Check if Rhythmbox is running via Python

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Published on 2011-01-08T18:30:30Z Indexed on 2011/01/08 20:54 UTC
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I am trying to extract information from Rhythmbox via dbus, but I only want to do so, if Rhythmbox is running. Is there a way to check if Rhythmbox is running via Python without starting it if it is not running?

Whenever I invoke the dbus code like this:

bus = dbus.Bus()
obj = bus.get_object("org.gnome.Rhythmbox", "/org/gnome/Rhythmbox/Shell")
iface = dbus.Interface(obj, "org.gnome.Rhythmbox.Shell)

and Rhythmbox is not running, it then starts it.

Can I check via dbus if Rhythmbox is running without actually starting it? Or is there any other way, other than parsing the list of currently running processes, to do so?

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