Bug 474267 - Multimedia control doesn't work
Summary: Multimedia control doesn't work
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: neon
Classification: KDE Neon
Component: Packages Unstable Edition (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Neon Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Neon Bugs
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Keywords: qt6
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Reported: 2023-09-07 17:35 UTC by Paolo Zamponi
Modified: 2023-09-13 23:50 UTC (History)
8 users (show)

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Description Paolo Zamponi 2023-09-07 17:35:23 UTC 
SUMMARY
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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Run an application which can reproduce a multimedia content;
2. Hover over its icon in the task bar;
3. Multimedia control shows up.

OBSERVED RESULT
Multimedia control (except for volume) doesn't work.

EXPECTED RESULT
It should works.

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon Unstable Edition
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.80
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.240.0
Qt Version: 6.6.0
Kernel Version: 5.15.0-83-generic (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Comment 1 Nate Graham 2023-09-08 16:27:15 UTC 
Just tried this with Elisa and all the buttons and the volume slider seem to work for me.

Which apps can you reproduce this with? Are there any apps that do work?
Comment 2 Paolo Zamponi 2023-09-08 17:18:18 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #1)
> Just tried this with Elisa and all the buttons and the volume slider seem to
> work for me.
> 
> Which apps can you reproduce this with? Are there any apps that do work?

I tried with Clementine and Firefox (on Youtube)... Elisa can't be started. I hadn't found any app which works fine with the control on Neon. 

But everything works as expected on OpenMandriva Cooker.
Comment 3 Nate Graham 2023-09-08 18:02:39 UTC 
How about VLC installed from the distro repos via apt (not Discover or from Flatpak)? I wonder if this is an issue that's only affecting Flatpak or Snap apps.
Comment 4 Paolo Zamponi 2023-09-08 18:54:59 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #3)
> How about VLC installed from the distro repos via apt (not Discover or from
> Flatpak)? I wonder if this is an issue that's only affecting Flatpak or Snap
> apps.

I generally use Muon here. Tried from konsole installing VLC, but nothing has changed.
Comment 5 Nate Graham 2023-09-11 16:33:06 UTC 
Can you run `journalctl -f` in a terminal window and see if anything is printed to there when you click the buttons that don't work?
Comment 6 Paolo Zamponi 2023-09-11 19:15:56 UTC 
(In reply to Nate Graham from comment #5)
> Can you run `journalctl -f` in a terminal window and see if anything is
> printed to there when you click the buttons that don't work?

Unfortunately nothing has been printed.
Comment 7 Paolo Zamponi 2023-09-11 20:31:05 UTC 
If I right click on the Multimedia widget in the system tray I get:

plasmashell	KPackageStructure of KPluginMetaData(pluginId:"org.kde.kdeconnect", fileName: "/usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.kdeconnect/metadata.json") does not match requested format "Plasma/Applet"

Could this be relevant?
Comment 8 Nate Graham 2023-09-12 17:19:23 UTC 
Let's ask the expert! CCing Alexander.
Comment 9 Alexander Lohnau 2023-09-12 17:52:47 UTC 
That means that the kdeconnect plasmoid could not be loaded. It should not affect other components.
Comment 10 Patrick Silva 2023-09-13 19:44:06 UTC 
Fixed on my neon unstable after today's updates.
Comment 11 Paolo Zamponi 2023-09-13 21:55:26 UTC 
(In reply to Patrick Silva from comment #10)
> Fixed on my neon unstable after today's updates.

The same is for me, now!
Should we close this issue?
Comment 12 Nate Graham 2023-09-13 23:50:06 UTC 
Yup. I suspect this was fixed by https://invent.kde.org/neon/kde/plasma-workspace/-/commit/ba1707be286555afd995e559601579e041a8e566.