Command-line utility for controlling media players supporting MPRIS (vlc, audacity, bmp, xmms2, spotify (partial), etc.)
mpris-ctrl simplifies common D-Bus message commands that are supported by the MPRIS D-Bus interface specification
mpris-ctrl is a standalone script, and is installed by placing it (or symlinking to) somewhere in the PATH variable.
A suggested way to download and install for all users:
sudo git clone https://github.com/swarminglogic/mpris-ctrl.git /opt/mpris-ctrl
sudo ln -s /opt/mpris-ctrl/mpris-ctrl.sh /usr/local/bin/mpris-ctrl
USAGE:
mpris-ctrl [OPTIONS]
mpris-ctrl PLAYER COMMAND [ARGUMENTS]
OPTIONS:
-h, --help Show help
-v, --version Print version information
-l, --list Lists available NAME targets
COMMANDS (ROOT):
raise Raises player window
quit Quits player
COMMANDS (PLAYER):
play Issues play command
pause Issues pause command
stop Issues stop command
play-pause Toggles between playing and pausing
next Plays next item in playlist
prev[ious] Plays previous item in playlist
status Displays the status of the player
volumeup [VALUE] Increase volume level by [VALUE].
volumedown [VALUE] Decrease volume level by [VALUE].
VALUE should be in range [0.1, 1.0].
If no [VALUE] is set then the default is 0.05
volume Get volume level.
volume [LEVEL] Set volume level.
LEVEL should be in range [0.0, 1.0]
COMMANDS (PLAYLIST):
tracks Displays tracks
add-track PATH [PLAY] Appends file PATH to playlist.
PLAY should be one of {true, false(default)}
If true: append and skip to this item in the playlist.
If false, append the item to the playlist.
Listing active and supported MPRIS player targets:
$ mpris-ctrl -l
Toggling spotify play-pause:
$ mpris-ctrl spotify play-pause
Jump to next spotify track:
$ mpris-ctrl spotify next
Append video to vlc playlist:
$ mpris-ctrl vlc add-track video.mp4
The mpris-ctrl utility is licensed under the MIT License.
See LICENSE