Bug 183933 - "Now Listening" plugin needs to support MPRIS GetMetadata method
Summary: "Now Listening" plugin needs to support MPRIS GetMetadata method
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kopete
Classification: Applications
Component: Now Listening Plugin (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Kopete Developers
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Reported: 2009-02-10 20:15 UTC by Stephan Sokolow
Modified: 2011-04-03 03:59 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description Stephan Sokolow 2009-02-10 20:15:28 UTC 
Version:           unknown (using 4.2.00 (KDE 4.2.0), Gentoo)
Compiler:          x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-gcc
OS:                Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.25-gentoo-r7-20080501

The Kopete "Now Listening" plugin needs to support using the MPRIS D-Bus method for retrieving metadata from any compliant player. (Look to the "Now Playing" plasmoid for an example)

The method you want to call is:
org.mpris.* /Player org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer.GetMetadata

The wildcard being the D-Bus-friendly name for the player. For example, if you've got Audacious Media Player, for example, you can test this out by running `qdbus org.mpris.audacious /Player org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer.GetMetadata`.
Comment 1 Stephan Sokolow 2009-02-10 20:16:09 UTC 
Ugh. Grammatical foul-ups due to excessive editing.
Comment 2 Richard Homonnai 2010-07-26 12:46:08 UTC 
Please support this method, both Last.fm (using the dbus plugin) and Clementine would be usable by this. Probably also others...

Voting for this bug :)
Comment 3 Bobby 2011-01-13 09:38:15 UTC 
Basing the kopete nowplaying on mpris standard seems the best way to go.
Comment 4 Lamarque V. Souza 2011-04-03 00:57:58 UTC 
Now Listening plugin supports any mpris player, you just need to set the player to "MPRIS compatible player" in the Now Listening plugin configuration window. Can I close this bug?
Comment 5 Stephan Sokolow 2011-04-03 01:05:54 UTC 
I use Pidgin these days, so could one of the other voters please quickly test this?
Comment 6 Richard Homonnai 2011-04-03 02:21:57 UTC 
Yes, it is fixed. But: There is an open bug about it: #265147
I encounter it with any MPRIS-compilant player...