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.

Usage

You can browse the Mpris reference.

CLI

astal-mpris --help

Library

JavaScript

import Mpris from "gi://AstalMpris"

const spotify = Mpris.Player.new("spotify")

if (spotify.available) print(spotify.title)

Python

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

var spotify = AstalMpris.Player.new("spotify")

if (spotify.available) print(spotify.title);

Installation

WARNING

In order for network cover art urls to be cached (spotify for example) make sure gvfs is enabled.

configuration.nix

services.gvfs.enable = true;

1. install dependencies

   Arch

   sudo pacman -Syu meson vala valadoc gvfs json-glib gobject-introspection

   Fedora

   sudo dnf install meson vala valadoc gvfs json-glib-devel gobject-introspection-devel

   Ubuntu

   sudo apt install meson valac valadoc gvfs libjson-glib-dev gobject-introspection

2. clone repo

   git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
   cd astal/lib/mpris

3. install

   meson setup build
   meson install -C build