This is impossible to implement with the current MPRIS spec. When the player is not running, all we can do is start it via its desktop file. There's no way to tell it to start playing without showing its main window.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of DX Packages, which is subscribed to indicator-sound in Ubuntu. Matching subscriptions: dx-packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1087186 Title: "play" when rb is not running should not popup its window Status in Sound Menu: New Status in “indicator-sound” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: Currently the "play" button is sound indicator is inconsistent. There is a confusion between music being a background service, or a traditional app. See for example those steps: 1) (rb is not yet running) click play in indicator, rb window popup and start playing 2) close the rb window, music is still playing, so I would consider music to be a service independent from its UI (even if technically it's not true) 3) I pause the music (now I'm conceptually in the same state than when I started the session, I'm not supposed to know that rb is actually still running) 4) click "play" again, it start playing but does not popup window I think it 1) and 4) the same thing should happen. Either popup window in both cases, or don't. I personally would prefer window not poping in step 1. Related to this, taping the "play" multimedia key should have the same effect. This is https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=687831 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: indicator-sound 12.10.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-19.30-generic 3.5.7 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-19-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.6.1-0ubuntu6 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Dec 6 10:44:51 2012 InstallationDate: Installed on 2012-09-29 (67 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Beta amd64 (20120929) MarkForUpload: True SourcePackage: indicator-sound UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/indicator-sound/+bug/1087186/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages Post to : dx-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dx-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
