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# 8  
Old 02-08-2017
So, do you think that there is a solution?
# 9  
Old 02-08-2017
Depends, does clementine print any status information? I can't tell.
# 10  
Old 02-08-2017
I found this script to get clementine status: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/clementine-player/uTuuZaN_taY.
But I'm not a developer, it's complicated for me Smilie
# 11  
Old 02-08-2017
Oh, that digs deep into /proc/ to figure out if clementine has an audio device open. If they're going to those desperate lengths, then no, Clementine does not print status information. But maybe we can work with that.

Code:
PID=$(pgrep -x "clementine")

[ -z "$PID" ] && exit # Skip if Clementine's not running

if ls -l /proc/$PID/fd | egrep -q 'audio|video'
then
        # clementine is playing or paused
        clementine -t
fi

This depends on the names of the device files though. If you could show what ls -l /proc/clementinepid/fd/ really looks like during playback, during pause, and when stopped, that would help.
Last edited by Corona688; 02-08-2017 at 12:34 PM..
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# 12  
Old 02-08-2017
Error message:
Code:
$ ls -l /proc/clementinepid/fd/
ls: cannot access /proc/clementinepid/fd/: No such file or directory

Searching in /proc: no file o folder naming clementine, even the program is open and running.
# 13  
Old 02-08-2017
I don't literally mean 'clementinepid'. I mean, clementine's PID. It's the number printed by 'pgrep -x clementine'.
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# 14  
Old 02-08-2017
When paused:
Code:
$ ls -l /proc/7070/fd/
total 0
lr-x------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 0 -> pipe:[452182]
l-wx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 1 -> pipe:[10435]
l-wx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 2 -> pipe:[10436]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 27 -> socket:[212703]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 3 -> anon_inode:[eventfd]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 33 -> socket:[212704]
lr-x------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 4 -> pipe:[452189]
l-wx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 5 -> pipe:[452189]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 6 -> socket:[452190]
[duns@localhost ~]$

When playing:
Code:
$ ls -l /proc/7070/fd/
total 0
lr-x------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 0 -> pipe:[452182]
l-wx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 1 -> pipe:[10435]
l-wx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 2 -> pipe:[10436]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 27 -> socket:[212703]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 3 -> anon_inode:[eventfd]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 33 -> socket:[212704]
lr-x------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 4 -> pipe:[452189]
l-wx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 5 -> pipe:[452189]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 6 -> socket:[452190]

When stopped:
Code:
$ ls -l /proc/7070/fd/
total 0
lr-x------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 0 -> pipe:[452182]
l-wx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 1 -> pipe:[10435]
l-wx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 2 -> pipe:[10436]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 27 -> socket:[212703]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 3 -> anon_inode:[eventfd]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 33 -> socket:[212704]
lr-x------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 4 -> pipe:[452189]
l-wx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 5 -> pipe:[452189]
lrwx------ 1 duns duns 64 feb  8 17:31 6 -> socket:[452190]
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