive times a skill is allowed to activate itself
        // per minute, -1 for no limit (default), 0 to disable self-activation
        "max_activations": -1,
        // override of "max_activations" per skill_id
        "skill_activations": {},

        // if false only skills can activate themselves
        // if true any skill can activate any other skill
        "cross_activation": true,

        // if false only skills can deactivate themselves
        // if true any skill can deactivate any other skill
        // NOTE: skill deactivation is not yet implemented
        "cross_deactivation": true,

        // you can add skill_id: priority to override the developer defined
        // priority of those skills, currently there is no api for skills to
        // define their default priority, it is assumed to be 50, the only current
        // canonical source for converse priorities is this setting
        "converse_priorities": {
           // "skill_id": 10
        }
    }

  },

  // system administrators can define different constraints in how configurations are loaded
  // this is a mechanism to require root to change these config options
  "system": {
    // do not allow users to tamper with settings at all
    "disable_user_config": false,
    // do not allow remote backend to tamper with settings at all
    "disable_remote_config": false,
    // protected keys are individual settings that can not be changed at remote/user level
    // nested dictionary keys can be defined with "key1:key2" syntax,
    // eg. {"a": {"b": True, "c": False}}
    // to protect "c" you would enter "a:c" in the section below
    "protected_keys": {
        // NOTE: selene backend expects "opt_in" to be changeable in their web ui
        // that effectively gives them a means to enable spying without your input
        // Mycroft AI can be trusted, but you dont need to anymore!
        // The other keys are not currently populated by the remote backend
        // they are defined for protection against bugs and for future proofing
        // (what if facebook buys mycroft tomorrow?)
        "remote": [
            "enclosure",
            "server",
            "system",
            "websocket",
            "gui_websocket",
            "network_tests",
            "listener:wake_word_upload:disable",
            // NOTE: selene returns listener settings as part of ww config
            // they are protected because selene has no clue about your mic setup
            "listener:channels",
            "listener:sample_rate",
            "listener:multiplier",
            "listener:energy_ratio",
            "skills:upload_skill_manifest",
            "skills:auto_update",
            "skills:priority_skills",
            "skills:blacklisted_skills",
            // NOTE: selene exposes this in web_ui, this has been disabled
            // if you unprotect this key selene can enable opt_in behind your back
            "opt_in"
        ],
        "user": []
    }
  },

  // Address of the REMOTE server
  // Needs to be explicitly enabled, also see "protected_keys" under "system" above
  // Possible backends
  // - https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/OVOS-local-backend
  "server": {
    // Valid types: offline, personal
    "backend_type": "offline",
    // url for self hosted personal backend
    "url": "",
    "version": "v1",
    "update": false,
    "metrics": true,
    "sync_skill_settings": true
  },

  // This section controls what providers should be used by each 3rd party API
  "microservices": {
      // auto == backend from "server" section above
      // auto / wolfram / personal
      "wolfram_provider": "auto",
      // auto / owm / personal
      "weather_provider": "auto",
      // auto / osm / personal
      "geolocation_provider": "auto",

      // secret keys for offline usage
      "wolfram_key": "",
      "owm_key": "",
      "email": {
          // by default send emails here
          "recipient": "",
          "smtp": {
            "username": "",
            "password": "",
            "host": "smtp.mailprovider.com",
            "port": 465
          }
      }
  },

  // The ovos-core messagebus websocket
  "websocket": {
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "port": 8181,
    "route": "/core",
    "ssl": false,
    // in mycroft-core all skills share a bus, this allows malicious skills
    // to manipulate it and affect other skills, this option ensures each skill
    // gets its own websocket connection
    "shared_connection": true,
    // any bus messages over this size in MB will be refused
    "max_msg_size": 25
  },

  // The GUI messagebus websocket.  Once port is created per connected GUI
  "gui_websocket": {
    "host": "0.0.0.0",
    "base_port": 18181,
    "route": "/gui",
    "ssl": false
  },

  // URIs to use for testing network connection.
  "network_tests": {
    "ip_url": "https://api.ipify.org",
    "dns_primary": "1.1.1.1",
    "dns_secondary": "8.8.8.8",
    "web_url": "http://nmcheck.gnome.org/check_network_status.txt",
    "web_url_secondary": "https://checkonline.home-assistant.io/online.txt",
    "captive_portal_url": "http://nmcheck.gnome.org/check_network_status.txt",
    "captive_portal_text": "NetworkManager is online"
  },

