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+import { createSlice, PayloadAction } from "@reduxjs/toolkit";
+import { PlanItem } from "../state";
+import { Track, MYRADIO_NON_API_BASE } from "../../api";
+import { AppThunk } from "../../store";
+
+const audioContext = new AudioContext();
+const playerSources: MediaElementAudioSourceNode[] = [];
+const playerGains: GainNode[] = [];
+const destination = audioContext.createMediaStreamDestination();
+
+interface SinglePlayerState {
+	loadedItem: PlanItem  | Track | null
+	loading: boolean;
+}
+
+interface PlayerState {
+	players: SinglePlayerState[];
+}
+
+const playerState = createSlice({
+	name: "Player",
+	initialState: {
+		players: [{
+			loadedItem: null,
+			loading: false
+		}, {
+			loadedItem: null,
+			loading: false
+		}, {
+			loadedItem: null,
+			loading: false
+		}]
+	} as PlayerState,
+	reducers: {
+		loadItem(state, action: PayloadAction<{ player: number, item: PlanItem | Track }>) {
+			state.players[action.payload.player].loadedItem = action.payload.item
+			state.players[action.payload.player].loading = true;
+		},
+		itemLoadComplete(state, action: PayloadAction<{ player: number}>) {
+			state.players[action.payload.player].loading = false;
+		}
+	}
+});
+
+export default playerState.reducer;
+
+export const load = (player: number, item: PlanItem | Track): AppThunk => dispatch => {
+	if (typeof playerSources[player] !== "undefined") {
+		if (!playerSources[player].mediaElement.paused) {
+			// already playing, don't kill playback
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+	dispatch(playerState.actions.loadItem({ player, item }));
+	const el = new Audio();
+	el.crossOrigin = "use-credentials";
+	if ("album" in item) {
+		// track
+		el.src = MYRADIO_NON_API_BASE + "/NIPSWeb/secure_play?recordid=" + item.album.recordid + "&trackid=" + item.trackid;
+	} else if ("type" in item && item.type == "aux") {
+		el.src = MYRADIO_NON_API_BASE + "/NIPSWeb/managed_play?managedid=" + item.managedid;
+	} else {
+		throw new Error("Unsure how to handle this!\r\n\r\n" + JSON.stringify(item));
+	}
+	el.oncanplay = () => {
+		dispatch(playerState.actions.itemLoadComplete({ player }));
+	}
+	el.load();
+	const sauce = audioContext.createMediaElementSource(el);
+	const gain = audioContext.createGain();
+	sauce.connect(gain);
+	gain.connect(audioContext.destination);
+	gain.connect(destination);
+	playerSources[player] = sauce;
+	playerGains[player] = gain;
+}
+
+export const play = (player: number): AppThunk => dispatch => {
+	playerSources[player].mediaElement.play();
+};
+
+export const pause = (player: number): AppThunk => dispatch => {
+	if (playerSources[player].mediaElement.paused) {
+		playerSources[player].mediaElement.play();
+	} else {
+		playerSources[player].mediaElement.pause();
+	}
+};
+
+export const stop = (player: number): AppThunk => dispatch => {
+	playerSources[player].mediaElement.pause();
+	playerSources[player].mediaElement.currentTime = 0;
+};
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