From 381ceaa6422fce08f8946196e2cf4de1f4c281a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damocles <damocles@darkest.space>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2026 13:20:52 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] always switch to newly playing mpris session

---
 shell/services/MprisService.qml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/shell/services/MprisService.qml b/shell/services/MprisService.qml
index b33ca06..5c3ea0a 100644
--- a/shell/services/MprisService.qml
+++ b/shell/services/MprisService.qml
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ QtObject {
             times[identity] = Date.now();
             _lastPlayedTime = times;
 
-            // If current player is not playing, switch to this one
-            if (player !== p && player?.playbackState !== MprisPlaybackState.Playing) {
+            // Always switch to the newly playing player
+            if (player !== p) {
                 const idx = players.indexOf(p);
                 if (idx >= 0) {
                     playerIdx = idx;