dmenu_media

#!/bin/bash
#based on Exic player-control gist:
#    https://gist.github.com/exic/1d051e3a15f61e06caf4
#
#Needs DBUS and a media player (VLC) to work

name=`dbus-send --session --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus --type=method_call --print-reply /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames | grep mpris | cut -d '"' -f 2`
PATHS="$name /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2"
DBUS_SEND="dbus-send --type=method_call --dest=$PATHS"
RC="$DBUS_SEND org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player"

if [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
	if [ $1 == '--playpause' ]; then
		$RC.PlayPause
		exit 0
	fi

	if [ $1 == '--stop' ]; then
		$RC.Stop
		set_volume $vol
		exit 0
	fi

	if [ $1 == '--previous' ]; then
		$RC.Previous
		exit 0
	fi

	if [ $1 == '--next' ]; then
		$RC.Next
		exit 0
	fi
fi

media_menu() {
	name=`dbus-send --session --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus --type=method_call --print-reply /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames | grep mpris | cut -d '"' -f 2`
	title=`dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=$name /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Metadata' | grep -A 1 title | grep variant | cut -d '"' -f2`
	if [ ${#title} -gt 50 ]; then
		title=`echo "$title" | cut -c 1-47`
		title="$title..."
	fi
	{ echo " |<< "; echo " [>|| "; echo " [] "; echo " >>| "; } | dmenu -p "$title" -s -d 1 -l 0 $menu_params
}
export -f media_menu
export menu_params="$@"

stdbuf -oL bash -c 'media_menu' | while read -r command; do
	if [ "$command" = "|<<" ]; then
		$RC.Previous
	elif [ "$command" = "[>||" ]; then
		$RC.PlayPause
	elif [ "$command" = ">>|" ]; then
		$RC.Next
	elif [ "$command" = "[]" ]; then
		$RC.Stop
	fi
done

exit 1