Convert Loader-related thread-code to async code

Closes #10

core/include/JellyfinQt/apimodel.h

@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ signals:
      */
     void itemsLoaded();
     void reloadWanted();
-public slots:
-    virtual void futureReady() = 0;
-
 protected:
     // Is this object being parsed by the QML engine
     bool m_isBeingParsed = false;
@@ -269,13 +266,16 @@ class LoaderModelLoader : public ModelLoader<T> {
 public:
     explicit LoaderModelLoader(Support::Loader<R, P> *loader, QObject *parent = nullptr)
         : ModelLoader<T>(parent), m_loader(QScopedPointer<Support::Loader<R, P>>(loader)) {
-        QObject::connect(&m_futureWatcher, &QFutureWatcher<QList<T>>::finished, this, &BaseModelLoader::futureReady);
+        this->connect(m_loader.data(), &Support::Loader<R, P>::ready, this, &LoaderModelLoader<T, D, R, P>::loaderReady);
+        this->connect(m_loader.data(), &Support::Loader<R, P>::error, this, &LoaderModelLoader<T, D, R, P>::loaderError);
     }
 protected:
     void loadMore(int offset, int limit, ViewModel::ModelStatus suggestedModelStatus) override {
         // This method should only be callable on one thread.
         // If futureWatcher's future is running, this method should not be called again.
-        if (m_futureWatcher.isRunning()) return;
+        if (m_loader->isRunning()) {
+            m_loader->cancel();
+        }
         // Set an invalid result.
         this->m_result = { QList<T*>(), -1 };
 
@@ -294,33 +294,14 @@ protected:
         // instead when Loader::setApiClient is called.
         this->m_loader->setApiClient(this->m_apiClient);
         this->m_loader->setParameters(this->m_parameters);
-        this->m_loader->prepareLoad();
-        QFuture<std::optional<R>> future = QtConcurrent::run(this->m_loader.data(), &Support::Loader<R, P>::load);
-        this->m_futureWatcher.setFuture(future);
+        this->m_loader->load();
     }
 
     QScopedPointer<Support::Loader<R, P>> m_loader;
-    QMutex m_mutex;
     P m_parameters;
-    QFutureWatcher<std::optional<R>> m_futureWatcher;
-
-    void futureReady() override {
-        R result;
-        try {
-            std::optional<R> optResult = m_futureWatcher.result();
-            if (!optResult.has_value()) {
-                this->setStatus(ViewModel::ModelStatus::Error);
-                qWarning() << "ModelLoader returned with empty optional";
-                return;
-            }
-            result = optResult.value();
-        } catch (Support::LoadException &e) {
-            qWarning() << "Exception while loading: " << e.what();
-            this->setStatus(ViewModel::ModelStatus::Error);
-            return;
-        }
-
 
+    void loaderReady() {
+        R result = m_loader->result();
         QList<D> records = extractRecords<D, R>(result);
         int totalRecordCount = extractTotalRecordCount<R>(result);
         qDebug() << "Total record count: " << totalRecordCount << ", records in request: " << records.size();
@@ -341,6 +322,11 @@ protected:
         this->emitItemsLoaded();
     }
 
+    void loaderError(QString error) {
+        Q_UNUSED(error)
+        this->setStatus(ViewModel::ModelStatus::Error);
+    }
+
 };
 
 class BaseApiModel : public QAbstractListModel {
@@ -374,27 +360,7 @@ signals:
 };
 
 /**
- * @brief Abstract model for displaying a REST JSON collection. Role names will be based on the fields encountered in the
- * first record.
- *
- * To create a new model, extend this class and create an QObject-parent constructor.
- * Call the right super constructor with the right values, depending which path should be queried and
- * how the result should be interpreted.
- *
- * Register the model in QML and create an instance. Don't forget to set the apiClient attribute or else
- * the model you've created will be useless!
- *
- * Rolenames are based on the fields in the first object within the array of results, with the first letter
- * lowercased, to accomodate for QML style guidelines. (This ain't C# here).
- *
- * If a call to /cats/new results in
- * @code{.json}
- * [
- *   {"Name": "meow", "Id": 432},
- *   {"Name": "miew", "Id": 323}
- * ]
- * @endcode
- * The model will have roleNames for "name" and "id".
+ * @brief Abstract model for displaying collections.
  *
  * @tparam T The class of the result.
  * @tparam R The class returned by the loader.
@@ -567,24 +533,5 @@ private:
     QMetaObject::Connection m_futureWatcherConnection;
 };
 
