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Mpris

signals

  • changed: emits on any state change except position change
  • player-changed: (busName: string)
  • player-closed: (busName: string)
  • player-added: (busName: string)

properties

  • players: Player[] see below
  • cacheCoverArt: boolean wether to cache track-cover-url, default: true

methods

  • getPlayer: (string) => Player returns Player that has given string in its busName

Player

signals

  • position: (position: number) this is signaled when the position is set explicitly
  • closed

properties

  • bus-name: string the dbus name that starts with org.mpris.MediaPlayer2
  • name: string stripped from busName like spotify or firefox
  • identity: string name of the player like Spotify or Mozilla Firefox
  • entry: string .desktop entry without the extension
  • trackid: string
  • track-artists: string[] list of artists
  • track-title: string
  • track-album: string
  • track-cover-url: string url to the cover art
  • cover-path: string path to the cached cover art
  • metadata: { [key: string]: unknown } metadata object, see freedesktop.org for known keys
  • play-back-status: "Playing" | "Paused" | "Stopped"
  • can-go-next: boolean
  • can-go-prev: boolean
  • can-play: boolean
  • shuffle-status: boolean | null null if unsupported by the player
  • loop-status: "None" | "Track" | "Playlist" | null null if unsupported by the player
  • volume: number -1 if unsupported by the player
  • length: number -1 if unsupported by the player
  • position: number -1 if unsupported by the player

methods

  • playPause: () => void
  • play: () => void
  • stop: () => void
  • next: () => void
  • previous: () => void
  • shuffle: () => void
  • loop: () => void

Example Widget

const mpris = await Service.import('mpris')


/** @param {import('types/service/mpris').MprisPlayer} player */
const Player = player => Widget.Button({
    onClicked: () => player.playPause(),
    child: Widget.Label().hook(player, label => {
        const { track_artists, track_title } = player;
        label.label = `${track_artists.join(', ')} - ${track_title}`;
    }),
})


const players = Widget.Box({
    children: mpris.bind('players').as(p => p.map(Player))
})

Example Media Widget

media-widget