This project is now abandoned due to its redundancy

See https://github.com/f1u77y/web-media-controller#this-project-is-now-abandoned-due-to-its-redundancy

MPRIS proxy for Web Media Controller

Installation

Dependencies

• glib2
• json-glib
• Corresponding header packages for building from source if your distro uses them (eg. Debian/Ubuntu)

Building from source

$ git clone https://github.com/f1u77y/wmc-mpris.git
$ cd wmc-mpris
$ mkdir build
$ cd build
$ cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
$ make

Now you can install this with sudo make install and uninstall with cat install_manifest.txt | sudo xargs rm (both commands should be run from build/). No other actions required.

If you don't have sudo privilidges, replace the last 2 commands with the following:

cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DINSTALL_FOR_CURRENT_USER=On ..
make

And then make install won't need sudo.

Alternatively, you could build with meson (will be the only option in near future):

$ meson build --buildtype release
$ ninja -C build

And then install with sudo ninja -C build install and uninstall with sudo ninja -C build uninstall.

Packages

• AUR
• Nix Packages Collection
• Feel free to create packages for other distros and add them to this list

Usage

In addition to installing/building the web-media-controller, you will need to install this browser extension. When both the extension and this program installed, the extension will interact with it in the background and you should be able to go to one of the supported websites and be able to control it with every MPRIS client. Here are a few examples:

• playerctl
• Default Plasma player widget
• playbar2
• GNOME Shell extension
• Many other tools (just search for "<my DE/statusbar/etc> mpris widget")

Some of these tools supports controlling the player via media keys, which is the initial goal of the project.