Incorrect Tidal Connect playback status over API

[twm]

I use

curl -s --insecure https://WIIM_IP/httpapi.asp\?command\=getPlayerStatus | jq -r '.status'

where WIIM_IP is the IP of the WiiM Pro unit to poll the current playback status. This works perfectly with Airplay, Spotify Connect, Chromecast and returns "play" or "stop", according to the status. However, the same command yields "none" when using Tidal Connect. Can anyone confirm this?

 

[onlyoneme]

Yep, it's broken. You need to use the UPnP interface to get a playback status in case of Tidal Connect.

 

[onlyoneme]

Or, alternatively, you can retrieve "curpos" and compare together to be able to assume if it's playing currently.

 

[twm]

OK thanks. I don’t know how to poll the UPnP interface using bash, any hints are greatly appreciated.

 

[onlyoneme]

You can try https://pypi.org/project/async-upnp-client/ and its upnp-client script.

 

[twm]

You can try https://pypi.org/project/async-upnp-client/ and its upnp-client script.

Yeah, I tried that one, but couldn’t make it work. Some strange issue with jq parseing.

 

[onlyoneme]

Yeah, I tried that one, but couldn’t make it work. Some strange issue with jq parseing.

Ah, I remember now.

 

[onlyoneme]

Did you try to call a single action and parse such output instead of subscribing?

 

[onlyoneme]

Let's say, output of this:

upnp-client --pprint call-action http://<ip>:49152/description.xml AVTransport/GetInfoEx InstanceID=0

 

[twm]

upnp-client --pprint call-action http://WIIM_IP:49152/description.xml AVTransport/GetInfoEx InstanceID=0 | jq -r '.out_parameters.CurrentTransportState'

does indeed work, thanks!