Linux: Spotify Screensaver D-Bus Script update

Following on from my previous post about a script to Pause and Play tracks on spotify based on the status of the screensaver as reported by D-Bus on a Linux Desktop, here's an update: With the latest versions of Spotify on Linux (e.g: 0.6.1.309.gb871a7d0, 0.…

Linux: Spotify Track Notifier with added D-Bus love

I've recently updated the spotify notifier example I'd previously posted as an example along with my spotify screensaver script. First, I made an update to have it listen to the PropertiesChanged signal. Annoyingly for some unknown reason this signal isn't visible in D-feet which had led to the erroneous assumption…

Ubuntu: Lock Screen and Pause Spotify

When I used a mac I had a shonky little applescript to pause iTunes when I locked the screen. These days I mostly listen to Spotify (running under wine) on Ubuntu which of course doesn't have applescript. What I wanted was a similar script so I can hit a keystroke…