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[Lars Uebernickel <lars@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

"running" means that the application process is running and exposing the
MPRIS interface. It has nothing to do with the play status (that's
"state") or whether something's loaded into the player (that's "title" /
"artist" / "album").

** Changed in: indicator-sound
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  Indicator sound menu always showing media player in "running" state

Status in Sound Menu:
  Invalid
Status in Media Hub:
  New
Status in “unity8” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Even if nothing is playing or loaded into a music player, the player
  still shows in running state.

  Partial output of actions shows "running=true"
  dbus-send --print-reply --session --dest=com.canonical.indicator.sound /com/canonical/indicator/sound org.gtk.Actions.DescribeAll

  
        dict entry(
           string "mediaplayer-app.desktop"
           struct {
              boolean false
              signature ""
              array [
                 variant                   array [
                       dict entry(
                          string "running"
                          variant                            boolean true
                       )
                       dict entry(
                          string "state"
                          variant                            string "Stopped"
                       )
                    ]
              ]
           }
        )

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