-
-/**
- * @brief List of the public users on the server.
- */
-/*class PublicUserModel : public ApiModel<QJsonValue> {
-public:
-    explicit PublicUserModel (QObject *parent = nullptr);
-};*/
-
-
-
-//template<>
-//void ApiModel<Item>::apiClientChanged();
-
-
-
-
-void registerModels(const char *URI);
-
 }
 #endif //JELLYFIN_API_MODEL

core/include/JellyfinQt/support/loader.h

@@ -26,9 +26,12 @@
 
 #include <QException>
 #include <QJsonDocument>
+#include <QObject>
 #include <QUrlQuery>
 #include <QString>
 
+#include <QtConcurrent/QtConcurrent>
+
 #include "../apiclient.h"
 #include "jsonconv.h"
 
@@ -54,6 +57,23 @@ private:
 
 static const int HTTP_TIMEOUT = 30000; // 30 seconds;
 
+/**
+ * @brief Base class for loaders that defines available signals.
+ */
+class LoaderBase : public QObject {
+    Q_OBJECT
+signals:
+    /**
+     * @brief Emitted when an error has occurred during loading and no result
+     * is available.
+     */
+    void error(QString message = QString());
+    /**
+     * @brief Emitted when data was successfully loaded.
+     */
+    void ready();
+};
+
 /**
  * Interface describing a way to load items. Used to abstract away
  * the difference between loading from a cache or loading over the network.
@@ -71,24 +91,35 @@ static const int HTTP_TIMEOUT = 30000; // 30 seconds;
  *           be loaded.
  */
 template <typename R, typename P>
-class Loader {
+class Loader : public LoaderBase {
 public:
     explicit Loader(ApiClient *apiClient)
         : m_apiClient(apiClient) {}
 
     /**
-     * @brief Called just before load() is called. In constrast to load,
-     * this runs on the same thread as the ApiClient object.
+     * @brief load Loads the given resource asynchronously.
      */
-    virtual void prepareLoad() {};
-
-    /**
-     * @brief load Loads the given resource. This usually run on a different thread.
-     * @return The resource if successfull.
-     */
-    virtual std::optional<R> load() {
+    virtual void load() {
         throw LoadException(QStringLiteral("Loader not set"));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @brief Retrieves the loaded resource. Only valid after the ready signal has been emitted.
+     * @return The loaded resource
+     */
+    R result() const {
+        return m_result;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @returns whether this loader is already fetching a resource
+     */
+    virtual void cancel() {}
+
+    bool isRunning() const {
+        return m_isRunning;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @brief Heuristic to determine if this resource can be loaded via this loaded.
      *
@@ -103,6 +134,13 @@ public:
 protected:
     Jellyfin::ApiClient *m_apiClient;
     P m_parameters;
+    R m_result;
+    bool m_isRunning = false;
+
+    void stopWithError(QString message = QString()) {
+        m_isRunning = false;
+        emit this->error(message);
+    }
 };
 
 /**
@@ -112,41 +150,24 @@ template <typename R, typename P>
 class HttpLoader : public Loader<R, P> {
 public:
     explicit HttpLoader(Jellyfin::ApiClient *apiClient)
-        : Loader<R, P> (apiClient) {}
+        : Loader<R, P> (apiClient) {
+        this->connect(&m_parsedWatcher, &QFutureWatcher<std::optional<R>>::finished, this, &HttpLoader<R, P>::onResponseParsed);
+    }
 
-    virtual void prepareLoad() override {
+    virtual void load() override {
+        if (m_reply != nullptr) {
+            this->m_reply->deleteLater();
+        }
+        this->m_isRunning = true;
         m_reply = this->m_apiClient->get(path(this->m_parameters), query(this->m_parameters));
-        m_requestFinishedConnection = QObject::connect(m_reply, &QNetworkReply::finished, [&]() { this->requestFinished(); });
+        this->connect(m_reply, &QNetworkReply::finished, this, &HttpLoader<R, P>::onRequestFinished);
     }
 
