diff --git a/mycroft/audio/services/mplayer/__init__.py b/mycroft/audio/services/mplayer/__init__.py
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--- a/mycroft/audio/services/mplayer/__init__.py
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@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2017 Mycroft AI Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-from mycroft.audio.services import AudioBackend
-from mycroft.util.log import LOG
-try:
-    from py_mplayer import MplayerCtrl
-except ImportError:
-    LOG.error("install py_mplayer with "
-              "pip install git+https://github.com/JarbasAl/py_mplayer")
-    raise
-
-
-class MPlayerService(AudioBackend):
-    """
-        Audio backend for mplayer.
-    """
-
-    def __init__(self, config, bus, name='mplayer'):
-        super(MPlayerService, self).__init__(config, bus)
-        self.config = config
-        self.bus = bus
-        self.name = name
-        self.index = 0
-        self.normal_volume = None
-        self.tracks = []
-        self.mpc = MplayerCtrl()
-
-    def supported_uris(self):
-        return ['file', 'http', 'https']
-
-    def clear_list(self):
-        self.tracks = []
-
-    def add_list(self, tracks):
-        self.tracks += tracks
-        LOG.info("Track list is " + str(tracks))
-
-    def play(self, repeat=False):
-        """ Start playback of playlist.
-
-        TODO: Add support for repeat
-        """
-        self.stop()
-        if len(self.tracks):
-            # play first track
-            self.mpc.loadfile(self.tracks[0])
-            # add other tracks
-            for track in self.tracks[1:]:
-                self.mpc.loadfile(track, 1)
-
-    def stop(self):
-        self.mpc.stop()
-        return True  # TODO: Return False if not playing
-
-    def pause(self):
-        if not self.mpc.paused:
-            self.mpc.pause()
-
-    def resume(self):
-        if self.mpc.paused:
-            self.mpc.pause()
-
-    def next(self):
-        self.index = self.index + 1
-        if self.index > len(self.tracks):
-            self.index = 0
-            self.play()
-
-    def previous(self):
-        self.index = self.index - 1
-        if self.index < 0:
-            self.index = 0
-            self.play()
-
-    def lower_volume(self):
-        if self.normal_volume is None:
-            self.normal_volume = self.mpc.volume
-            self.mpc.volume = self.mpc.volume / 3
-
-    def restore_volume(self):
-        if self.normal_volume:
-            self.mpc.volume = self.normal_volume
-        else:
-            self.mpc.volume = 50
-        self.normal_volume = None
-
-    def track_info(self):
-        """
-            Fetch info about current playing track.
-
-            Returns:
-                Dict with track info.
-        """
-        ret = {}
-        ret['title'] = self.mpc.get_meta_title()
-        ret['artist'] = self.mpc.get_meta_artist()
-        ret['album'] = self.mpc.get_meta_album()
-        ret['genre'] = self.mpc.get_meta_genre()
-        ret['year'] = self.mpc.get_meta_year()
-        ret['track'] = self.mpc.get_meta_track()
-        ret['comment'] = self.mpc.get_meta_comment()
-        return ret
-
-    def shutdown(self):
-        """
-            Shutdown mplayer
-
-        """
-        self.mpc.destroy()
-
-
-def load_service(base_config, emitter):
-    backends = base_config.get('backends', [])
-    services = [(b, backends[b]) for b in backends
-                if backends[b]['type'] == 'mplayer' and
-                backends[b].get("active", True)]
-    instances = [MPlayerService(s[1], emitter, s[0]) for s in services]
-    return instances