Bug 428204

Summary:	Media Controls like KDE Connect offers it (Media Control Center)
Product:	[Unmaintained] plasma-pa	Reporter:	postix <postix>
Component:	applet	Assignee:	David Rosca <nowrep>
Status:	RESOLVED NOT A BUG
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	kde, nate, plasma-bugs-null, postix
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Other
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Description postix 2020-10-24 22:12:23 UTC

If you play a video/podcast/music with a media player such as VLC or in your web browser, there are three ways to control the playback:

1) In the app itself
2) Via the app icon popup
3) Via KDEConnect

The latter is actually quiet convenient, because it summarizes the controls for any playback at single location, which makes it easy to use.
There's no more need to find the right icon of the app, to hover over it or to pen it.

It would thus be great if the plasma-pa applet would become kind of a control center, i.e. it would offer additional controls for start/pause for the audio/video streams and make use of the KDEConnect infrastructure.

Comment 1 Nate Graham 2020-10-24 22:33:47 UTC

I've toyed with this idea in my mind myself. The idea would be that we essentially merge the Audio Volume and Media Player applets into a single Audio & Media applet.

Comment 2 David Edmundson 2020-10-25 00:23:42 UTC

Postix's request is for just the existing media player applet which already exists.

Given it wasn't referenced it seems he's unaware it exists. Which is odd given it autoloads.

Please confirm it's enabled in the system tray or explain why it doesn't suffice.

Comment 3 postix 2020-10-25 10:53:19 UTC

> I've toyed with this idea in my mind myself. The idea would be that we
> essentially merge the Audio Volume and Media Player applets 
> into a single Audio & Media applet.

That's interesting too, but David was right in this case:

(In reply to David Edmundson from comment #2)
> Postix's request is for just the existing media player applet which already
> exists.

Yes

> 
> Given it wasn't referenced it seems he's unaware it exists. Which is odd
> given it autoloads.
> 

I was indeed not aware that it exists and somehow always overlooked it. :-O

> Please confirm it's enabled in the system tray or explain why it doesn't
> suffice.


Interestingly it doesn't need to be put into the panel to show up itself once a stream started.

I feel like it's sufficient and I am sorry for the noise. ;)