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Playing with dbus.
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| # qdbus lists all service names of services that are running and you can manipulate at the moment. | |
| qdbus | |
| # control dbus | |
| qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.clementine /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Next | |
| qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.clementine /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Previous | |
| # and use --literal if you need to print the reply in plain text | |
| qdbus --literal org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.clementine /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Playlists.ActivatePlaylist /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2/Playlists/20 | |
| # there are other interactive tools, like mdbus2 which provides more rich experience | |
| mdbus2 | clementine | |
| # check what happens when you exchange dbus messages with the listening mode | |
| mdbus2 --listen | |
| # or examine supported bus names for clementine | |
| mdbus2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.clementine | |
| # and then examine a specific interface that you would like | |
| mdbus2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.clementine /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 | |
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