MPRIS dbus command play_pause only plays, does not pause

[DhruvaSambrani]

Description
MPRIS dbus command play_pause only plays, does not pause a playing song.

To Reproduce

1. Install playerctl
2. playerctl -p spotifyd play_pause
3. Song plays
4. playerctl -p spotifyd play_pause
5. Song continues playing

Expected behavior

Song stops playing

Compilation flags

• AUR Build

Versions (please complete the following information):

• OS: Linux 5.10.70-1-MANJARO GNU/Linux
• Spotifyd: 0.3.2
• cargo: AUR Build, not used. 1.55.0

Additional context
spotifyd run via systemd
When spotify run without systemd, it does not react to any MPRIS commands

[NikitaIvanovV]

The same problem! However, I noticed that playerctl pause and playerctl play work correctly.

[pietryszak]

playerctl --player spotifyd play
playerctl --player spotifyd pause workig fine
playerctl play-pause not working for me.

[Diaoul]

I have the same issue. Let me know if there is anything I can do to help fix this.
Maybe an issue upstream with librespot as the code seems to correctly forward the instruction to the lib. I am no Rust dev so my little investigating led me here but no luck.
I can confirm it works from pause to play but not the other way around.

[Diaoul]

Actually, this may be already fixed upstream: librespot-org/librespot@392a12a

Edit: Probably fixed with #977

[pietryszak]

Actually, this may be already fixed upstream: librespot-org/librespot@392a12a

Edit: Probably fixed with #977

It's merged to spotifyd 17 minutes ago, so we need to test it.

[NikitaIvanovV]

Just tested, doesn't seem to work :(

[Diaoul]

Indeed, but I don't even see the option use-mpris from the --help anymore and playerctl -l does not show spotifyd so I think it is not even started for some reason.

[Diaoul]

Nevermind I war missing the feature flags to properly build with mpris support... Sorry for the noise. I just tested with the prebuilt binary instead as I have no idea how to activate the feature flags and the wiki is missing instructions on that.

It works fine for me! 🎉
What binary did you test this with @NikitaIvanovV ?

[NikitaIvanovV]

@Diaoul A binary from AUR package spotifyd-full-git right after d10216a was commited.

[Diaoul]

I used the prebuilt binary from the latest release on GitHub 🤷‍♂️

[NikitaIvanovV]

I tried using the prebuilt binary and it worked!

[Diaoul]

For those on Arch, the version with the fix is available as regular package and it works. This issue can be closed.

[pietryszak]

I use fedora copr spotifyd with the newest version spotifyd 0.3.3, and it's working fine.
This issue can be closed.

[DhruvaSambrani]

The uldated version works well. I am closing the issue