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Esteban Knöbl
Asked: 2011-12-11 05:00:15 +0800 CST

How to integrate Audacious in the sound menu?

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I was wondering if you would know a way to integrate audacious in the sound menu, just like banshee. The plugin inside audacious to put a status icon doesn't seem to do it.

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  1. It will, but I don't know how many more months or years it will take.

    Audacious project lead said:

    I think we're just waiting for a volunteer to do it.

    Right now, IT DOES! Audacious 3.2 supports the Sound Menu.

    Screenshot of Audacious in the Sound Menu

    I contacted the developers on IRC in 2010, I reported the bug on Launchpad and upstream.

    Finally, today's Git version features a basic MPRIS 2 plugin enabled by default that works with the Ubuntu Sound Menu: http://redmine.audacious-media-player.org/issues/14#note-7

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  2. Best Answer

    You need to use Audacious 3.2 (currently in beta stage), that has the built-in support for the MPRIS 2 protocol needed for Sound Menu integration.

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  3. After looking around for a bit, I couldn't find any plugins for that functionality.

    However, the sound indicator does let you change Audacious' volume! :D (not that exciting I know).

    I would recommend getting in contact with the developers of Audacious and encouraging them to make it utilize the sound menu in Ubuntu.

    http://audacious-media-player.org/developers

    It's only a matter of time 'till it happens! :)

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  4. I started writing the plugin.

    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audacious-plugins/+bug/658001

    It correctly registers Audacious in the sound menu but the playback control buttons still don't have any effect.

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  5. You can install Audacious v3.2 beta from a PPA which works with sound menu integration out of the box. http://ubuntucafe.blogspot.com/2012/01/install-audacious-32-beta-in-ubuntu.html

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