-    virtual std::optional<R> load() override {
-        Q_ASSERT_X(m_reply != nullptr, "HttpLoader::load", "prepareLoad() must be called before load()");
-        QMutexLocker locker(&m_mutex);
-        while (!m_reply->isFinished()) {
-            m_waitCondition.wait(&m_mutex);
-        }
-        QByteArray array = m_reply->readAll();
-        if (m_reply->error() != QNetworkReply::NoError) {
+    virtual void cancel() override {
+        if (m_reply == nullptr) return;
+        if (m_reply->isRunning()) {
+            m_reply->abort();
             m_reply->deleteLater();
-            //: An HTTP has occurred. First argument is replaced by QNetworkReply->errorString()
-            throw LoadException(QObject::tr("HTTP error: %1").arg(m_reply->errorString()));
-        }
-        m_reply->deleteLater();
-        m_reply = nullptr;
-        QJsonParseError error;
-        QJsonDocument document = QJsonDocument::fromJson(array, &error);
-        if (error.error != QJsonParseError::NoError) {
-            qWarning() << array;
-            throw LoadException(error.errorString().toLocal8Bit().constData());
-        }
-        if (document.isNull() || document.isEmpty()) {
-            return std::nullopt;
-        } else if (document.isArray()) {
-            return std::optional<R>(fromJsonValue<R>(document.array()));
-        } else if (document.isObject()){
-            return std::optional<R>(fromJsonValue<R>(document.object()));
-        } else {
-            return std::nullopt;
         }
     }
 
@@ -167,13 +188,49 @@ protected:
     virtual QUrlQuery query(const P &parameters) const = 0;
 private:
     QNetworkReply *m_reply = nullptr;
-    QWaitCondition m_waitCondition;
-    QMutex m_mutex;
-    QMetaObject::Connection m_requestFinishedConnection;
+    QFutureWatcher<std::optional<R>> m_parsedWatcher;
 
-    void requestFinished() {
-        QObject::disconnect(m_requestFinishedConnection);
-        m_waitCondition.wakeAll();
+    void onRequestFinished() {
+        if (m_reply->error() != QNetworkReply::NoError) {
+            m_reply->deleteLater();
+            //: An HTTP has occurred. First argument is replaced by QNetworkReply->errorString()
+            this->stopWithError(QStringLiteral("HTTP error: %1").arg(m_reply->errorString()));
+        }
+        QByteArray array = m_reply->readAll();
+        m_reply->deleteLater();
+        m_reply = nullptr;
+        m_parsedWatcher.setFuture(QtConcurrent::run(this, &HttpLoader<R, P>::parseResponse, array));
+    }
+
+    std::optional<R> parseResponse(QByteArray response) {
+        QJsonParseError error;
+        QJsonDocument document = QJsonDocument::fromJson(response, &error);
+        if (error.error != QJsonParseError::NoError) {
+            qWarning() << response;
+            this->stopWithError(error.errorString().toLocal8Bit().constData());
+        }
+        if (document.isNull() || document.isEmpty()) {
+            this->stopWithError(QStringLiteral("Unexpected empty JSON response"));
+            return std::nullopt;
+        } else if (document.isArray()) {
+            return std::make_optional<R>(fromJsonValue<R>(document.array()));
+        } else if (document.isObject()){
+            return std::make_optional<R>(fromJsonValue<R>(document.object()));
+        } else {
+            this->stopWithError(QStringLiteral("Unexpected JSON response"));
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+    }
+
+    void onResponseParsed() {
+        if (m_parsedWatcher.result().has_value()) {
+            R result = m_parsedWatcher.result().value();
+            this->m_result = result;
+            this->m_isRunning = false;
+            emit this->ready();
+        } else {
+            this->m_isRunning = false;
+        }
     }
 };
 

core/include/JellyfinQt/viewmodel/loader.h

@@ -153,24 +153,24 @@ public:
 
     Loader(ApiClient *apiClient, Support::Loader<R, P> *loaderImpl, QObject *parent = nullptr)
         : LoaderBase(apiClient, parent),
-          m_loader(loaderImpl),
-          m_futureWatcher(new QFutureWatcher<std::optional<R>>(this)) {
+          m_loader(loaderImpl) {
 
         m_dataViewModel = new T(this);
-        connect(m_futureWatcher, &RFutureWatcher::finished, this, &Loader<T, R, P>::updateData);
+        connect(m_loader.data(), &Support::LoaderBase::ready, this, &Loader<T, R, P>::onLoaderReady);
+        connect(m_loader.data(), &Support::LoaderBase::error, this, &Loader<T, R, P>::onLoaderError);
     }
 
