[PR #424] [Linux] Fix ear detection pause/resume with playerctl fallback #396

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opened 2026-03-02 12:41:01 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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📋 Pull Request Information

Original PR: https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods/pull/424
Author: @hazzsaeedharis
Created: 1/8/2026
Status: 🔄 Open

Base: main ← Head: fix/ear-detection-playerctl-fallback

📝 Commits (1)

0d36ee1 [Linux] Fix ear detection pause/resume with playerctl fallback

📊 Changes

1 file changed (+37 additions, -8 deletions)

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📝 linux/media/mediacontroller.cpp (+37 -8)

📄 Description

Remove isActiveOutputDeviceAirPods() check from pause/resume logic as it fails on some systems where PulseAudio can't detect the Bluetooth card properly
Add playerctl as fallback when DBus MPRIS doesn't find playing media players. This fixes compatibility with browsers and players that don't register properly with DBus on certain systems
Resume logic now correctly uses playerctl if that's how media was paused

Fixes ear detection not pausing media on aarch64 Ubuntu systems.

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Release Notes

Bug Fixes
- Fixed media pause and resume functionality to work reliably on all audio devices
- Enhanced reliability of pause and resume operations with improved fallback handling

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## 📋 Pull Request Information **Original PR:** https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods/pull/424 **Author:** [@hazzsaeedharis](https://github.com/hazzsaeedharis) **Created:** 1/8/2026 **Status:** 🔄 Open **Base:** `main` ← **Head:** `fix/ear-detection-playerctl-fallback` --- ### 📝 Commits (1) - [`0d36ee1`](https://github.com/kavishdevar/librepods/commit/0d36ee1b88f510f7544d77b0241b92acf0f73bfd) [Linux] Fix ear detection pause/resume with playerctl fallback ### 📊 Changes **1 file changed** (+37 additions, -8 deletions) <details> <summary>View changed files</summary> 📝 `linux/media/mediacontroller.cpp` (+37 -8) </details> ### 📄 Description - Remove isActiveOutputDeviceAirPods() check from pause/resume logic as it fails on some systems where PulseAudio can't detect the Bluetooth card properly - Add playerctl as fallback when DBus MPRIS doesn't find playing media players. This fixes compatibility with browsers and players that don't register properly with DBus on certain systems - Resume logic now correctly uses playerctl if that's how media was paused Fixes ear detection not pausing media on aarch64 Ubuntu systems.  ## Summary by CodeRabbit ## Release Notes * **Bug Fixes** * Fixed media pause and resume functionality to work reliably on all audio devices * Enhanced reliability of pause and resume operations with improved fallback handling <sub>✏️ Tip: You can customize this high-level summary in your review settings.</sub>  --- <sub>🔄 This issue represents a GitHub Pull Request. It cannot be merged through Gitea due to API limitations.</sub>