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title: "SuperTransportManager"
description: "API documentation for SuperTransportManager"
url: https://developer.disguise.one/python-api/docs/supertransportmanager/
---

# SuperTransportManager

The base class for all transport managers in the system.

Transport managers are responsible for:

-   Receiving transport commands from a variety of sources
-   Tracking and managing current playback state
-   Updating the compositor for all Display types.

See also: [Transports Guide](/plugins/guides/transports)

Base class (inherits properties and methods): _[Resource](/python-api/docs/resource#resource)_

Subclasses: _[MultiTransportManager](/python-api/docs/multitransportmanager#multitransportmanager)_, _[TransportManager](/python-api/docs/transportmanager#transportmanager)_

## Properties

#### **brightness** : _float_

Master brightness/opacity for all composition operations performed by the transport manager.

#### **current** : _[TransportManager](/python-api/docs/transportmanager#transportmanager)_ _(Read-Only)_

Used by the GUI - access to the “current” transport manager - local, not for use by non-GUI systems.

#### **startupBrightness** : _float_

The brightness level used before receiving any brightness-related commands.

#### **startupVolume** : _float_

The volume used before receiving any volume-related commands.

#### **volume** : _float_

Master volume control for all audio output operations performed by the transport manager.