     T *dataViewModel() const { return m_dataViewModel; }
     QObject *data() const override { return m_dataViewModel; }
 
     void reload() override {
-        if (m_futureWatcher->isRunning()) return;
+        if (m_loader->isRunning()) {
+            m_loader->cancel();
+        };
         setStatus(Loading);
-        this->m_loader->setApiClient(m_apiClient);
+        m_loader->setApiClient(m_apiClient);
         m_loader->setParameters(m_parameters);
-        m_loader->prepareLoad();
-        QFuture<std::optional<R>> future = QtConcurrent::run(this, &Loader<T, R, P>::invokeLoader);
-        m_futureWatcher->setFuture(future);
+        m_loader->load();
     }
 protected:
     T* m_dataViewModel;
@@ -180,31 +180,12 @@ protected:
      */
     QScopedPointer<Support::Loader<R, P>> m_loader = nullptr;
 private:
-    QFutureWatcher<std::optional<R>> *m_futureWatcher;
 
-    /**
-     * @brief Callback for QtConcurrent::run()
-     * @param self Pointer to this class
-     * @param parameters Parameters to forward to the loader
-     * @return empty optional if an error occured, otherwise the result.
-     */
-    std::optional<R> invokeLoader() {
-        QMutexLocker(&this->m_mutex);
-        try {
-            return this->m_loader->load();
-        }  catch (Support::LoadException &e) {
-            qWarning() << "Exception while loading an item: " << e.what();
-            this->setErrorString(QString(e.what()));
-            return std::nullopt;
-        }
-    }
     /**
      * @brief Updates the data when finished.
      */
-    void updateData() {
-        std::optional<R> newDataOpt = m_futureWatcher->result();
-        if (newDataOpt.has_value()) {
-            R newData = newDataOpt.value();
+    void onLoaderReady() {
+        R newData = m_loader->result();
         if (m_dataViewModel->data()->sameAs(newData)) {
             // Replace the data the model holds
             m_dataViewModel->data()->replaceData(newData);
@@ -215,11 +196,12 @@ private:
         }
         setStatus(Ready);
         emitDataChanged();
-        } else {
+    }
+
+    void onLoaderError(QString message) {
         setStatus(Error);
+        setErrorString(message);
     }
-    }
-    QMutex m_mutex;
 };
 
 void registerRemoteTypes(const char *uri);

core/include/JellyfinQt/viewmodel/playbackmanager.h

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class PlaybackManager : public QObject, public QQmlParserStatus {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_INTERFACES(QQmlParserStatus)
 public:
-    using FetchCallback = std::function<void(QUrl &&, PlayMethod)>;
+    using ItemUrlLoader = Support::Loader<DTO::PlaybackInfoResponse, Jellyfin::Loader::GetPostedPlaybackInfoParams>;
 
     explicit PlaybackManager(QObject *parent = nullptr);
 
@@ -179,13 +179,12 @@ private slots:
      */
     void updatePlaybackInfo();
 
-    /// Called when the fetcherThread has fetched the playback URL and playSession
-    void onItemExtraDataReceived(const QString &itemId, const QUrl &url, const QString &playSession,
+    /// Called when we have fetched the playback URL and playSession
+    void onItemUrlReceived(const QString &itemId, const QUrl &url, const QString &playSession,
                                  // Fully specify class to please MOC
                                  Jellyfin::DTO::PlayMethodClass::Value playMethod);
-    /// Called when the fetcherThread encountered an error
+    /// Called when we have encountered an error
     void onItemErrorReceived(const QString &itemId, const QString &errorString);
-    void onDestroyed();
 
 private:
     /// Factor to multiply with when converting from milliseconds to ticks.
@@ -228,9 +227,6 @@ private:
      */
     bool m_autoOpen = false;
 
