{"id":780,"date":"2021-10-21T09:05:57","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T09:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mklasen.com\/?p=780"},"modified":"2021-10-21T09:07:09","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T09:07:09","slug":"control-spotify-from-the-command-line-in-ubuntu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mklasen.com\/control-spotify-from-the-command-line-in-ubuntu\/","title":{"rendered":"Control Spotify from the command line in Ubuntu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I like automation, I really do. Especially when it comes down to the atmosphere. I moved to an office recently and when I walk in I want things to be in motion; In this specific case I want music to be playing already when I come in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I would love it if the lights and climate control would automatically turn on, but well &#8211; I don&#8217;t really have control over that. I do have control over my office server and the connected soundbar!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Controlling Spotify<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I had no clue that this was possible at all, but apparently it&#8217;s quite easy. When you have Spotify running on Ubuntu, the only other thing you need is qbus. Install it with: <code>sudo apt-get install qdbus-qt5<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pausing Spotify<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This neat little command does everything you wish for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify \/org\/mpris\/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Pause<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Playing a specific album\/playlist<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>We got you with this one!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><code>qdbus org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify \/org\/mpris\/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.OpenUri spotify:playlist:69vYU5GaL6K157BAlMvSCf<\/code><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So, how about these cronjobs?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>First off, I&#8217;ve put these commands in bash files, like below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mklasen.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markup-on-2021-10-21-at-110433.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"167\" src=\"https:\/\/mklasen.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markup-on-2021-10-21-at-110433-1024x167.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mklasen.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markup-on-2021-10-21-at-110433-1024x167.png 1024w, https:\/\/mklasen.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markup-on-2021-10-21-at-110433-300x49.png 300w, https:\/\/mklasen.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markup-on-2021-10-21-at-110433-768x125.png 768w, https:\/\/mklasen.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markup-on-2021-10-21-at-110433-1536x250.png 1536w, https:\/\/mklasen.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markup-on-2021-10-21-at-110433-200x33.png 200w, https:\/\/mklasen.com\/content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Markup-on-2021-10-21-at-110433.png 1992w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure these files are executable (<code>chmod +x stop-spotify.sh<\/code>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, for the cronjob part, we have the following setup (start at 8am, stop at 6pm):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>0 8 * * * \/home\/screen\/start-jazz.sh\n0 18 * * * \/home\/screen\/stop-spotify.sh<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s it!<\/strong> <strong>Happy automating!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like automation, I really do. 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