Script to pause and resume all playback on your linux computer

pause-all.sh

#!/bin/bash

busses=$(dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames | grep -oP "(?<=string \")org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.*instance.*(?=\")")

for bus in $busses; do
  dbus-send --print-reply --dest=$bus /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Pause
done

pause-resume.sh

#!/bin/bash

if [[ $1 != "pause" && $1 != "resume" ]]; then
  echo "call with argument pause or resume"
  exit 1
fi

mkdir -p /tmp/playbacks

cd /tmp/playbacks

busses=$(dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.freedesktop.DBus /org/freedesktop/DBus org.freedesktop.DBus.ListNames | grep -oP "(?<=string \")org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.*instance.*(?=\")")

for bus in $busses; do
  if [[ $1 == "pause" ]]; then
    dbus-send --print-reply=literal --dest=$bus /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'PlaybackStatus' | grep -q Playing || continue

    position=$(dbus-send --print-reply=literal --dest=$bus /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get string:'org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player' string:'Position' | grep -oP "(?<=int64 )[0-9]+")
    dbus-send --print-reply --dest=$bus /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Pause

    echo $position > $bus
  elif [[ $1 == "resume" ]]; then
    test -f $bus || continue # don't resume if file not present

    # comment the following line if you want to avoid the seeking
    dbus-send --print-reply --dest=$bus /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Seek int64:-10000000
    dbus-send --print-reply --dest=$bus /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Play

    rm $bus
  fi

done