topic Getting the position via DBUS in Linux in Content Questions

Getting the position via DBUS in Linux

philjackson — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:36:50 GMT

Hey,

Would it be possible for the devs to implement string:'Position' on the DBUS interface? At the moment it returns "int64 0" no matter the current position.

Full example from the CLI:

dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Position'

Thanks,

Phil

Re: Getting the position via DBUS in Linux

Ivan — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 12:54:29 GMT

Hey there @philjackson,

Thanks for searching for the answer you need here!

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Re: Getting the position via DBUS in Linux

secu2 — Sun, 17 Jan 2021 16:43:35 GMT

I can confirm this, dbus/mpris support is only partially implemented.
For example Volume is always 0, LoopStatus is always "None", Shuffle is always false
As a workaround I currently use spotifyd which has better support