Media Controls

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Control your media players from your panel. Works with players that uses MPRIS2 protocol.

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Media Controls

Adds multimedia controls to your Cinnamon panels.

Inspired by Gnome Shell's Media Controls by Sakith B. extension.

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About the Author

RBFraphael - Fullstack web developer with years of experience in PHP & JavaScript. Wanted such feature on Cinnamon for a long time, but never found a good alternative. After some thinking (and some help from AI LLMs), he build its first Cinnamon Applet: Media Controls.

About the Extension

  • It shows all running players that works with MPRIS2 protocol
  • You can toggle the active player by clicking at the appet on your panel
  • Fits well on top and bottom panels
  • Inspired by Gnome Shell's Media Controls by Sakith B. extension.
  • Used a lot the original sound@cinnamon.org applet as reference
  • Created for a personal wanting, with help from Google Gemini and OpenAI ChatGPT

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Mango2000
Mango2000-3 weeks ago
Thank you for this great Applet! Just one thing bothers me. It's how much space the track info text uses in the taskbar. If we only had an option to disable the track info and keep the buttons. I was looking for an Applet with only Media buttons, but there is none.
Andre Eidler
Andre Eidler-1 month ago
Mandou bem demais, Raphael! Muito obrigado!
CaioTechLabs
CaioTechLabs-1 month ago
Muito legal Raphael, uma extensão assim separada do applet de SOM padrão do Cinnamon era justamente o que eu queria. Parabéns pelo trabalho.