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playerctl: skip metada to control music
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| set -euo pipefail | |
| case "${1:-}" in | |
| next) | |
| MEMBER=Next | |
| ;; | |
| previous) | |
| MEMBER=Previous | |
| ;; | |
| play) | |
| MEMBER=Play | |
| ;; | |
| pause) | |
| MEMBER=Pause | |
| ;; | |
| play-pause) | |
| MEMBER=PlayPause | |
| ;; | |
| *) | |
| echo "Usage: $0 next|previous|play|pause|play-pause" | |
| exit 1 | |
| ;; | |
| esac | |
| exec dbus-send \ | |
| --print-reply \ | |
| --dest="org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.$(playerctl -l | head -n 1)" \ | |
| /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 \ | |
| "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.$MEMBER" |
Why is line 34 required? The command seems to not work without it.
I guess that it depends on the player. I'm using this script with an old version of spotifyd. If I remove the --print-reply option, the action is not executed.
Why is line 34 required? The command seems to not work without it.
I guess that it depends on the player. I'm using this script with an old version of spotifyd. If I remove the
--print-replyoption, the action is not executed.
Yes, even for me (latest version of spotifyd) it does not work, but I was unable to understand why not printing the reply makes it not work, maybe something to do with dbus or spotifyd.
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Why is line 34 required? The command seems to not work without it.