media-control mit Homebrew installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• media-control

Projektgeschichte

The official repository is a compact CMake-based project with a `mediaremote-adapter` submodule. Public tags and releases show active versioned releases from at least v0.5.1 in July 2025 through v0.7.6 in May 2026.

The README states that the tool is available for all macOS versions, including macOS Tahoe, and centers the project around scriptable access to now-playing state, artwork, playback position, and transport controls.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The README's primary installation path is Homebrew, using `brew install media-control`. It also includes advanced examples such as xbar menu-bar integration and shell pipelines for saving cover artwork, which is a strong signal that the project is meant for everyday automation rather than only library embedding.

Wie es verwendet wird

Common commands include `media-control get` for one-time now-playing information, `media-control get -h` for human-readable output, `media-control stream` for real-time updates, and `media-control toggle-play-pause` for playback control. Examples also cover extracting artwork data, watching song changes, tracking timeline position, and pausing when a track ends.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package-manager users, media-control is a tidy macOS automation bridge: a single CLI wraps media playback state that would otherwise require private frameworks or app-specific scripting. That makes it useful in status bars, shell scripts, and lightweight desktop automation.

Zeitleiste

• 2025: v0.5.1 tag appears in the official repository.
• 2025: v0.7.0 tag starts the 0.7 release line.
• 2026: v0.7.6 is released with streamed artwork MIME type support.

Related projects

• mediaremote-adapter, xbar, Spotify, jq, macOS MediaRemote.

Quellen

• https://github.com/ungive/media-control#readme
• https://github.com/ungive/media-control/releases
• https://github.com/ungive/media-control/tags