/DeskThing-GMP

GMP (Global Media Player) is a DeskThing app that locally controls playback of your selected streaming platform.

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GMP (Global Media Player)

Global media controller app for DeskThing.

How to install:

  • 1: Download the latest GMP-app-v0.x.x.zip from the releases page. Leave it zipped.
  • 2: Navigate to Apps > App Downloads, then either drag the zip file into the window or click "Drop App ZIP file here" and select the zip file.
  • 3: Click "Run local!"

Features:

  • Control media playback from Spotify (Prioriity 4 TODO): expand on this to support multiple platforms like apple music etc.
  • Get currently playing song data from media player app (Priority 2 TODO): figure out how to make this work for (maybe) Linux MPRIS browsers

Known bugs: (you shouldn't need to read these, only for devs!)

  • Currently, fetching the song data from the app is not working. FIXED!

TODO list once app is bug free:

  • 1: Make a media platform selector to select different platforms such as SoundCloud, Apple Music, etc. and make an autodetect feature for it.
  • 2: Add a bread emoji somewhere in the code just because ;)