-    // Playback-related members
-    ItemUrlFetcherThread *m_urlFetcherThread;
-
     QMediaPlayer::State m_oldState = QMediaPlayer::StoppedState;
     PlayMethod m_playMethod = PlayMethod::Transcode;
     QMediaPlayer::State m_playbackState = QMediaPlayer::StoppedState;
@@ -252,6 +248,9 @@ private:
      */
     void postPlaybackInfo(PlaybackInfoType type);
 
+    void requestItemUrl(QSharedPointer<Model::Item> item);
+    void handlePlaybackInfoResponse(QString itemId, QString mediaType, DTO::PlaybackInfoResponse &response);
+
 
     // QQmlParserListener interface
     void classBegin() override { m_qmlIsParsingComponent = true; }
@@ -262,57 +261,6 @@ private:
     const qint64 PRELOAD_DURATION = 15 * 1000;
 };
 
-/// Thread that fetches the Item's stream URL always in the given order they were requested
-class ItemUrlFetcherThread : public QThread {
-    Q_OBJECT
-public:
-    ItemUrlFetcherThread(PlaybackManager *manager);
-
-    /**
-     * @brief Adds an item to the queue of items that should be requested
-     * @param item The item to fetch the URL of
-     */
-    void addItemToQueue(QSharedPointer<Model::Item> item);
-
-signals:
-    /**
-     * @brief Emitted when the url of the item with the itemId has been retrieved.
-     * @param itemId The id of the item of which the URL has been retrieved
-     * @param itemUrl The retrieved url
-     * @param playSession The playsession set by the Jellyfin Server
-     */
-    void itemUrlFetched(QString itemId, QUrl itemUrl, QString playSession, Jellyfin::DTO::PlayMethodClass::Value playMethod);
-    void itemUrlFetchError(QString itemId, QString errorString);
-
-    void prepareLoaderRequested(QPrivateSignal);
-public slots:
-    /**
-     * @brief Ask the thread nicely to stop running.
-     */
-    void cleanlyStop();
-private slots:
-    void onPrepareLoader();
-protected:
-    void run() override;
-private:
-    PlaybackManager *m_parent;
-    Support::Loader<DTO::PlaybackInfoResponse, Jellyfin::Loader::GetPostedPlaybackInfoParams> *m_loader;
-
-    QMutex m_queueModifyMutex;
-    QQueue<QSharedPointer<Model::Item>> m_queue;
-
-    QMutex m_urlWaitConditionMutex;
-    /// WaitCondition on which this threads waits until an Item is put into the queue
-    QWaitCondition m_urlWaitCondition;
-
-    QMutex m_waitLoaderPreparedMutex;
-    /// WaitCondition on which this threads waits until the loader has been prepared.
-    QWaitCondition m_waitLoaderPrepared;
-
-    bool m_keepRunning = true;
-    bool m_loaderPrepared = false;
-};
-
 } // NS ViewModel
 } // NS Jellyfin
 

core/src/apimodel.cpp

@@ -151,9 +151,4 @@ int extractTotalRecordCount(const QList<DTO::UserDto> &result) {
     return result.size();
 }
 
-void registerModels(const char *URI) {
-    Q_UNUSED(URI)
-    //qmlRegisterUncreatableType<ApiModel>(URI, 1, 0, "ApiModel", "Is enum and base class");
-    //qmlRegisterType<PublicUserModel>(URI, 1, 0, "PublicUserModel");
-}
 }

core/src/viewmodel/playbackmanager.cpp

@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ PlaybackManager::PlaybackManager(QObject *parent)
     : QObject(parent),
       m_item(nullptr),
       m_mediaPlayer(new QMediaPlayer(this)),
-      m_urlFetcherThread(new ItemUrlFetcherThread(this)),
       m_queue(new Model::Playlist(this)) {
 
     m_displayQueue = new ViewModel::Playlist(m_queue, this);
@@ -48,10 +47,7 @@ PlaybackManager::PlaybackManager(QObject *parent)
 
     m_preloadTimer.setSingleShot(true);
 
