Bix Plasma Player is a modern plasmoid that brings a full-featured multimedia audio player experience directly to your KDE Plasma 6.1+ desktop. Designed to function like a standalone application while seamlessly integrating with the Plasma environment.
⚠️ Early Development Stage
This plasmoid is currently in active development and may contain experimental features. Your support and feedback are greatly appreciated!
- MP3 Scanner - Automatically locates audio files in selected folders
- Audio Playback - Full MP3 player with play, next, and previous controls
- Metadata Reader - Comprehensive tag information display
- Album Art - Automatic cover image loading and display
- Progress Bar - Visual playback progress with seek functionality
- Favorites System - Mark and manage your favorite tracks
- Search - Quick search through your music library
- Shuffle Mode - Random playback option
- Media Key Support - Experimental multimedia keyboard key binding
- Album Browser - Visual album list with cover images
- SQLite Database - Enhanced performance and reliability (replaces QtCore settings)
- MPRIS Support - Experimental media player remote interfacing
- Redesigned UI - Completely refreshed user interface
- Persistent Configuration - Loads information without rescanning
- Standalone application-like behavior and appearance
- Bottom panel displaying current track title and artist
- Integrated panel controls and visualization
- Playlist generator implementation
- Window management detection
- Player index behavior fixes (switching between All Music and Favorites)
- Minimize, close, and move buttons (under redesign)
- Web-based album cover image management
- Internet radio station player
- Enhanced window controls
- Download the contents of this repository
- Create a directory named
Bix.Plasma.Playerin~/.local/share/plasma/plasmoids/ - Copy the
contentsfolder andmetadata.jsonfile into theBix.Plasma.Playerdirectory - Add the plasmoid to your panel through KDE Plasma's widget interface
- Right click on the desktop
- Click on "Add Widgets"
- Click on "Get New Widgets"
- Click on "Download New Plasma Widgets"
- Search for "Bix Plasma Player"
- Click on "Install" and you're done!
For technical support, bug reports, or feature requests:
- Email: [email protected]
This project is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0
Bix Plasma Player is a passion project developed in spare time. If you find this project useful and want to support its continued development, consider making a donation:
Note: This plasmoid does not require root access for installation and is designed to work exclusively with KDE Plasma 6.1 or later versions.