tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440902353852179849.post5030824491807973997..comments2023-08-26T08:46:13.966-06:00Comments on Linux Blog: How to use LIRC with Amarok 2, Exaile, and other media players in UbuntuSwinkyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03926678140327322943noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440902353852179849.post-41123065622279193212009-12-15T05:27:52.397-07:002009-12-15T05:27:52.397-07:00There is a LIRC plugin for Exaile available now at...There is a LIRC plugin for Exaile available now <a href="http://smorgasbord.gavagai.nl/2009/12/lirc-plugin-for-exaile/" rel="nofollow">at my blog</a>. Using the plugin instead of going the irexec route saves a bunch of forks and syscalls and makes for more predictable behaviour wrt latencies.<br />Since this is the first hit on Google for 'lirc exaile' I thought it would be a good idea to plug the plugin here.Wicher Minnaardhttp://smorgasbord.gavagai.nlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440902353852179849.post-62405159155221990072009-03-23T03:28:00.000-06:002009-03-23T03:28:00.000-06:00*tips hat**tips hat*nhnFreespirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008419035577123871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440902353852179849.post-44430687215564841302009-03-23T03:21:00.000-06:002009-03-23T03:21:00.000-06:00I have to say that the lack of customization in th...I have to say that the lack of customization in the playlist layout was my absolute biggest complaint in 2.0, so I am really glad to see it getting fixed! I'll definitely have to give 2.1 a try. Thanks again for stopping by my blog, and setting me straight with the DBus thing.Swinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03926678140327322943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440902353852179849.post-24571663801506635392009-03-23T03:10:00.000-06:002009-03-23T03:10:00.000-06:00"Though as I stated in my post, I can't say that I..."Though as I stated in my post, I can't say that I am a fan of Amarok 2 (for reasons other than my perceived lack of remote control support)"<BR/><BR/>That is fair. And I agree that 2.0.0 and still 2.0.2 is a bit rough.<BR/><BR/>We will be releasing the first beta of 2.1.0 in a few days, and this release is really miles ahead of 2.0.x in my opinion, so perhaps you will have more luck with that. You can check out some of the major work that has gone into the playlist for the new release on my blog here: http://amarok.kde.org/blog/archives/876-Playlist-Layout-Editor.htmlnhnFreespirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008419035577123871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440902353852179849.post-71029074659330923852009-03-23T03:00:00.000-06:002009-03-23T03:00:00.000-06:00Wow, thanks for the info, nhnFreespirit! In my sea...Wow, thanks for the info, nhnFreespirit! In my searches I did come across mentions of DBus, but I somehow seemed to miss anything more specific about it. I will update my post accordingly.<BR/><BR/>Though as I stated in my post, I can't say that I am a fan of Amarok 2 (for reasons other than my perceived lack of remote control support). I considered switching to Exaile for a long time, but the lack of remote support for it turned me away. Ironically, figuring out the extremely roundabout way to get remote support in Amarok 2 made me figure out how to get remote support in Exaile.<BR/><BR/>The MPRIS specification definitely looks pretty neat, and I am glad to see an effort to make a more universal remote control option for media players on Linux.Swinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03926678140327322943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440902353852179849.post-80809622905204188482009-03-23T02:29:00.000-06:002009-03-23T02:29:00.000-06:00"In 1.4, the DCOP server made things extremely eas..."In 1.4, the DCOP server made things extremely easy, but it no longer exists in Amarok 2, and so you have to get creative."<BR/><BR/>Amarok 2 uses DBus instead of DCOP. The advantage of DBus is that it is not KDE specific but used by other desktops as well. Furthermore, the Amarok 2 DBus interface follows the MPRIS specification, meaning that any script that uses DBus to control Amarok 2 will also work for other MPRIS enabled players, such as XMMS.<BR/><BR/>Other than that, using DBus is almost the same as using DCOP. Try running "qdbus org.mpris.amarok /Player" for a list of playback control functions and "qdbus org.mpris.amarok /Player Play" to start playing, for instance.<BR/><BR/>All in all the move from DCOP to DBus is a big plus, and asking on our forum, mailing list or irc channel would have pointed you to DBus and saved you ton of trouble.nhnFreespirithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18008419035577123871noreply@blogger.com