clementine-remote-bash

Bash script for remote control of clementine music player

About Clementine Remote Bash

clementine-remote enables you to remote control Clementine from a bash terminal on the same computer clementine is running on. This is useful for automation tasks.

Installation

Prerequisites

qdbus

Debian / Ubuntu

sudo apt-get install qdbus

Usage

usage: clementine-remote-bash.sh -g <info-to-get>

OPTIONS:
  -c    command

    commands can be:
      play
      pause
      next
      prev

  -g    get info
  -h    list all commands

examples:

  clementine-remote-bash.sh -c play
  clementine-remote-bash.sh -g title
  clementine-remote-bash.sh -g status

How i use it

I use this script along with i3wm to be able to control clementine from shortcuts.

In my i3/config:

bindsym $mod+Home exec --no-startup-id clementine-remote -c prev
bindsym $mod+End exec --no-startup-id clementine-remote -c playpause
bindsym $mod+Insert exec --no-startup-id clementine-remote -c next

I also use it to display the name of the song currently playing in my i3status bar. https://github.com/Yohannfra/dotfiles/blob/master/i3/my_new_status

Useful links and background info

about dbus

Controlling Clementine from command line with DBus and MPRIS

License

clementine-remote-bash is free software, available under the GNU General Public License, Version 3.

Authors and Acknowledgments

Based on the bash script of mgafner