Bug 504361 - Report the app that is playing audio via MPRIS
Summary: Report the app that is playing audio via MPRIS
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kdeconnect
Classification: Applications
Component: common (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Other Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Albert Vaca Cintora
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Reported: 2025-05-16 21:31 UTC by ungive
Modified: 2025-05-16 21:31 UTC (History)
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Description ungive 2025-05-16 21:31:20 UTC 
SUMMARY
kdeconnect does not report the name of the app that is playing music via MPRIS. It would be useful to know the android app name (or ios app name) of the app that is playing music, so apps on the desktop can use that information

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Connect to KDE Connect with your phone and play music.
2. Enter `playerctl -p kdeconnect metadata`
3. Observe it does not report any field that says what app is playing the music.

OBSERVED RESULT
It doesn't report anything of the sort.

EXPECTED RESULT
A field that contains the Android/iOS app's bundle ID. A custom field would make sense for this with a custom prefix, see https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/mpris-spec/metadata

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
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macOS: 
(available in the Info Center app, or by running `kinfo` in a terminal window)
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Not sure why the issue template only speaks of bug reports, when https://kdeconnect.kde.org/users.html says feature requests should be made here:
> You can file bugs and new feature requests on our Bugzilla.