MPRIS is not registered anymore

[dgalli1]

In the newest Version the custom mpris controller doesn't seem to work anymore.
Which has the effect that Song Thumbnail will not be displayed on Linux anymore.

[aacebedo]

I confirm. MPRIS not working on 1.18.0. Was working on 1.17.0
Wrong behavior can be seen using playerctl, player is found but an error about unsupported command is thrown.

[dgalli1]

Issue probably lies in this unmaintained dependency:
dbusjs/node-dbus-next#111

[aacebedo]

Is this bug acknowledged? My distro package has been updated and mpris control is now broken :(

[aacebedo]

I solved the issue by deactivating the shortcuts

[dgalli1]

It randomly started working again for me on arch linux 1.18.

Anyone still got this issue or can this be closed?

[aacebedo]

I don't think so. The artwork is not working and it means the shortcut functionality is not working completely.

[dgalli1]

That's what I mean i could enable shortcuts again. And everything seems to work now for me. (electron19)

[Scridgeon]

I never had shortcuts enabled and MPRIS never worked. I'm using the 1.19 deb.

[Araxeus]

[dgalli1] Issue probably lies in this unmaintained dependency: dbusjs/node-dbus-next#111

to be fair, we are using mpris-service, which is a different package which is even more unmaintained:
https://github.com/dbusjs/mpris-service/blob/81665c48ec8912aee210407e60d4b3bc114894b3/package.json#L30

Even the dbus-next version there isn't the latest… 😂

Since I can't find any other dbus mpris implementations, the only solution that I can see would be to downgrade to electron<20
which isn't going to happen just for this

[Scridgeon] I never had shortcuts enabled and MPRIS never worked. I'm using the 1.19 deb.

Did you try enabling it?

[dgalli1]

error time=1674255652.135471 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.139687 error_name=org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown reply_serial=15 string "The name org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.youtube-music was not provided by any .service files" method call time=1674255652.135501 sender=:1.139687 -> destination=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=16 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=GetNameOwner string "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.youtube-music" method return time=1674255652.135503 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.139687 serial=17 reply_serial=16 string ":1.129562" method call time=1674255652.135530 sender=:1.139687 -> destination=:1.129562 serial=17 path=/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties; member=GetAll string "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player" error time=1674255652.135894 sender=:1.129562 -> destination=:1.139687 error_name=com.github.dbus_next.ServiceError reply_serial=17 string "Service error: The service threw an error. TypeError: DBusError is not a constructor at PlayerInterface.LoopStatus (/usr/lib/youtube-music/app.asar/node_modules/mpris-service/src/interfaces/player.js:118:13) at handleGetAllProperties (/usr/lib/youtube-music/app.asar/node_modules/dbus-next/lib/service/handlers.js:125:22) at handleStdIfaces (/usr/lib/youtube-music/app.asar/node_modules/dbus-next/lib/service/handlers.js:240:7) at handleMessage (/usr/lib/youtube-music/app.asar/node_modules/dbus-next/lib/service/handlers.js:280:7) at handleMessage (/usr/lib/youtube-music/app.asar/node_modules/dbus-next/lib/bus.js:136:21) at EventEmitter.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/youtube-music/app.asar/node_modules/dbus-next/lib/bus.js:151:9) at EventEmitter.emit (node:events:527:28) at /usr/lib/youtube-music/app.asar/node_modules/dbus-next/lib/connection.js:116:14 at Socket.<anonymous> (/usr/lib/youtube-music/app.asar/node_modules/dbus-next/lib/message.js:63:9) at Socket.emit (node:events:527:28)" method call time=1674255652.135971 sender=:1.139687 -> destination=org.freedesktop.DBus serial=18 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=RemoveMatch string "type='signal',sender='org.freedesktop.DBus',interface='org.freedesktop.DBus',member='NameOwnerChanged',path='/org/freedesktop/DBus',arg0='org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.youtube-music'" method return time=1674255652.135973 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.139687 serial=18 reply_serial=18 signal time=1674255652.136115 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=:1.139687 serial=247 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameLost string ":1.139687" signal time=1674255652.136118 sender=org.freedesktop.DBus -> destination=(null destination) serial=69779 path=/org/freedesktop/DBus; interface=org.freedesktop.DBus; member=NameOwnerChanged

It's really wierd with playerctl im getting this error but KDE seems to be able to control it without any issue. But yes issue is definitly in the dbus implementation.

btw somebody created a fork for newer node versions https://www.npmjs.com/package/@quadratclown/dbus-next

[amplexus]

I raised a dbusjs/mpris-service#52 to fix this. Tested locally (Ubuntu 22.10) with playerctl and youtube-music (built from source) and works for me.

See also #971

[JellyBrick]

Duplicate of #971