https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=429542
Bug ID: 429542
Summary: Media player applet shows even applications that don't
play media
Product: plasmashell
Version: master
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: minor
Priority: NOR
Component: Media Player
Assignee: k...@privat.broulik.de
Reporter: win...@seznam.cz
CC: plasma-b...@kde.org
Target Milestone: 1.0
SUMMARY
The Media player applet shows multimedia controls for applications that are not
media players. In my case Element, an instant messenger client. Since the
client is based on Electron and uses notification sounds, I suspect that the
Media player applet notices this and reacts.
Media player applet then shows playback as paused. Clicking on it's buttons
(back, pause/play, forward) doesn't do anything.
STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. Start up KDE, launch Element
2. Receive a message notification in Element
OBSERVED RESULT
Media player applet shows up in system tray and stays there as long as Element
runs.
EXPECTED RESULT
Media player applet doesn't do anything and stays hidden.
SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: KDE neon 5.20
KDE Plasma Version: 5.20.3
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.76.0
Qt Version: 5.15.1
Kernel Version: 5.4.0-53-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 4 × Intel® Core™ i7-3520M CPU @ 2.90GHz
Memory: 7,5 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Mesa DRI Intel® HD Graphics 4000
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
This has been happening for a long time now, it's not specific to this KDE
version.
While this could be considered a bug of the Element application, a general
white/blacklist of applications that the Media player plugin interacts with
might be a good way to solve this.
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