https://wiki.videolan.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=LausbubVideoLAN Wiki - User contributions [en]2026-11-04T21:14:12ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.43.11https://wiki.videolan.org/index.php?title=DBus-usage&diff=23171DBus-usage2012-09-13T13:19:01Z<p>Lausbub: </p>
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<div>The following is a usage example of how to control VLC though DBUS, by simple using dbus-send.<br />
This bash script toggles between Play/Pause:<br />
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Stopped -> Play<br />
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Playing -> Pause<br />
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Pause -> Play<br />
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#!/bin/bash<br />
if [ -z `dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=org.mpris.vlc /Player org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer.GetStatus | grep "int32 2"` ]; then<br />
dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=org.mpris.vlc /Player org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer.Pause<br />
else<br />
dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=org.mpris.vlc /Player org.freedesktop.MediaPlayer.Play<br />
fi<br />
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If you have qt-dbus (or libqt4-dev) installed, you can also use qdbus to toggle between Play/Pause<br />
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#!/bin/bash<br />
qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.vlc /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PlayPause<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[DBus-spec]]</div>Lausbub