-    connect(this, &QObject::destroyed, this, &PlaybackManager::onDestroyed);
     connect(&m_updateTimer, &QTimer::timeout, this, &PlaybackManager::updatePlaybackInfo);
-    connect(m_urlFetcherThread, &ItemUrlFetcherThread::itemUrlFetched, this, &PlaybackManager::onItemExtraDataReceived);
-    m_urlFetcherThread->start();
 
     connect(m_mediaPlayer, &QMediaPlayer::stateChanged, this, &PlaybackManager::mediaPlayerStateChanged);
     connect(m_mediaPlayer, &QMediaPlayer::positionChanged, this, &PlaybackManager::mediaPlayerPositionChanged);
@@ -64,10 +60,6 @@ PlaybackManager::PlaybackManager(QObject *parent)
 
 }
 
-void PlaybackManager::onDestroyed() {
-    m_urlFetcherThread->cleanlyStop();
-}
-
 void PlaybackManager::setApiClient(ApiClient *apiClient) {
     if (!m_item.isNull()) {
         m_item->setApiClient(apiClient);
@@ -99,7 +91,7 @@ void PlaybackManager::setItem(QSharedPointer<Model::Item> newItem) {
     // Deinitialize the streamUrl
     if (shouldFetchStreamUrl) {
         setStreamUrl(QUrl());
-        m_urlFetcherThread->addItemToQueue(m_item);
+        requestItemUrl(m_item);
     }
 }
 
@@ -286,78 +278,29 @@ void PlaybackManager::componentComplete() {
     m_qmlIsParsingComponent = false;
 }
 
-// ItemUrlFetcherThread
-ItemUrlFetcherThread::ItemUrlFetcherThread(PlaybackManager *manager) :
-    QThread(manager),
-    m_parent(manager),
-    m_loader(new Jellyfin::Loader::HTTP::GetPostedPlaybackInfoLoader(manager->m_apiClient)) {
-
-    connect(this, &ItemUrlFetcherThread::prepareLoaderRequested, this, &ItemUrlFetcherThread::onPrepareLoader);
-}
-
-void ItemUrlFetcherThread::addItemToQueue(QSharedPointer<Model::Item> item) {
-    QMutexLocker locker(&m_queueModifyMutex);
-    m_queue.enqueue(item);
-    m_urlWaitCondition.wakeOne();
-}
-
-void ItemUrlFetcherThread::cleanlyStop() {
-    m_keepRunning = false;
-    m_urlWaitCondition.wakeAll();
-}
-
-void ItemUrlFetcherThread::onPrepareLoader() {
-    m_loader->setApiClient(m_parent->m_apiClient);
-    m_loader->prepareLoad();
-    m_loaderPrepared = true;
-    m_waitLoaderPrepared.wakeOne();
-}
-
-void ItemUrlFetcherThread::run() {
-    while (m_keepRunning) {
-        m_urlWaitConditionMutex.lock();
-        while(m_queue.isEmpty() && m_keepRunning) {
-            m_urlWaitCondition.wait(&m_urlWaitConditionMutex);
-        }
-        m_urlWaitConditionMutex.unlock();
-        if (!m_keepRunning) break;
-
+void PlaybackManager::requestItemUrl(QSharedPointer<Model::Item> item) {
+    ItemUrlLoader *loader = new Jellyfin::Loader::HTTP::GetPostedPlaybackInfoLoader(m_apiClient);
     Jellyfin::Loader::GetPostedPlaybackInfoParams params;
-        QSharedPointer<Model::Item> item = m_queue.dequeue();
-        m_queueModifyMutex.lock();
     params.setItemId(item->jellyfinId());
-        m_queueModifyMutex.unlock();
-        params.setUserId(m_parent->m_apiClient->userId());
+    params.setUserId(m_apiClient->userId());
     params.setEnableDirectPlay(true);
     params.setEnableDirectStream(true);
     params.setEnableTranscoding(true);
 