  // Settings used by the wake-up-word listener
  // Override: REMOTE
  "listener": {
    "sample_rate": 16000,

    // TODO - these names are confusing, update dinkum listener to give them more descriptive names
    // min speech seconds for audio to be considered speech
    "speech_begin": 0.3,
    // min silence seconds before speech is considered ended
    "silence_end": 0.7,
    // hard limit on max recording time before audio is sent to STT
    "recording_timeout": 10,
    // size of buffer kept for STT
    "utterance_chunks_to_rewind": 2,
    // sound chunks sent to ww callback (eg, saving recordings)
    "wakeword_chunks_to_save": 15,

    // Set 'save_path' to configure the location of files stored if
    // 'record_wake_words' and/or 'save_utterances' are set to 'true'.
    // WARNING: Make sure that user 'mycroft' has write-access on the
    // directory!
    // "save_path": "/tmp",
    // Set 'record_wake_words' to save a copy of wake word triggers
    // as .wav files under: /'save_path'/mycroft_wake_words
    "record_wake_words": false,
    // Set 'save_utterances' to save each sentence sent to STT -- by default
    // they are only kept briefly in-memory.  This can be useful for for
    // debugging or other custom purposes.  Recordings are saved
    // under: /'save_path'/mycroft_utterances/<TIMESTAMP>.wav
    "save_utterances": false,
    "wake_word_upload": {
      "disable": true,
      // official mycroft endpoint disabled, enable if you want to collect your own
      // eg, eltocino localcroft or personal backend
      "url": ""
    },

    // Microphone plugin to be read audio
    // NOTE: only in ovos-dinkum-listener
    "microphone": {
      // use "ovos-microphone-plugin-sounddevice" for MacOS support
      "module": "ovos-microphone-plugin-alsa"
    },

    // if true, will remove silence from both ends of audio before sending it to STT
    "remove_silence": true,

    // Voice Activity Detection is used to determine when speech ended
    "VAD": {
        // silence method defined the main vad strategy
        // valid values:
        //   VAD_ONLY - Only use vad
        //   RATIO_ONLY - Only use max/current energy ratio threshold
        //   CURRENT_ONLY - Only use current energy threshold
        //   VAD_AND_RATIO - Use vad and max/current energy ratio threshold
        //   VAD_AND_CURRENT - Use vad and current energy threshold
        //   ALL - Use vad, max/current energy ratio, and current energy threshold
        // NOTE: if a vad plugin is not available method will fallback to RATIO_ONLY
        "silence_method": "vad_and_ratio",
        // Seconds of speech before voice command has begun
        "speech_seconds": 0.1,
        // Seconds of silence before a voice command has finished
        "silence_seconds": 0.5,
        // Seconds of audio to keep before voice command has begun
        "before_seconds": 0.5,
        // Minimum length of voice command (seconds)
        // NOTE: max_seconds uses recording_timeout listener setting
        "min_seconds": 1,
        // Ratio of max/current energy below which audio is considered speech
        "max_current_ratio_threshold": 2,
        // Energy threshold above which audio is considered speech
        // NOTE: this is dynamic, only defining start value
        "initial_energy_threshold": 1000.0,
        // vad module can be any plugin, by default it is not used
        // recommended plugin: "ovos-vad-plugin-silero"
        "module": "ovos-vad-plugin-silero",
        "ovos-vad-plugin-silero": {"threshold": 0.2},
        "ovos-vad-plugin-webrtcvad": {"vad_mode": 3}
    },

    // Override as SYSTEM or USER to select a specific microphone input instead of
    // the PortAudio default input.
    //   "device_name": "somename",  // can be regex pattern or substring
    //       or
    //   "device_index": 12,

    // Retry microphone initialization infinitely on startup
    "retry_mic_init" : true,

    // Stop listing to the microphone during playback to prevent accidental triggering
    // This is enabled by default, but instances with good microphone noise cancellation
    // can disable this to listen all the time, allowing 'barge in' functionality.
    "mute_during_output" : false,

