Debian, xfce4 & Spotify: Activate Multimedia Keys

Open Menu -> Settings -> Keyboard -> Tab Application Shortcuts.

• For the Next key: Click Add, then on the Command: field enter dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Next, click OK, press your Next Multimedia key on your keyboard.
• For the Previous key: Click Add, then on the Command: field enter dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Previous, click OK, press your Previous Multimedia key on your keyboard.
• For the PlayPause key: Click Add, then on the Command: field enter dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PlayPause, click OK, press your PlayPause Multimedia key on your keyboard.
• For the Stop key: Click Add, then on the Command: field enter dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.spotify /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Stop, click OK, press your Stop Multimedia key on your keyboard.

# Sources

• Ubuntu – XfceMultimediaKeys
• A bash script to control spotify for linux via dbus