Shairport-sync: DBUS MPRIS MediaPlayer2 support - i.e. play/pause and metadata via dbus

[moritzmhmk]

Hi!

Any plans on implementing dbus support?

This would allow GUIs like the Ubuntu audio menu to show Controls and Metadata for shairport sync.

It seems like a clean way of implementing the metadata access and playback control :)

@mikebrady whats your opinion on this?

[mikebrady]

Hi there. Thanks for the suggestion. I am indeed struggling to get a very basic dbus interface working. However, it will be quite a while before it is useful. I'm hoping to get a very basic one onto it in a month or so, and then it will be a question of adding functionality. It's not an issue with bus that has me struggling; it's simply that I don't have a lot of time. But it's definitely on the radar.

[moritzmhmk]

any news? Is there an alpha version one can test? ;)

[mikebrady]

No news yet, but it's still simmering away. I'm getting the hang of D-Bus. Is there any convenient documentation about what the Ubuntu audio menu expects and does, in terms of D-Bus signals?
[Update] Okay – I see you have thoughtfully already linked to the right documentation – thanks.

[moritzmhmk]

there seems to be some progress regarding dbus - anything new on mpris?

[mikebrady]

Not so far – trying to get a small Shairport Sync native suite working before looking at mpris.

[mikebrady]

A lot of work has been done – quite a functional MPRIS interface and a pretty decent native D-Bus interface. Also an MQTT interface. So, closing the issue. Thanks for your contribution. Please open a new issue if necessary.