Playerctl + Plexamp on Linux (?)

Plex Labs
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Is there a command line tool (like playerctl) which can grab the song title/artist from plexamp?

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You can use the existing Plex Companion API; if you’re on the same machine e.g. use

$ curl "http://127.0.0.1:20000/player/timeline/poll?wait=0&commandID=6006&includeMetadata=1"
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@elan said:
You can use the existing Plex Companion API; if you’re on the same machine e.g. use

$ curl "http://127.0.0.1:20000/player/timeline/poll?wait=0&commandID=6006&includeMetadata=1"

I may just be blind but is this companion API documented anywhere?

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Nowhere publicly yet, sorry.

(Also, working on getting playerctl to work with Plexamp.)

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If plexamp based on mpd why not use mpc or something like that?

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The latest 1.0.3 should work with playerctl, fwiw.

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I don’t see plexamp as a service.

dbus-send --session --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus --type=method_call --print-reply /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames returns nothing related to PlexAmp.

What does plexamp register as?

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Hey guys,

Just noticed this post, not sure if it is helpful or not, but I just left a comment over on the Plexamp loves Linux! thread with how I control PlexAmp on linux.

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That works, but it would be nice to also have DBus working so that I don’t have to have a separate set of keybinds for Plex vs other media players.

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I have 1.0.4 but I’m not having any luck with playerctl.

$ playerctl pause
Connection to player failed: No players found

(playerctl:15387): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 19:25:07.732: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed

I have the appropriate keys bound

bindsym XF86AudioPlay exec playerctl play-pause
bindsym XF86AudioPause exec playerctl pause
bindsym XF86AudioPrev exec playerctl previous
bindsym XF86AudioNext exec playerctl next

Haven’t been able to find much based on that error message , anyone have any idea?

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Sorry, I’m not familiar enough with this aspect of Linux to help out :sweat_smile: