[SOLVED] SMPlayer missing tray icon (was: throws an error for --use-tray-icon)

[rodia77]

So, I'm using SMPlayer running on the MPV engine and I want it to go to the tray rather than shutdown on close.

After adding --use-tray-icon to the .desktop file, I'm getting this:



The log:

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/usr/bin/mpv --no-quiet --terminal --no-msg-color --input-ipc-server=/tmp/smplayer-mpv-114f --msg-level=ffmpeg/demuxer=error --video-rotate=no --no-config --no-fs --hwdec=no --sub-auto=fuzzy --no-input-default-bindings --input-vo-keyboard=no --no-input-cursor --cursor-autohide=no --no-keepaspect --wid=54525969 --monitorpixelaspect=1 --osd-level=1 --osd-scale=1 --osd-bar-align-y=0.6 --sub-ass --embeddedfonts --sub-ass-line-spacing=0 --sub-scale=1 --sub-font=Arial --sub-color=#ffffffff --sub-shadow-color=#ff000000 --sub-border-color=#ff000000 --sub-border-size=0.75 --sub-shadow-offset=2.5 --sub-font-size=50 --sub-bold=no --sub-italic=no --sub-margin-y=8 --sub-margin-x=20 --sub-codepage=ISO-8859-2 --sub-pos=100 --volume=105 --cache=auto --screenshot-template=cap_%F_%p_%02n --screenshot-format=jpg --screenshot-directory=/home/[username]/Pictures/smplayer_screenshots --audio-pitch-correction=yes --volume-max=150 --ytdl --script-opts=ytdl_hook-ytdl_path=yt-dlp --term-playing-msg=MPV_VERSION=${=mpv-version:}
INFO_VIDEO_WIDTH=${=width}
INFO_VIDEO_HEIGHT=${=height}
INFO_VIDEO_ASPECT=${=video-params/aspect}
INFO_VIDEO_FPS=${=container-fps:${=fps}}
INFO_VIDEO_FORMAT=${=video-format}
INFO_VIDEO_CODEC=${=video-codec}
INFO_DEMUX_ROTATION=${=track-list/0/demux-rotation}
INFO_AUDIO_FORMAT=${=audio-codec-name}
INFO_AUDIO_CODEC=${=audio-codec}
INFO_AUDIO_RATE=${=audio-params/samplerate}
INFO_AUDIO_NCH=${=audio-params/channel-count}
INFO_LENGTH=${=duration:${=length}}
INFO_DEMUXER=${=current-demuxer:${=demuxer}}
INFO_SEEKABLE=${=seekable}
INFO_TITLES=${=disc-titles}
INFO_CHAPTERS=${=chapters}
INFO_TRACKS_COUNT=${=track-list/count}
METADATA_TITLE=${metadata/by-key/title:}
METADATA_ARTIST=${metadata/by-key/artist:}
METADATA_ALBUM=${metadata/by-key/album:}
METADATA_GENRE=${metadata/by-key/genre:}
METADATA_DATE=${metadata/by-key/date:}
METADATA_TRACK=${metadata/by-key/track:}
METADATA_COPYRIGHT=${metadata/by-key/copyright:}
INFO_MEDIA_TITLE=${=media-title:}
INFO_STREAM_PATH=${stream-path}
 --audio-client-name=SMPlayer --term-status-msg=STATUS: ${=time-pos} / ${=duration:${=length:0}} P: ${=pause} B: ${=paused-for-cache} I: ${=core-idle} VB: ${=video-bitrate:0} AB: ${=audio-bitrate:0} --use-tray-icon

Error parsing option use-tray-icon (option not found)
Setting commandline option --use-tray-icon= failed.
Exiting... (Fatal error)

Can anyone think of a fix for that?

I haven't decided yet if it's a dealbreaker and enough of a reason for me to go shopping for a different player. I think I was getting the same error with the SMPlayer engine but I'm determined to use MPV in this config anyway.

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[KodiakCanoe]

So, I'm using SMPlayer running on the MPV engine and I want it to go to the tray rather than shutdown on close.

I'm using SMPlayer 19.10.2 from the repo. On the main toolbar if I click "Options" I can put a checkmark in "Show icon in system tray". Closing the main window minimizes to tray but it stops playing. Clicking the tray icon instead, minimizes to tray and keeps playing. I can right-click the tray icon to play/pause/next etc.

[rodia77]

^^^
Thanks a mill for that hint, I went through the preferences after the install but missed that item.

Unfortunately for me, it's one issue leading to another: when I tick that option, the systray icon doesn't show. When I hit the close button, I'm getting the notification "SMPlayer is still running here" -- the app is running but still no icon and I don't seem to have a way to bring it back other than pkill and restart.

For similar issues I found advice to install sni-qt (not in the repo) or libappindicator1 (didn't help). I'm running out of ideas...

[KodiakCanoe]

systray icon doesn't show.

I just tried it on Mint 20.3 and 21.1, both using the Traditional/Classic panel. It seems to be working OK here so I'm not sure what the problem could be. Good luck though!

[Reddog1]

I wonder -- did you try changing to a different desktop iconset?

Just a weird thought...........

Or did you try removing and then reinstalling smplayer from the Package Manager?

[rodia77]

I just tried it on Mint 20.3 and 21.1, both using the Traditional/Classic panel. It seems to be working OK here so I'm not sure what the problem could be. Good luck though!

Thanks!

I wonder -- did you try changing to a different desktop iconset?

Just a weird thought...........

Or did you try removing and then reinstalling smplayer from the Package Manager?

So the situation is, I have two similar but not identical setups, and the issue affects both the machines. On Machine 1 I have SMPlayer 23.6.0 from their original PPA, but on Machine 2 it's 21.10.0 from the Mint's repo. I have now upgraded both to Victoria, so the icon sets have changed but the problem is still there. When I click the "Show icon in system tray", an icon (I think a generic one, hard to notice) momentarily appears in the tray but doesn't stay there.

My text scaling factor is set to 1.4, which enables the "Large text" in Accessibility, but getting it back to 1.0 doesn't do anything come to the SMPlayer's behaviour. The one last thing I can think of is resetting the panel (I have custom icon sizes both on the left and right side), but that will defeat the purpose of having the system adjusted to my needs.

[Hoser Rob]

I use smplayer, it's been my default for years. But I've never used the smplayer system tray and I use KDE, which handles that sort of thing for media programs itself, so I don't need it anyway. I can't find any systray option in smplayer > preferences at all. It's on a Debian based system and the smplayer version is 23.6.0. But it seems to me that if that option isn't there, there's a reason.

I looked at the mpv manual (https://mpv.io/manual/stable/) and searched for "use-tray-icon". Nothing. Then just 'tray'. Still nothing.

Can you provide a link for where you found that parameter? There's a ton of outdated info on the web and that feature may have been dropped.

[rodia77]

I use smplayer, it's been my default for years. But I've never used the smplayer system tray and I use KDE, which handles that sort of thing for media programs itself, so I don't need it anyway. I can't find any systray option in smplayer > preferences at all. It's on a Debian based system and the smplayer version is 23.6.0. But it seems to me that if that option isn't there, there's a reason.

I looked at the mpv manual (https://mpv.io/manual/stable/) and searched for "use-tray-icon". Nothing. Then just 'tray'. Still nothing.

Can you provide a link for where you found that parameter? There's a ton of outdated info on the web and that feature may have been dropped.

It's not in Preferences, it's directly in the Options menu:



The use-tray-icon parameter doesn't seem to be supported.

[Hoser Rob]

I use smplayer, it's been my default for years. But I've never used the smplayer system tray and I use KDE, which handles that sort of thing for media programs itself, so I don't need it anyway. I can't find any systray option in smplayer > preferences at all. It's on a Debian based system and the smplayer version is 23.6.0. But it seems to me that if that option isn't there, there's a reason.

I looked at the mpv manual (https://mpv.io/manual/stable/) and searched for "use-tray-icon". Nothing. Then just 'tray'. Still nothing.

Can you provide a link for where you found that parameter? There's a ton of outdated info on the web and that feature may have been dropped.

It's not in Preferences, it's directly in the Options menu....

Jeez, I didn't look there. Like I said I've never used it with SMPlayer and KDE handles that just fine by default anyway.

However I just tried it and it works here. Again, I'm using it in MX 21 KDE which is Debian Stable based, so I'd expect the same result in LMDE. The SMPlayer version here is 23.6.0.

[rodia77]

FWIW, resetting panel settings didn't work.

[rodia77]

FWIW, the same issue affects Audacious: after enabling File > Settings > Plug-ins > Status Icon and its Close to the system tray, and closing the window, the process is still running but no systray icon visible. Puzzling.

[rodia77]

I've found the culprit: it's the "Hide system tray icons for compatible players" setting of the Sound 150% applet. Solved.