Get currently playing song from command line?
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Hi,
is there a way to get the currently playing song from the command line?
I know there is the sqlite database that I can query?
is there an sql statement that I can run to find if the player is playing or paused, and what song is playing currently?
is there another way of getting that information from the outside?sthones
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just in case anyone needs this later, here's my workaround:
STRAWBERRY_PID=$(ps -C strawberry -o pid= 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/ //g') ls -l "/proc/${STRAWBERRY_PID}/fd" | grep "<path to my music>"so I'm just getting the file descriptor of an open file in my music storage, opened by the strawberry process.
not nice, but working, at least for files (not for streaming).
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@sthones
On Linux you can use MPRIS2:
https://wiki.strawberrymusicplayer.org/wiki/Using_MPRIS2
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