Media shortcuts can't control Bluetooth playback

[GranPC]

Not sure where to file this.

I tried using the media shortcuts to control the music that's playing on my phone, while nothing is playing locally, expecting it to work just like the sound indicator, but instead it just shows up a (fairly ugly) notification letting me know nothing is playing back right now.

[peteruithoven]

I don't think that will be possible. If I understand it correctly we're even working on removing phones from that list: https://github.com/elementary/wingpanel-indicator-sound/pull/104

[GranPC]

We're not removing phones from that list, we're just hiding the microphone indicators that shouldn't be appearing in the first place. See the issue at elementary/wingpanel-indicator-sound#103.

I do believe this is possible; I just have no idea which package is responsible for handling media keys. If you give me some pointers I might be able to do this myself. :)

[peteruithoven]

Alright, I believe it's a plugin for the gnome-settings-daemon: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-settings-daemon/tree/master/plugins/media-keys

[GranPC]

Great, thank you so much. I'll look into it!

[danirabbit]

I wonder if it makes sense for the sound indicator to provide a MPRIS interface for Bluetooth devices. I think that would give us media keys support and expose the device as an audio player to anything else listening to MPRIS like maybe a lyrics app or the like

[GranPC]

That seems like a very elegant solution, I hadn't thought of that.

[danirabbit]

Gonna move this issue to the sound indicator :)