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MPRIS2

MPRIS2 is a specification for Linux DBus compatible music software to communicate with each other. What's Now Playing supports reading track data from MPRIS2 sources, including VLC and MIXXX (Linux builds with MPRIS2 support).

NOTE: This source does not support Oldest mix mode.

Instructions

mpris2-source-selection

  1. Open Settings from the What's Now Playing icon
  2. Select Core Settings->Source from the left-hand column
  3. Select the MPRIS2 from the list of available input sources.

mpris2-input-source

  1. Select Input Sources->MPRIS2 from the left-hand column
  2. Select from the detected MPRIS2 sources. Closing and re-opening the Settings UI will update the list.
  3. Click Save