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AppleScript and JXA scripts to get Now Playing info. Works on macOS 15.4+, including macOS 26 beta 1.
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| function run() { | |
| const MediaRemote = $.NSBundle.bundleWithPath('/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MediaRemote.framework/'); | |
| MediaRemote.load | |
| const MRNowPlayingRequest = $.NSClassFromString('MRNowPlayingRequest'); | |
| const appName = MRNowPlayingRequest.localNowPlayingPlayerPath.client.displayName; | |
| const infoDict = MRNowPlayingRequest.localNowPlayingItem.nowPlayingInfo; | |
| const title = infoDict.valueForKey('kMRMediaRemoteNowPlayingInfoTitle'); | |
| const album = infoDict.valueForKey('kMRMediaRemoteNowPlayingInfoAlbum'); | |
| const artist = infoDict.valueForKey('kMRMediaRemoteNowPlayingInfoArtist'); | |
| return `${title.js} — ${album.js} — ${artist.js} | ${appName.js}`; | |
| } |
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| use framework "AppKit" | |
| on run | |
| set MediaRemote to current application's NSBundle's bundleWithPath:"/System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/MediaRemote.framework/" | |
| MediaRemote's load() | |
| set MRNowPlayingRequest to current application's NSClassFromString("MRNowPlayingRequest") | |
| set appName to MRNowPlayingRequest's localNowPlayingPlayerPath()'s client()'s displayName() | |
| set infoDict to MRNowPlayingRequest's localNowPlayingItem()'s nowPlayingInfo() | |
| set title to (infoDict's valueForKey:"kMRMediaRemoteNowPlayingInfoTitle") as text | |
| set album to (infoDict's valueForKey:"kMRMediaRemoteNowPlayingInfoAlbum") as text | |
| set artist to (infoDict's valueForKey:"kMRMediaRemoteNowPlayingInfoArtist") as text | |
| return title & " - " & album & " - " & artist & " | " & appName | |
| end run |
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@SKaplanOfficial - wasn't able to reproduce the command functionality on macOS 26.1. Reading media works, however writing to the media client seems to be blocked. Can anyone else confirm?
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@ejbills Commands (play, pause, etc.) work for me on the 26.2 beta, tested with built-in apps, Spotify, and YouTube. I can't easily test on 26.1 at this point, but if there was a bug, it seems to be fixed.
@SKaplanOfficial is there a way to get album artwork using this? Thanks.
@kreatoo try kMRMediaRemoteNowPlayingInfoArtworkData
@kreatoo Last time I tried I couldn't get the artwork to load with JXA/osascript, it would just be empty
Yeah, seems so. kMRMediaRemoteNowPlayingInfoArtworkData is just returning null. Thanks for the help!
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@Pen7art Check this for why elapsed time appears as not being updated: ungive/mediaremote-adapter#6