-        m_loaderPrepared = false;
-        m_loader->setParameters(params);
-
-        // We cannot call m_loader->prepareLoad() from this thread, so we must
-        // emit a signal and hope for the best
-        emit prepareLoaderRequested(QPrivateSignal());
-        m_waitLoaderPreparedMutex.lock();
-        while (!m_loaderPrepared) {
-            m_waitLoaderPrepared.wait(&m_waitLoaderPreparedMutex);
-        }
-        m_waitLoaderPreparedMutex.unlock();
-
-        DTO::PlaybackInfoResponse response;
-        try {
-            std::optional<DTO::PlaybackInfoResponse> responseOpt = m_loader->load();
-            if (responseOpt.has_value()) {
-                response = responseOpt.value();
-            } else {
-                qWarning() << "Cannot retrieve URL of " << params.itemId();
-                continue;
-            }
-        }  catch (QException &e) {
-            qWarning() << "Cannot retrieve URL of " << params.itemId() << ": " << e.what();
-            continue;
-        }
+    loader->setParameters(params);
+    connect(loader, &ItemUrlLoader::ready, [this, loader, item] {
+        DTO::PlaybackInfoResponse result = loader->result();
+        handlePlaybackInfoResponse(item->jellyfinId(), item->mediaType(), result);
+        loader->deleteLater();
+    });
+    connect(loader, &ItemUrlLoader::error, [this, loader, item](QString message) {
+        onItemErrorReceived(item->jellyfinId(), message);
+        loader->deleteLater();
+    });
+    loader->load();
+}
 
+void PlaybackManager::handlePlaybackInfoResponse(QString itemId, QString mediaType, DTO::PlaybackInfoResponse &response) {
     //TODO: move the item URL fetching logic out of this function, into MediaSourceInfo?
     QList<DTO::MediaSourceInfo> mediaSources = response.mediaSources();
     QUrl resultingUrl;
@@ -369,36 +312,34 @@ void ItemUrlFetcherThread::run() {
             resultingUrl = QUrl::fromLocalFile(source.path());
             playMethod = PlayMethod::DirectPlay;
         } else if (source.supportsDirectStream()) {
-                QString mediaType = item->mediaType();
             if (mediaType == "Video") {
                 mediaType.append('s');
             }
             QUrlQuery query;
             query.addQueryItem("mediaSourceId", source.jellyfinId());
-                query.addQueryItem("deviceId", m_parent->m_apiClient->deviceId());
-                query.addQueryItem("api_key", m_parent->m_apiClient->token());
+            query.addQueryItem("deviceId", m_apiClient->deviceId());
+            query.addQueryItem("api_key", m_apiClient->token());
             query.addQueryItem("Static", "True");
-                resultingUrl = QUrl(this->m_parent->m_apiClient->baseUrl() + "/" + mediaType + "/" + params.itemId()
+            resultingUrl = QUrl(m_apiClient->baseUrl() + "/" + mediaType + "/" + itemId
                     + "/stream." + source.container() + "?" + query.toString(QUrl::EncodeReserved));
             playMethod = PlayMethod::DirectStream;
         } else if (source.supportsTranscoding()) {
-                resultingUrl = QUrl(m_parent->m_apiClient->baseUrl() + source.transcodingUrl());
+            resultingUrl = QUrl(m_apiClient->baseUrl() + source.transcodingUrl());
             playMethod = PlayMethod::Transcode;
         } else {
-                qDebug() << "No suitable sources for item " << item->jellyfinId();
+            qDebug() << "No suitable sources for item " << itemId;
         }
         if (!resultingUrl.isEmpty()) break;
     }
     if (resultingUrl.isEmpty()) {
-            qWarning() << "Could not find suitable media source for item " << params.itemId();
-            emit itemUrlFetchError(item->jellyfinId(), tr("Cannot fetch stream URL"));
+        qWarning() << "Could not find suitable media source for item " << itemId;
+        onItemErrorReceived(itemId, tr("Cannot fetch stream URL"));
     } else {
-            emit itemUrlFetched(item->jellyfinId(), resultingUrl, playSession, playMethod);
-        }
+        onItemUrlReceived(itemId, resultingUrl, playSession, playMethod);
     }
 }
 
-void PlaybackManager::onItemExtraDataReceived(const QString &itemId, const QUrl &url,
+void PlaybackManager::onItemUrlReceived(const QString &itemId, const QUrl &url,
                                               const QString &playSession, PlayMethod playMethod) {
     Q_UNUSED(url)
     Q_UNUSED(playSession)
@@ -413,8 +354,9 @@ void PlaybackManager::onItemExtraDataReceived(const QString &itemId, const QUrl
     } else {
         qDebug() << "Late reply for " << itemId << " received, ignoring";
     }
-
 }
+
+
 /// Called when the fetcherThread encountered an error
 void PlaybackManager::onItemErrorReceived(const QString &itemId, const QString &errorString) {
     Q_UNUSED(itemId)