playerctl Command Examples

Control media players via MPRIS. More information: https://github.com/altdesktop/playerctl.

• Toggle play:

playerctl play-pause

• Skip to the next track:

playerctl next

• Go back to the previous track:

playerctl previous

• List all players:

playerctl --list-all

• Send a command to a specific player:

playerctl --player {{player_name}} {{play-pause|next|previous|...}}

• Send a command to all players:

playerctl --all-players {{play-pause|next|previous|...}}

• Display metadata about the current track:

playerctl metadata --format "{{Now playing: \{\{artist\}\} - \{\{album\}\} - \{\{title\}\}}}"