# Media reporting on Linux broken in recent Plexamp versions

**URL:** <https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-reporting-on-linux-broken-in-recent-plexamp-versions/790252>\
**Category:** Plex Labs\
**Tags:** plexamp\
**Created:** [April 26, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-reporting-on-linux-broken-in-recent-plexamp-versions/790252 "2022-04-26T21:08:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sharp14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Sharp14](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Sharp14)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-reporting-on-linux-broken-in-recent-plexamp-versions/790252/1 "2022-04-26T21:08:52Z")

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Server Version#: 1.25.9.5721  
Player Version#: 4.2.0

In recent versions of Plexamp on Linux, currently playing music no longer appears in KDE’s media player. I believe this uses MPRIS, so I suspect this integration is broken with other desktop environments too, e.g. Gnome. Interestingly, KDE Connect will show Plexamp as a multimedia control source, with completely working playback controls, album art, etc.

This worked a few months ago, and I suspect the regression occurred in either 4.1.0 or 4.0.0.

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**Author:** ![Sharp14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Sharp14](https://forums.plex.tv/u/Sharp14)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-reporting-on-linux-broken-in-recent-plexamp-versions/790252/2 "2022-05-03T07:07:15Z")

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Looks like it’s working again. I have to imagine it was fixed in 4.2.1 but I don’t see any patch notes that indicate this.

Seek bar doesn’t work though. Didn’t in KDE Connect either.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2022, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/media-reporting-on-linux-broken-in-recent-plexamp-versions/790252/3 "2022-08-01T07:07:59Z")

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