beefweb-mpris

Adds MPRIS support to foobar2000 running in WINE on Linux by using the beefweb REST API.

Installation

Note: These are only tested on Fedora 40, but can be adapted to other distros

1. Install WINE (sudo dnf install wine)

2. Download the Foobar2000 installer and install in wine: wine foobar2000-x64_v2.1.5.exe

3. Install the beefweb plugin in foobar2000

4. Install (potential) dependencies

   • sudo dnf -y groupinstall "Development Tools"
   • sudo dnf install pipx cairo-devel pkg-config python3-pip python3-devel cmake gobject-introspection-devel cairo-gobject-devel
   • Some of these may not be needed, but all were needed for development

5. Install beefweb_mpris: pipx install git+https://github.com/ther0n/beefweb_mpris.git

   • pipx can also be installed with pip install --user pipx, installation using pipx is highly recommended unless you know what you're doing :)

6. Create a script to launch foobar2000 somewhere in your $PATH, make sure it's executable with chmod +x

   • For example ~/.local/bin/foobar2000:

    #!/bin/bash
    
    env WINEPREFIX="/home/theron/.wine" wine "/home/theron/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/foobar2000/foobar2000.exe"

7. Edit $CONFIG/beefweb_mpris/config.yaml to match your settings for beefweb in foobar2000

   -foobar2000-command should be set to the foobar2000 launch script you just created (or the one included with the AUR package)

8. Edit or create a .desktop file to launch beefweb_mpris

   • For example my ~/.local/share/applications/wine/Programs/foobar2000.desktop file:

    [Desktop Entry]
    Name=foobar2000
    Exec=beefweb_mpris
    Type=Application
    StartupNotify=true
    Comment=Play, organize and tag your music.
    Path=/home/theron/.wine/dosdevices/c:/Program Files/foobar2000
    Icon=9F8A_foobar2000.0
    StartupWMClass=foobar2000.exe
   

Old Installation (Arch Linux)

Note: These are old instructions and were only tested on Arch linux but may still be useful for someone

1. Install foobar2000: yay -S foobar2000

2. Install beefweb in foobar2000

3. Install beefweb_mpris: pip install --user git+https://github.com/ther0n/beefweb_mpris.git

4. Run beefweb_mpris on the command line

5. Edit $CONFIG/beefweb_mpris/config.yaml to match your settings for beefweb in foobar2000

   -foobar2000-command should be set to a command/script to run foobar2000

6. Create/edit a .desktop file to launch beefweb_mpris