pulseaudo-dlna with argos

readme.md

Why?

I got annoyed by having to start pulseaudo-dlna always with the terminal.

Installation

Just use that file in ~/.config/argos/pulseaudo.5s.sh and run chmod +x ~/.config/argos/pulseaudo.5s.sh to make it executable. Install argos, the better bitbar alternative from here: https://github.com/p-e-w/argos You might need to install pulseaudio-dlna before that.

Result

You can stream your audio to many devices, even if they don't support chromecast. I have a delay, but that doesn't matter with music. The script offers a start, stop and settings option and shows whether it's running or not.

pulseaudio.5s.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
if pgrep -x "pulseaudio-dlna" >/dev/null
then
    echo ":musical_note: <span color='green'>running</span>"
else
    echo ":musical_note: <span color='red'>stopped</span>"
fi
echo "---"
echo "Start | bash='pulseaudio-dlna --auto-reconnect' iconName=media-playback-start terminal=false color=green"
echo "Stop | bash='pkill pulseaudio-dlna' iconName=media-playback-stop terminal=false color=red"
echo "Sound | bash='gnome-control-center sound' iconName='emblem-system' terminal=false"

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