pamiq-io

pamiq-io is a versatile I/O library for Python, providing easy access to audio, video, and input device capabilities for interactive applications, simulations, and AI projects, made for P-AMI<Q>.

✨ Features

• 🎤 Audio input/output via SoundCard
• 📹 Video input via OpenCV
• 🎛️ OSC (Open Sound Control) communication
• ⌨️ Keyboard simulation (Linux and Windows)
• 🖱️ Mouse simulation (Linux and Windows)

🔧 Requirements

• Python 3.12+
• Platform-specific dependencies:
  • Linux: Inputtino (for keyboard/mouse simulation)
• OBS Studio (for video capture)

📦 Installation

Using pip

# Install the base package
pip install pamiq-io

# Install with optional dependencies as needed
pip install pamiq-io[opencv]       # For video input (all platforms)
pip install pamiq-io[osc]          # For OSC communication (all platforms)
pip install pamiq-io[soundcard]    # For audio input/output (all platforms)

# Platform-specific input simulation:
# For Linux:
pip install pamiq-io[inputtino]    # For keyboard and mouse output on Linux

# For Windows:
pip install pamiq-io[windows]  # For keyboard and mouse output on Windows

# For running demo scripts
pip install pamiq-io[demo]

Linux-specific setup

For keyboard and mouse output on Linux, you must first install inputtino.

Development installation

# Clone and setup
git clone https://github.com/MLShukai/pamiq-io.git
cd pamiq-io
make venv     # Sets up virtual environment with all dependencies

🧰 Command-Line Tools

pamiq-io includes several helpful command-line tools:

# List available video input devices
pamiq-io-show-opencv-available-input-devices

# List available audio input devices
pamiq-io-show-soundcard-available-input-devices

# List available audio output devices
pamiq-io-show-soundcard-available-output-devices

🛠️ Setup

OBS Virtual Camera

1. Install OBS Studio following the official installation instructions:

   • Visit https://obsproject.com
   • Follow the installation guide for your platform (Windows or Linux)

2. In OBS, start the virtual camera (Tools → Start Virtual Camera)

3. Linux-specific: If the virtual camera functionality is not available after installing OBS on Linux, you may need to install v4l2loopback:

   sudo apt install v4l2loopback-dkms
   sudo modprobe v4l2loopback

   To find the virtual camera device, you can install v4l-utils:

   sudo apt install v4l-utils
   v4l2-ctl --list-devices | grep -A 1 'OBS Virtual Camera' | grep -oP '\t\K/dev.*'

🐳 Docker

A Docker configuration is provided for easy development and deployment on Linux.

Basic usage:

# Build a basic image with required dependencies
FROM ubuntu:latest

# Install dependencies
RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
    python3 python3-pip \
    git cmake build-essential pkg-config libevdev-dev clang \
    libopencv-dev \
    libsndfile1 \
    pulseaudio \
    && apt-get clean \
    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*

# Install pamiq-io with desired optional dependencies
RUN pip install "git+https://github.com/games-on-whales/inputtino.git#subdirectory=bindings/python&branch=stable" && \
    pip install pamiq-io[inputtino,opencv,osc,soundcard,demo]

# For development, you may want to check our devcontainer configuration:
# https://github.com/MLShukai/pamiq-io/blob/main/.devcontainer/Dockerfile

When running the container, you need privileged access for hardware devices:

docker run --privileged -it your-pamiq-image

Important

⚠️ Note: The --privileged flag is required for hardware access to input devices.

PulseAudio in Docker (Linux host only)

To use audio inside Docker, you need to set up PulseAudio properly:

docker run --privileged -it \
    -v ${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/pulse/native:${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/pulse/native \
    -v $HOME/.config/pulse/cookie:/root/.config/pulse/cookie \
    -e PULSE_SERVER=unix:${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/pulse/native \
    -e PULSE_COOKIE=/root/.config/pulse/cookie \
    your-pamiq-image

📚 Usage

Video Input

# If OpenCV is installed:
from pamiq_io.video import OpenCVVideoInput
from pamiq_io.video.input.opencv import show_video_devices

