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MusicPlayer

Music player submodule for LyricsX.

Unified API for music players.

Supported Players

macOS

• Apple Music (iTunes)
• Spotify
• Vox
• Audirvana
• Swinsian

iOS

• Music
• Spotify (see #5)

Linux

• MPRIS (test needed) (Thanks to @suransea)

dependencies

• playerctl (could be installed by package manager)

A running GMainLoop is required to automatically update the player and playback status for MPRIS. If not, you can run one by:

GRunLoop.main.run()

or in other threads:

Thread.detachNewThread { 
    GRunLoop.main.run() 
}

Universal

• SystemMedia: System-wide Now Playing
  • macOS
  • iOS (jailbroken device only) (test needed)
  • Windows (via SMTC)
• Spotify (Web API)

Helper:

• Agent: Delegate events to another player.
• Now Playing: Automatically choose a playing player from given players.
• MPRIS Now Playing: Just like Now Playing, but automatically find available MPRIS players.
• Virtual: A virtual player that allows you to manipulate its state.
• Remote: Sync player state from other devices.

Usage

Quick Start

let player = MusicPlayers.Scriptable(name: .appleMusic)!
let track = player.currentTrack.title
if player.playbackState.isPlaying {
    player.skipToNextItem()
}

License

MusicPlayer is part of LyricsX and licensed under MPL 2.0. See the LICENSE file.