    // In milliseconds
    "phoneme_duration": 120,
    "multiplier": 1.0,
    "energy_ratio": 1.5,

    // NOTE, multiple hotwords are supported now, these fields define the main wake_word,
    // this is equivalent to setting "active": true in the "hotwords" section below IF "active" is missing
    // this field is also used to get a speakable string of main wake word, ie, mycrofts name
    // this is set by selene and used in naptime skill
    "wake_word": "hey_mycroft",
    "stand_up_word": "wake_up",

    // Settings used by microphone to set recording timeout
    "recording_timeout": 10.0,
    "recording_timeout_with_silence": 3.0,

    // Skips all checks (eg. audio service confirmation) after the wake_word is recognized and 
    // instantly continues to listen for a command
    "instant_listen": true,

    // continuous listen is an experimental setting, it removes the need for
    // wake words and uses VAD only, a streaming STT is strongly recommended
    // this setting might downgrade STT accuracy depending on plugins used
    "continuous_listen": false,

    // hybrid listen is an experimental setting,
    // it will not require a wake word for X seconds after a user interaction
    // this means you dont need to say "hey mycroft" for follow up questions
    // NOTE: depending on hardware this may cause mycroft to hear its own TTS responses as questions,
    // in devices like the mark2 this should be safe to turn on
    "hybrid_listen": false,
    // number of seconds to wait for an interaction before requiring wake word again
    "listen_timeout": 45
  },

  // Hotword configurations
  "hotwords": {
    "hey_mycroft": {
        "module": "ovos-ww-plugin-precise-lite",
        "model": "https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/precise-lite-models/raw/master/wakewords/en/hey_mycroft.tflite",
        "expected_duration": 3,
        "trigger_level": 3,
        "sensitivity": 0.5,
        "listen": true,
        "fallback_ww": "hey_mycroft_precise"
    },
    // in case precise-lite is not installed, attempt to use classic precise
    "hey_mycroft_precise": {
        "module": "ovos-ww-plugin-precise",
        "version": "0.3",
        "model": "https://github.com/MycroftAI/precise-data/raw/models-dev/hey-mycroft.tar.gz",
        "expected_duration": 3,
        "trigger_level": 3,
        "sensitivity": 0.5,
        "listen": true,
        "fallback_ww": "hey_mycroft_vosk"
    },
    // in case classic precise is not installed, attempt to use vosk
    "hey_mycroft_vosk": {
        "module": "ovos-ww-plugin-vosk",
        "samples": ["hey mycroft", "hey microsoft", "hey mike roft", "hey minecraft"],
        "rule": "fuzzy",
        "listen": true,
        "fallback_ww": "hey_mycroft_pocketsphinx"
    },
    // in case vosk is not installed, attempt to use pocketsphinx
    "hey_mycroft_pocketsphinx": {
        "module": "ovos-ww-plugin-pocketsphinx",
        "phonemes": "HH EY . M AY K R AO F T",
        "threshold": 1e-90,
        "lang": "en-us",
        "listen": true
    },
    // default wakeup word to take ovos out of SLEEPING mode,
    "wake_up": {
        "module": "ovos-ww-plugin-vosk",
        "rule": "fuzzy",
        "samples": ["wake up"],
        "lang": "en-us",
        // makes this a wakeup word for usage in SLEEPING mode
        "wakeup": true,
        "fallback_ww": "wake_up_pocketsphinx"
    },
    // in case vosk plugin is not installed, attempt to use pocketsphinx
    "wake_up_pocketsphinx": {
        "module": "ovos-ww-plugin-pocketsphinx",
        "phonemes": "W EY K . AH P",
        "threshold": 1e-20,
        "lang": "en-us",
        "wakeup": true
    }
  },

  "gui": {
    // Override: SYSTEM (set by specific enclosures)
    // set skill_id of initial homescreen
    "idle_display_skill": "skill-ovos-homescreen.openvoiceos",

    // GUI plugins / Extensions provide additional GUI platform support for specific devices
    "extension": "generic",

    // Generic extension can additionaly provide homescreen functionality
    "generic": {
        // enable/disable homescreen
        "homescreen_supported": true
    }
  },

