RL_Dane,
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org avatar

My music stopped playing, the phone rang, I answered it.
After speaking for a few minutes, I hung up and the music started up again.

It took me a second to realize that the music wasn't coming from my phone, it was coming from my computer.

is groovy, y'all. It pauses your music when a phone call comes in. (MPRIS-compatible player required, of course, but even mpv on the command line can do that)

fossilite,

@RL_Dane
The Android phone as remote touchpad has come in handy several time for me, this project has come a long way for the collective benefit.

Thank you to the contributions.

a,
@a@exozy.me avatar

@RL_Dane Oh cool, I didn't know about MPRIS until now! I've always wondered why mpv doesn't show up in my system tray while VLC and Firefox do when they play audio. Turns out that I needed to install mpv-mpris.

Also, is the name MPRIS supposed to a pun on "empress" or something? Maybe someone should make a useless MPRIS plugin for uWSGI emperor servers.

RL_Dane,
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org avatar

@a

Well, it certainly is MPRISsive. 😂

jni,
@jni@fosstodon.org avatar

@RL_Dane @a this works really well with a New Zealand accent. 😃

RL_Dane,
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org avatar

@jni @a

I believe it! :D

BoydStephenSmithJr,
@BoydStephenSmithJr@hachyderm.io avatar

@RL_Dane I like sending 2FA codes from my phone to my desktop via KDE Connect (clipboard sharing).

Also nice for sending a URL from your desktop browser to someone via text.

RL_Dane,
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org avatar

@BoydStephenSmithJr

Yes! I also use it for forwarding screenshots from plasma to my phone without having to save it as a file.

I use the kdeconnect-sms feature a LOT, although I've found it to be rather finicky/flaky.

gree,
@gree@mastodon.social avatar

@RL_Dane I got so used to this, that anytime my music stops playing, I instinctively grab my phone to answer a call.

RL_Dane,
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org avatar

@gree

Ha!

guskikalola,

@RL_Dane That is pretty impressive, I only use "KDE Connect" to receive the notifications on the desktop, I feel like I'm wasting it lol

RL_Dane,
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org avatar

@guskikalola

My biggest use of it is sending text messages from the desktop.

Life changer!

stvo,
@stvo@darmstadt.social avatar

@RL_Dane it also stops videoplayback :)

RL_Dane,
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org avatar

@stvo

That's right!

paul,
@paul@soylent.green avatar

@RL_Dane wait that's super awesome, what a cool feature! I've been off in GNOME land and I'm always super interested and impressed with the other tech tree making determined and awesome progress on new stuff. I gotta try that out

RL_Dane,
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org avatar

@paul

The Android app works with Gnome, too! Check out the GSConnect extension.

paul,
@paul@soylent.green avatar

@RL_Dane oh no way! Will give that a shot, thank you!

RL_Dane,
@RL_Dane@fosstodon.org avatar

@paul

Let me know how it works for you!

hughcorner,
@hughcorner@fosstodon.org avatar

@RL_Dane @paul BTW, GSConnect is depreciated on Gnome 46. If you're using that, Valent is the successor app. At the moment, it is in alpha stage (but works just fine on my machine).

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