Add setting to disable OS media player APIs

backend/app.go

@@ -191,14 +191,16 @@ func StartupApp(appName, displayAppName, appVersion, appVersionTag, latestReleas
 	}
 
 	// OS media center integrations
-	// Linux MPRIS
-	a.setupMPRIS(displayAppName)
-	// MacOS MPNowPlayingInfoCenter
-	InitMPMediaHandler(a.PlaybackManager, func(id string) (string, error) {
-		a.ImageManager.GetCoverThumbnail(id) // ensure image is cached locally
-		return a.ImageManager.GetCoverArtUrl(id)
-	})
-	// Windows SMTC is initialized from main once we have a window HWND.
+	if a.Config.Application.EnableOSMediaPlayerAPIs {
+		// Linux MPRIS
+		a.setupMPRIS(displayAppName)
+		// MacOS MPNowPlayingInfoCenter
+		InitMPMediaHandler(a.PlaybackManager, func(id string) (string, error) {
+			a.ImageManager.GetCoverThumbnail(id) // ensure image is cached locally
+			return a.ImageManager.GetCoverArtUrl(id)
+		})
+		// Windows SMTC is initialized from main once we have a window HWND.
+	}
 
 	a.startConfigWriter(a.bgrndCtx)
 
@@ -458,7 +460,9 @@ func (a *App) Shutdown() {
 	if a.ipcServer != nil {
 		a.ipcServer.Shutdown(a.bgrndCtx)
 	}
-	a.MPRISHandler.Shutdown()
+	if a.MPRISHandler != nil {
+		a.MPRISHandler.Shutdown()
+	}
 	if a.WinSMTC != nil {
 		a.WinSMTC.Shutdown()
 	}

backend/config.go

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ type AppConfig struct {
 	DisableDPIDetection         bool
 	EnableAutoUpdateChecker     bool
 	RequestTimeoutSeconds       int
+	EnableOSMediaPlayerAPIs     bool
 
 	FontNormalTTF string
 	FontBoldTTF   string
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ func DefaultConfig(appVersionTag string) *Config {
 			Language:                    "auto",
 			EnableAutoUpdateChecker:     true,
 			RequestTimeoutSeconds:       15,
+			EnableOSMediaPlayerAPIs:     true,
 		},
 		AlbumPage: AlbumPageConfig{
 			TracklistColumns: []string{"Artist", "Time", "Plays", "Favorite", "Rating"},

main.go

@@ -91,13 +91,15 @@ func main() {
 			mainWindow.Controller.DoConnectToServerWorkflow(defaultServer)
 		}
 
-		mainWindow.Window.(driver.NativeWindow).RunNative(func(ctx any) {
-			// intialize Windows SMTC
-			if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-				hwnd := ctx.(driver.WindowsWindowContext).HWND
-				myApp.SetupWindowsSMTC(hwnd)
-			}
-		})
+		if myApp.Config.Application.EnableOSMediaPlayerAPIs {
+			mainWindow.Window.(driver.NativeWindow).RunNative(func(ctx any) {
+				// intialize Windows SMTC
+				if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+					hwnd := ctx.(driver.WindowsWindowContext).HWND
+					myApp.SetupWindowsSMTC(hwnd)
+				}
+			})
+		}
 	})
 	fyneApp.Lifecycle().SetOnEnteredForeground(windowStartupTasks)
 

res/translations/en.json

@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@
     "Edit Playlist": "Edit Playlist",
     "Edit server": "Edit server",
     "Enable LrcLib lyrics fetcher": "Enable LrcLib lyrics fetcher",
+    "Enable OS media player integration": "Enable OS media player integration",
     "Enable system tray": "Enable system tray",
     "Enabled": "Enabled",
     "Enter": "Enter",

ui/dialogs/settingsdialog.go

@@ -562,11 +562,18 @@ func (s *SettingsDialog) createAdvancedTab() *container.TabItem {
 		widget.NewLabel("MB"),
 	)
 
+	osMediaAPIs := widget.NewCheck(lang.L("Enable OS media player integration"), func(b bool) {
+		s.config.Application.EnableOSMediaPlayerAPIs = b
+		s.setRestartRequired()
+	})
+	osMediaAPIs.Checked = s.config.Application.EnableOSMediaPlayerAPIs
+
 	return container.NewTabItem(lang.L("Advanced"), container.NewVBox(
 		multi,
 		sslSkip,
 		update,
 		lrclib,
+		osMediaAPIs,
 		imgCacheCfg,
 	))
 }