#!/usr/bin/python -tt
# skvidal@fedoraproject.org
# gpl v2 blah blah

import dbus
import sys
import time


bus = dbus.SessionBus()


# Explicitly try to start Rhythmbox.
(success, status) = bus.start_service_by_name('org.gnome.Rhythmbox')

# the one we're actually gonna use
# you must enable this the mpris dbus interface plugin in rhythmbox for this to work
n = 0
player = None
# give it 10s to load things up if it wasn't running
while n < 10:
    try:
        player = bus.get_object('org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.rhythmbox','/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2')
    except dbus.exceptions.DBusException, e:
        n+=1
        time.sleep(1)
    else:
        break

if not player:
    print "Giving up: tried to start rhythmbox and failed"
    sys.exit(1)    
# setup our interface
iface = dbus.Interface(player, dbus_interface='org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player')

if sys.argv[1] == '--next':
    iface.Next()
elif sys.argv[1] == '--previous':
    iface.Previous()
elif sys.argv[1] == '--playpause':
    # needs to better things if it has just started - to force the play again
    iface.PlayPause()
#would be nice to add a 'what's playing' and bind it to a key so it would send 
#libnotify-accessible notifcation about what is playing