I'm using Amarok 1.3.7 on Ubuntu64 with gnome. I'm writing a nautilus script that will send files to the user-defined default media player. If the player is not running, it starts playing the first track; if the player is running, it adds the tracks to the queue. I'd like to be able to test if Amarok is *playing* so if it's not actually playing (even if it's running), it starts playing the tracks.

The test for if it's running is just

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if [ "$isRunning" == "false" ] ; then
$player "$arg"
else
$player -e "$arg"
fi


Can this be done?

Thanks!

investigate dcop - it does a lot of this, if not all.