You want your status message to be updated according to the music you're listening to? Thanks to D-Bus and gajim-remote it's possible.

Here are some pages that can help you depending on the music player you use:

  • Amarok

NOTE: Gajim trunk will speak directly to Amarok via the MPRIS D-Bus API!

see GajimAmarokNowPlaying

  • Audacious

NOTE: Gajim trunk will speak directly to Audacious via the MPRIS D-Bus API!

see this page

  • BMPx

Supported via the MPRIS D-Bus API in Gajim trunk.

  • Decibel Audio Player

Built-in support for Gajim

  • Exaile

see this page

  • Mesk Audio Player

see this page

  • Mpd (Music Player Daemon)

see GajimAndMpd

  • Quodlibet

see this page

  • Rhythmbox (>= 0.9.5) lacking D-Bus API support

NOTE: Gajim svn and 0.11 will speak directly to Rhythmbox via its D-Bus API, If Rhythmbox D-BUS API is disabled in your distribution, then you can use this script

  • VLC

Supported via the MPRIS D-Bus API in Gajim trunk.

  • XMMS

see this page

  • XMMS2

NOTE: Gajim trunk will speak directly to XMMS2 via the MPRIS D-Bus API!

see this page, and if you have problems compiling it, see here