[Linux][Flatpak] OS Media Controls not working

[jojommeke]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

Current Behavior

if i open spotube 3.7.1 the icon tray works now, big thanks btw but archlinux + kde (steamos) doesn't detect the media, i can't use my play/pause or skip key, just my system doesn't detect it as media, i am using flatpak version

Expected Behavior

media shows up in tray, is detected by the system and media control keys work

Steps to reproduce

1. opened the app
2. play music
3. no media control

Operating System

          .,,,,.                  deck@steamdeck          .,'onNMMMMMNNnn',.            --------------       .'oNMANKMMMMMMMMMMMNNn'.         OS: SteamOS Holo x86_64     .'ANMMMMMMMXKNNWWWPFFWNNMNn.       Host: Jupiter 1    ;NNMMMMMMMMMMNWW'' ,.., 'WMMM,      Kernel: 6.1.52-valve16-1-neptune-61   ;NMMMMV+##+VNWWW' .+;'':+, 'WMW,     Uptime: 1 day, 6 hours, 16 mins  ,VNNWP+######+WW,  +:    :+, +MMM,    Packages: 1094 (pacman), 42 (flatpak)  '+#############,   +.    ,+' +NMMM    Shell: bash 5.1.16    '*#########*'     '*,,*' .+NMMMM.   Resolution: 1280x800, 1920x1080       `'*###*'          ,.,;###+WNM,   DE: Plasma 5.27.5           .,;;,      .;##########+W    WM: KWin  ,',.         ';  ,+##############'    WM Theme: Sweet-Dark   '###+. :,. .,; ,###############'     Theme: [Plasma], Space-dark [GTK2/3]    '####.. `'' .,###############'      Icons: breeze-dark [Plasma], breeze-dark [GTK2/3]      '#####+++################'        Terminal: konsole        '*##################*'          CPU: AMD Custom APU 0405 (8) @ 2.800GHz           ''*##########*''             GPU: AMD ATI AMD Custom GPU 0405                ''''''                  Memory: 10093MiB / 14814MiB 

Spotube version

3.7.1

Installation source

Flathub (Flatpak)

Additional information

No response

Self grab

• I'm ready to work on this issue! (i would really like to help but im not familiar with dart )

[bayang]

same here on manjaro with spotube flatpak 3.7.1.
It seems that MPRIS is broken or not working.

So media keys do not work, neither do external devices (bluetooth, usb , headsets etc...)

For example I often use playerctl to see what devices are up, but with spotube 3.7.1 I get this :

> playerctl -l
No players found

[forteller]

Same issue in Nobara (based on Fedora).

Thanks for a great app!

[diegopvlk]

Seems to work if you change the session bus
org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Spotube.* to org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.com.krtirtho.Spotube.*
(use flatseal or something similar)

[forteller]

Thanks for the workaround! It works! Hope this can be implemented in the app :)

[KRTirtho]

@diegopvlk when you're free can you update this permission in the flathub/com.github.KRTirtho.Spotube repo please?

[arnavpadwal]

Fixed the same issue on arch (kde), thanks @diegopvlk for workaround!

[C-512L]

@diegopvlk when you're free can you update this permission in the flathub/com.github.KRTirtho.Spotube repo please?

Is this a good resolution? According to the MPRIS spec and D-BUS spec names should only contain ASCII characters '[A-Z][a-z][0-9]_-' and in case of MPRIS dots should only be used for handling multiple instances (which Spotube doesn't do). The examples shown don't use reverse dns names either because of that so I think this could be a spec violation and/or undefined behavior.

[KRTirtho]

@C-512L that makes sense. I realized that the underlying plugin didn't require a separate specification for Linux instead it continued using android's notification channel name. Changing that com.krtirtho.Spotube to just spotube fixed the issue.