MediaControls: Simple media controls for Linux using playerctl
I listen to Spotify a lot, and having switched to the XFCE desktop environment recently (a post about that is coming), I find it very annoying that there is no way to control media players compatible with the MPRIS media standard (like Spotify) from a widget. (Note: If you’re using GNOME, try this extension instead: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/55/media-player-indicator/)
And that is precisely why I made MediaControls. It is a small application I wrote in Java that runs in the system tray. It uses playerctl to show you the song that is currently playing and allows you to play, pause or skip tracks when you right-click it. It is very simple, yet very useful.
Do you use Linux and want to try it out? Check out the GitHub repo: https://github.com/githubcyclist/media-controls
