Starting with the current development version Lcd4Linux supports the MPRIS dbus protocol. MPRIS retrieves information from MPRIS capable media-player. (For more information about MPRIS: https://xmms2.org/wiki/Media_Player_Interfaces)
Hint: No MPRIS support is available in the LCD4Linux-0.11.0-SVN (2009-01-15) download package or earlier versions.
mpris_dbus::signal_TrackChange(METADATA_KEY) | returns information based on metadata key for the current file. |
mpris_dbus::method_PositionGet(DBUS_ADDRESS_OF_PLAYER) | returns the playing position as percentage of whole length of the file. DBUS_ADDRESS_OF_PLAYER parameter is the mpris-dbus address of media player. |
Some METADATA Keys:
location |