  // Level of logs to store, one of  "CRITICAL", "ERROR", "WARNING", "INFO", "DEBUG"
  // NOTE: This configuration setting is special and can only be changed in the
  // SYSTEM or USER configuration file, it will not be read if defined in the
  // DEFAULT (here) or in the REMOTE mycroft config.
  // If not defined, the default log level is INFO.
  //"log_level": "INFO",

  // Messagebus types that will NOT be output to logs
  // DEPRECATED: this was consumed by ovos-cli-client which is being retired
  "ignore_logs": ["enclosure.mouth.viseme", "enclosure.mouth.display"],

  // Settings related to remote sessions
  // Overrride: none
  "session": {
    // Time To Live, in seconds
    "ttl": -1
  },

  // Speech to Text parameters
  // Override: REMOTE
  "stt": {
    // select a STT plugin as described in the respective readme
    // ovos-stt-plugin-server default plugin has a bundled list of public whisper instances
    "module": "ovos-stt-plugin-server",
    // set a offline fallback STT, if your primary STT fails for some reason
    "fallback_module": ""
  },

  // Text to Speech parameters
  // Override: REMOTE
  "tts": {
    "pulse_duck": false,
    // ovos tts server piper public servers by default, alan pope voice
    "module": "ovos-tts-plugin-server",
    "fallback_module": "",
    "ovos-tts-plugin-mimic": {
        "voice": "ap",
        // Add every new synth to the persistent cache (not cleared)
        "persist_cache": false,
        // Path to the persistent cached files, default will be $XDG_DATA_DIRS/mycroft/OVOSServerTTS
        // (or respective TTS name)
        "preloaded_cache": "",
        // Curate the /tmp/tts cache if disk usage is above min %
        "min_free_percent": 75,
        // How many times a utterance must be seen in order to be added to persistent cache
        "persist_thresh": 1
    }
  },

  // NLP plugins
  // split utterances into words
  // used by downstream tasks, handles lang specific nuances
  "tokenization": {
      // default plugin comes bundled with ovos-plugin-manager
      "module": "ovos-tokenization-plugin-quebrafrases"
  },
  // split utterances into sub commands
  // used to extract multiple intents from a single utterance
  "segmentation": {
      // default plugin comes bundled with ovos-plugin-manager
      "module": "ovos-segmentation-plugin-quebrafrases"
  },
  // given an utterance extract keywords from it
  // can be used to get search terms
  "keyword_extract": {
     // default plugin comes bundled with ovos-classifiers
     "module": "ovos-keyword-extractor-heuristic"
  },
  // tag pronouns with the word they refer to
  // used in normalization step
  "coref": {
     // default plugin comes bundled with ovos-classifiers
     "module": "ovos-coref-solver-heuristic"
  },
  "postag": {
     // default plugin comes bundled with ovos-classifiers
     "module": "ovos-classifiers-postag-plugin"
  },
  // turn utterances into phoneme sequences, used to generate mouth movements
  "g2p": {
     "module": "ovos-g2p-plugin-heuristic-arpa"
  },

  // DEPRECATED: this section is in the process of being fully removed,
  // only providing default values for clean migration
  "padatious": {
    // fallback settings for padacioso (pure regex)
    // set regex_only to False to re-enable padatious (ovos-core < 0.0.8)
    "regex_only": false,
    "fuzz": true
  },

  // Translation plugins
  "language": {
    //by  default uses public servers for translation
    // https://github.com/OpenVoiceOS/ovos-translate-server
    "detection_module": "ovos-lang-detector-plugin-server",
    "translation_module": "ovos-translate-plugin-server"
  },

  // placeholder to help in migration to ovos-media
  // if set to False the legacy audio service won't load
  "enable_old_audioservice": true,

  "Audio": {
    // message.context may contains a source and destination
    // native audio (playback / TTS) will only be played if a
    // message destination is a native_source or if missing (considered a broadcast)
    "native_sources": ["debug_cli", "audio", "mycroft-gui"],

    "backends": {
      "OCP": {
        "type": "ovos_common_play",
        "disable_mpris": true,
        "manage_external_players": false,
        "active": true
      },
      "simple": {
        "type": "ovos_audio_simple",
        "active": true
      },
      "vlc": {
        "type": "ovos_vlc",
        "active": true
      }
    }
  },

  "debug": false
}