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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 ​

  1. 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
  1. clone repo
sh
git clone https://github.com/aylur/astal.git
cd astal/lib/mpris
  1. 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