Mpris
Library and CLI tool for interacting and monitoring media players exposing an mpris interface through dbus.
An alternative for playerctl that better integrates with astal.
Installation
- install dependencies
sh
sudo pacman -Syu meson vala json-glib gobject-introspection
sh
sudo dnf install meson gcc valac json-glib-devel gobject-introspection-devel
sh
sudo apt install meson valac libjson-glib-dev gobject-introspection
- clone repo
sh
git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
cd astal/lib/mpris
- install
sh
meson setup build
meson install -C build
TIP
Most distros recommend manual installs in /usr/local
, which is what meson
defaults to. If you want to install to /usr
instead which most package managers do, set the prefix
option:
sh
meson setup --prefix /usr build
Usage
You can browse the Mpris reference.
CLI
sh
astal-mpris --help
Library
js
import Mpris from "gi://AstalMpris"
const spotify = Mpris.Player.new("spotify")
if (spotify.available)
print(spotify.title)
py
from gi.repository import AstalMpris as Mpris
spotify = Mpris.Player.new("spotify")
if spotify.get_available():
print(spotify.get_title())
lua
local Mpris = require("lgi").require("AstalMpris")
local spotify = Mpris.Player.new("spotify")
if spotify.available then
print(spotify.title)
end
vala
// Not yet documented