SUMMARY I'm using "mpv-mpris" to make sure I can integrate nicely with Plasma, especially "kdeconnect", so I can use my smartphone when watching movies. When pausing "mpv" (no matter where the pause came from), eventually mpv stops the video and exits without a crash, just clean and unexpected exit. Eventually, I figured out it's got something to do with mpris and kdeconnect. Uninstalling mpv-mpris prevents mpv from stopping, but I lose the integration. I decided to give mpv-mpris2 a try (another integration, totally different implementation), but I experienced the same problem. I found this reddit topic, mentioning the same problem: https://www.reddit.com/r/mpv/comments/15st1ze/mpv_closes_automatically_after_being_paused_for_a/ STEPS TO REPRODUCE 1. Install mpv, mpv-mpris & kdeconnect 2. Play a video 3. Pause the video OBSERVED RESULT At some point, the video stops and mpv exists normally, it's as if something sent a stop event. The stop event may happen immediately or later at some point (seconds/minutes). EXPECTED RESULT Pause the video and stay paused. SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS KDE Plasma Version: 6.2.5 KDE Frameworks Version: 6.10.0 Qt Version: 6.8.1 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Using VLC I get the same problem. VLC doesn't have a separate plugin (as a package) that implements MPRIS support - I believe it's builtin. However, kdeconnect stops VLC the same way it stops MPV. This means that the problem is strictly withing kdeconnect and it's MPRIS handling.