From 414b04fe3481ee3552e23190327336e972356cc0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mark Hoekveen <mark@hoekveen.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2023 19:49:02 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] mediaplayer control script

---
 .scripts/mpris.sh | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 .scripts/mpris.sh

diff --git a/.scripts/mpris.sh b/.scripts/mpris.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..6f09bf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.scripts/mpris.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+case "$1" in
+	play-pause )
+		func=PlayPause
+		;;
+	next )
+		func=Next
+		;;
+	previous )
+		func=Previous
+		;;
+	play )
+		func=Play
+		;;
+	pause )
+		func=Pause
+		;;
+	stop )
+		func=Stop
+		;;
+	* )
+		exit 3
+esac
+
+# get first mpris interface
+bus=$(dbus-send --session           \
+  --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus \
+  --type=method_call          \
+  --print-reply=literal       \
+  /org/freedesktop/DBus       \
+  org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames |
+  tr ' ' '\n' |
+  grep 'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2' |
+  head -n 1)
+
+dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=$bus /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.$func
+