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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 24 for Linux => Topic started by: zeltak on September 24, 2018, 02:35:31 am
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Hi
i was wondering since there doesn't seem to be any MPRIS support can one somehow query the server to pipe out text of the current playing track/artist/album?
This could be useful to pipe out to a panel bar plasmoid/widget to show current playing info
best
Z
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On the Devzone page (link at the bottom) take a look at MCWS.
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Shameless plug....
https://store.kde.org/p/1194975/
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haha :) thats what gave me the idea :D :D
i love you plasma and I love kde which ive been using for past 10 years..BUT..there is a nasty bug in the last few weeks where if im connected to a TB dock (which i am 90% of the day at work and home) kde isnt usable since all cpu cores are at 99%.. :( :(
so until i can figure this out im banned to gnome :D
still would be cool at least im back at kde (and for sure use your plasmoid!) to get a track/artist line on the gnome bar
im not really a programmer, could you give me some hints ;-)
best and thx for the awesome plasmoid!
Z
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Short of real MPRIS support, you can try using system notifications by modifying my old notifier script to use the current MC version numbers:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,99309.msg688480.html#msg688480
I tested and it still worked as of a few months ago.
You could also try building it into a conky display as shown here, which works on a similar principle:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,98285.msg679598.html#msg679598
These are both "rough" solutions, but should work in a basic way.