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Voxtype pause_media silently fails: playerctl not installed by omarchy-voxtype-install
Reported by montanasnow · filed Aug 30, 2026Closed upstream on 2026-09-21 by bjarneo via an automated message, as a duplicate of #7135 (R-1761). GitHub close reason: completed.
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Original report
What happened
Voxtype's pause_media = true (the default shipped in $OMARCHY_PATH/default/voxtype/config.toml) is supposed to auto-pause MPRIS media players while dictating, but it silently does nothing on a fresh omarchy-voxtype-install because playerctl — the binary Voxtype shells out to for this feature — is never installed.
Voxtype's own log confirms the failure:
WARN playerctl not found or failed to run: No such file or directory (os error 2)What was expected
Starting dictation (e.g. via hotkey) should pause any active MPRIS player (Chromium tab playing Google Music/YouTube Music, Spotify, etc.) since pause_media = true ships as the default.
Steps to reproduce
- Fresh install:
omarchy-voxtype-install(installswtype voxtype-binonly, does not installplayerctl) - Play music in a browser tab that exposes MPRIS (confirmed via
dbus-send ... org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNamesshowingorg.mpris.MediaPlayer2.chromium.instance...) - Start dictation (hotkey /
voxtype record start) - Music keeps playing;
journalctl --user -u voxtypeshowsWARN playerctl not found or failed to run: No such file or directory (os error 2) which playerctl→ not found- After
sudo pacman -S playerctl, the exact same dictation flow correctly pauses/resumes the browser player
System details
- Omarchy version: 4.0.1-1
- Package:
voxtype-bin0.7.5-1 (repo:omarchy) voxtype-binpacman deps:alsa-lib curl gcc-libs glibc— noplayerctl, not even as an optional depomarchy-voxtype-installrunsomarchy-pkg-add wtype voxtype-bin— also doesn't pull inplayerctl
Proposed fix
playerctl should be added as an optional (or hard) dependency of voxtype-bin, and/or omarchy-voxtype-install should install it via omarchy-pkg-add, since the shipped default config already turns on pause_media. Will follow up with a PR.
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## What happened Voxtype's `pause_media = true` (the default shipped in `$OMARCHY_PATH/default/voxtype/config.toml`) is supposed to auto-pause MPRIS media players while dictating, but it silently does nothing on a fresh `omarchy-voxtype-install` because `playerctl` — the binary Voxtype shells out to for this feature — is never installed. Voxtype's own log confirms the failure: ``` WARN playerctl not found or failed to run: No such file or directory (os error 2) ``` ## What was expected Starting dictation (e.g. via hotkey) should pause any active MPRIS player (Chromium tab playing Google Music/YouTube Music, Spotify, etc.) since `pause_media = true` ships as the default. ## Steps to reproduce 1. Fresh install: `omarchy-voxtype-install` (installs `wtype voxtype-bin` only, does not install `playerctl`) 2. Play music in a browser tab that exposes MPRIS (confirmed via `dbus-send ... org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames` showing `org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.chromium.instance...`) 3. Start dictation (hotkey / `voxtype record start`) 4. Music keeps playing; `journalctl --user -u voxtype` shows `WARN playerctl not found or failed to run: No such file or directory (os error 2)` 5. `which playerctl` → not found 6. After `sudo pacman -S playerctl`, the exact same dictation flow correctly pauses/resumes the browser player ## System details - Omarchy version: 4.0.1-1 - Package: `voxtype-bin` 0.7.5-1 (repo: `omarchy`) - `voxtype-bin` pacman deps: `alsa-lib curl gcc-libs glibc` — no `playerctl`, not even as an optional dep - `omarchy-voxtype-install` runs `omarchy-pkg-add wtype voxtype-bin` — also doesn't pull in `playerctl` ## Proposed fix `playerctl` should be added as an optional (or hard) dependency of `voxtype-bin`, and/or `omarchy-voxtype-install` should install it via `omarchy-pkg-add`, since the shipped default config already turns on `pause_media`. Will follow up with a PR.
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