fix: read MPRIS PlaybackStatus without introspection - #22
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Chromium serves an empty Introspect document, so the metaobject QDBusInterface builds from it carries no properties and property() returns an invalid QVariant for a browser that is plainly playing. Ear detection then skipped it, leaving browsers running with a pod out.
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe media daemon adds a shared D-Bus helper for retrieving MPRIS ChangesPlayback status handling
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In `@daemon/media/playerstatuswatcher.cpp`:
- Around line 55-67: Update updateStatus() to obtain the playback status through
playbackStatusOf(m_playerService) instead of
m_iface->property("PlaybackStatus"), while preserving the existing empty-status
guard.
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| QString PlayerStatusWatcher::playbackStatusOf(const QString &playerService) | ||
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| QDBusConnection bus = QDBusConnection::sessionBus(); | ||
| if (playerService.isEmpty()) return QString(); | ||
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| QDBusInterface props(playerService, "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2", | ||
| "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties", QDBusConnection::sessionBus()); | ||
| if (!props.isValid()) return QString(); | ||
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| QDBusReply<QVariant> reply = props.call("Get", "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player", "PlaybackStatus"); | ||
| if (!reply.isValid()) return QString(); | ||
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rg -n -C 3 'property\("PlaybackStatus"\)|playbackStatusOf|updateStatus\(' daemon/mediaRepository: thisisgm/omarchy-pods
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- playerstatuswatcher.cpp ---'
cat -n daemon/media/playerstatuswatcher.cpp
printf '%s\n' '--- playerstatuswatcher.h ---'
cat -n daemon/media/playerstatuswatcher.h
printf '%s\n' '--- relevant callers and signal wiring ---'
rg -n -C 5 'PlayerStatusWatcher|onPropertiesChanged|playbackStatusChanged|updateStatus|property\(' daemon/mediaRepository: thisisgm/omarchy-pods
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#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail
python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path
import re
path = Path("daemon/media/playerstatuswatcher.cpp")
src = path.read_text()
checks = {
"constructor calls updateStatus": re.search(
r"PlayerStatusWatcher::PlayerStatusWatcher\b.*?\{.*?\bupdateStatus\s*\(\s*\)\s*;",
src, re.S,
),
"updateStatus reads the metadata-backed property": re.search(
r"void\s+PlayerStatusWatcher::updateStatus\s*\(\s*\)\s*\{.*?"
r"\bm_iface\s*->\s*property\s*\(\s*\"PlaybackStatus\"\s*\)",
src, re.S,
),
"playbackStatusOf performs Properties.Get": re.search(
r"QString\s+PlayerStatusWatcher::playbackStatusOf\b.*?"
r"\bprops\s*\.\s*call\s*\(\s*\"Get\"\s*,\s*"
r"\"org\.mpris\.MediaPlayer2\.Player\"\s*,\s*\"PlaybackStatus\"",
src, re.S,
),
"service-owner reappearance calls updateStatus": re.search(
r"onServiceOwnerChanged\b.*?newOwner\.isEmpty\s*\(\s*\).*?"
r"else\s+if.*?\bupdateStatus\s*\(\s*\)\s*;",
src, re.S,
),
}
for name, match in checks.items():
print(f"{name}: {'present' if match else 'absent'}")
update = re.search(
r"void\s+PlayerStatusWatcher::updateStatus\s*\(\s*\)\s*\{(.*?)\n\}",
src, re.S,
)
if update:
print("--- updateStatus body ---")
print(update.group(1).strip())
helper = re.search(
r"QString\s+PlayerStatusWatcher::playbackStatusOf\s*\([^)]*\)\s*\{(.*?)\n\}",
src, re.S,
)
if helper:
print("--- playbackStatusOf body ---")
print(helper.group(1).strip())
PYRepository: thisisgm/omarchy-pods
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Use playbackStatusOf() in updateStatus().
updateStatus() still calls m_iface->property("PlaybackStatus"). The constructor and service reappearance path invoke this method. Players with empty introspection metadata therefore do not report their initial status. Replace the read with playbackStatusOf(m_playerService) and keep the empty-status guard.
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In `@daemon/media/playerstatuswatcher.cpp` around lines 55 - 67, Update
updateStatus() to obtain the playback status through
playbackStatusOf(m_playerService) instead of
m_iface->property("PlaybackStatus"), while preserving the existing empty-status
guard.
Measured on minipc with Qt 6.11: QDBusInterface::isValid() tracks whether the service exists, not what it introspects, returning 1 even for an interface the target never declares. getPlayingMediaPlayers no longer reads the property through that object, so its construction was a blocking Introspect round trip per service per poll guarding nothing. The empty-service check guarded a state no caller produces, and an empty name yields the same empty return anyway.
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What goes wrong
Ear detection is set to pause when one pod is removed (
earDetection/setting=0) and it works for Spotify, but a video playing in Chromium keeps going. It only stops when both pods come out, and that is not the pause path at all:removeAudioOutputDevice()sets the card profile tooff, the sink disappears, and Chromium stops itself.Why
Chromium answers
Introspectwith an empty document:QDBusInterfacebuilds its metaobject from that document, so for Chromium it carries no properties andproperty("PlaybackStatus")returns an invalid QVariant while the player is plainly Playing.MediaController::pause()andPlayerStatusWatcher::getCurrentPlaybackStatus()both read the status that way, so Chromium is skipped in the pause loop, and with Chromium as the only playergetCurrentMediaState()never returns Playing, sohandleEarDetection()does not even reachpause().Spotify ships a normal introspection document, which is why it was never affected.
Standalone reproduction, no AirPods needed:
repro.cpp
With a video playing in Chromium:
The fix
Read the property with a direct
org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get, which needs no introspection, and route the three status reads through it. Method calls were never affected, becausecall("Pause")goes out as a message without consulting the metaobject, sopause()andplay()are otherwise unchanged.What I ran
Arch Linux, Qt 6.11.1, PipeWire with WirePlumber, Chromium on Wayland, AirPods Pro 3 (A3047).
Before, unpatched daemon with
QT_LOGGING_RULES="openpods.debug=true", one pod removed while Chromium was playing:No
Pausing playback for ear detectionand noPaused playback for. The video kept playing.After, same hardware and same gesture:
Resume on reinsert works now too, which it never did for Chromium, since nothing was being recorded in
pausedByAppServices.ctest --test-dir build: 100% tests passed, 18 out of 18.On a failing test case
I could not add one to the suite.
openpods_add_testlinks onlyQt6::TestandQt6::Core, so a case that stands up a D-Bus service cannot run there, and the defect sits inmediacontroller.cppandplayerstatuswatcher.cpp, which CONTRIBUTING.md notes have no direct tests for exactly that reason. The program above is the deterministic reproduction instead. It goes fromproperty()=[]to agreeing withProperties.Geton any machine with Chromium running.Upstream
librepods carries the same code and the same defect, so I have sent the equivalent patch there as well, librepods-org/librepods#741. Worth noting its Rust rewrite already reads the property with
Properties::get, so this only ever affected the Qt tree.Summary by CodeRabbit