Dropbeat is a GNOME shell extension that shows a cool card to control your media player. Supports GNOME 48, 49, and 50.
Screenshot uses art from Magnific.
You can also click the album art to get a fullscreen display window.
Screenshot uses art from Magnific.
ImageMagick (available in pretty much all distros' official repos)
Recommended method, although updates are sometimes delayed. You still need to make sure your system has ImageMagick installed yourself. The extension explains how to do this on most distros.
Guaranteed to be up-to-date, but generally not recommended. You still need to make sure your system has ImageMagick installed yourself. The extension explains how to do this on most distros.
git clone https://github.com/romanlefler/dropbeat.git
cd dropbeat
# Stable branch recommended
git switch stable
make install- Control your media player from the top bar
- View album art, track title, and artist name
- Play, pause, and skip tracks
- Works with any MPRIS player such as Firefox, Spotify, VLC, etc.
- Click the Album Art to open a fullscreen pop-up
- Configurable global shortcut to toggle open the card
- No shuffle, loop, or volume controls
- No seeking controls or progress bar
- Always only shows last active player in the case of multiple players
Below are various commands to build and test the extension.
Build to dist/build:
makeLaunch test GNOME shell instance:
./nest-testInstall via Makefile:
make installCreate ZIP file:
make pack