Flirc DBUS MPRIS Daemon

flirc-mpris.service

[Unit]
Description=Control MPRIS media players with your Flirc

[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/bin/flirc_mpris.py
Restart=always

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

flirc_mpris.py

#!/usr/bin/python3

import evdev
import mpris2
from evdev import ecodes

dev = evdev.InputDevice('/dev/input/by-id/usb-flirc.tv_flirc-event-kbd')

mappings = {
    "KEY_NEXTSONG": "Next",
    "KEY_PREVIOUSSONG": "Previous",
    "KEY_PLAYPAUSE": "PlayPause",
    "KEY_PAUSE": "Pause",
    "KEY_PLAY": "Play",
    "KEY_STOP": "Stop",
}

def handle(event: evdev.KeyEvent):
    if event.keystate != evdev.KeyEvent.key_down:
        return

    try:
        uri = next(mpris2.get_players_uri())
    except StopIteration:
        print("No media player found")
        return

    method_name = mappings.get(event.keycode)
    if not method_name:
        print("No key mapping")
        return

    player = mpris2.Player(dbus_interface_info={'dbus_uri': uri})        

    print("player.{}()".format(method_name))
    method = getattr(player, method_name)
    method()


for event in dev.read_loop():
    if event.type != ecodes.EV_KEY:
        continue
    key_event = evdev.categorize(event)
    print(key_event)
    handle(key_event)

requirements.txt

evdev==1.2.0
mpris2==1.0.2