# List available video devices
show_video_devices()

# Capture from camera using default parameters
video_input = OpenCVVideoInput(camera=0)
frame = video_input.read()

# Capture with specific resolution
video_input = OpenCVVideoInput(camera=0, width=640, height=480, fps=30.0)
frame = video_input.read()

# Capture with mixed parameters (use default width, but specify height)
video_input = OpenCVVideoInput(camera=0, width=None, height=720, fps=None)
frame = video_input.read()

Audio Input/Output

# If SoundCard is installed:
from pamiq_io.audio import SoundcardAudioInput, SoundcardAudioOutput
from pamiq_io.audio.input.soundcard import show_all_input_devices
from pamiq_io.audio.output.soundcard import show_all_output_devices

# List available devices
show_all_input_devices()
show_all_output_devices()

# Capture audio
audio_input = SoundcardAudioInput(sample_rate=44100, channels=2)
audio_data = audio_input.read(frame_size=1024)

# Play audio
import numpy as np
sample_rate = 44100
duration = 1.0  # seconds
t = np.linspace(0, duration, int(sample_rate * duration), endpoint=False)
sine_wave = np.sin(2 * np.pi * 440 * t).reshape(-1, 1).astype(np.float32)  # 440Hz

audio_output = SoundcardAudioOutput(sample_rate=sample_rate, channels=1)
audio_output.write(sine_wave)

OSC Communication

# If python-osc is installed:
from pamiq_io.osc import OscOutput, OscInput

# Send OSC messages
osc_output = OscOutput(host="127.0.0.1", port=9001)
osc_output.send("/test/address", 42)

# Receive OSC messages
def handler(addr, value):
    print(f"Received {value} from {addr}")

osc_input = OscInput(host="127.0.0.1", port=9001)
osc_input.add_handler("/test/address", handler)
osc_input.start(blocking=False)

Keyboard Simulation

Linux (Inputtino)

# Linux only - if inputtino is installed:
from pamiq_io.keyboard import Key, InputtinoKeyboardOutput

# Using the InputtinoKeyboardOutput implementation
keyboard = InputtinoKeyboardOutput()
keyboard.press(Key.CTRL, Key.C)  # Press Ctrl+C
keyboard.release(Key.CTRL, Key.C)  # Release Ctrl+C

Windows

from pamiq_io.keyboard import Key, WindowsKeyboardOutput

# Using the WindowsKeyboardOutput implementation
keyboard = WindowsKeyboardOutput()
keyboard.press(Key.CTRL, Key.C)  # Press Ctrl+C
keyboard.release(Key.CTRL, Key.C)  # Release Ctrl+C

Mouse Simulation

Linux (Inputtino)

# Linux only - if inputtino is installed:
from pamiq_io.mouse import MouseButton, InputtinoMouseOutput

# Using the InputtinoMouseOutput implementation
mouse = InputtinoMouseOutput(fps=100)
mouse.move(100, 50)  # Move 100 pixels/sec right, 50 pixels/sec down
mouse.press(MouseButton.LEFT)
mouse.release(MouseButton.LEFT)

Windows

from pamiq_io.mouse import MouseButton, WindowsMouseOutput

# Using the WindowsMouseOutput implementation
mouse = WindowsMouseOutput()
mouse.move(100, 50)  # Move 100 pixels/sec right, 50 pixels/sec down
mouse.press(MouseButton.LEFT)
mouse.release(MouseButton.LEFT)

🧪 Demo Scripts

The repo includes several demo scripts to help you get started:

# Audio demos (requires pamiq-io[soundcard,demo])
python demos/soundcard_audio_input.py --list-devices
python demos/soundcard_audio_output.py --frequency 440 --duration 3

# Video demos (requires pamiq-io[opencv,demo])
python demos/opencv_video_input.py --camera 0 --output frame.png

# OSC demos (requires pamiq-io[osc])
python demos/osc_io.py

# Input simulation demos
# Linux, requires pamiq-io[inputtino]
python demos/inputtino_keyboard_output.py
python demos/inputtino_mouse_output.py --radius 100 --duration 5

# Windows, requires pamiq-io[windows]
python demos/windows_keyboard_output.py
python demos/windows_mouse_output.py --radius 100 --duration 5

📝 License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Run tests (make test)
4. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add some amazing feature')
5. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
6. Open a Pull Request