empress is a D-Bus MPRIS daemon for controlling media players.
This tool functions as a simple command-line abstraction over the D-Bus MPRIS specification which allows for querying and controlling media players. It functions similarly to playerctl, but features more basic controls and a more complex method of tracking which player you want to control. empress uses its own D-Bus daemon to keep track of which players are currently playing (and which players have been updated the most recently), and uses this information to determine you wanted to pause Spotify rather than playing a minimized YouTube video.
This is free and open source software.
Website: github.com/ray-kast/empress
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Developer: raykast
License: GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
empress is written in Rust. Learn Rust with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| MPRIS Tools | |
|---|---|
| playerctl | MPRIS media player command-line controller |
| mpris-ctl | Minimalistic command-line interface tool for controlling audio players |
| mpv-mpris | mpv plugin to control the player using standard media keys |
| mpd-mpris | MPRIS protocol for MPD |
| mprisence | Bridges MPRIS-compatible media players |
| empress | MPRIS media controls made simple |
| mpris-scrobbler | Minimalistic user daemon |
| MPRIS MiniPlayer | Displays whatever media in a MPRIS compatible player is playing. |
| mpdris2-rs | Expose MPD playback through MPRIS2 |
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