foxt / vm-rpc

Discord RPC for VMs.

vm-rpc

Discord RPC for VMs.

This software is still in alpha development

Works with VMware Workstation 14/15, VMware Fusion 14/15 and Hyper-V. VMware Workstation Player 14/15 users, see here.

How to use

1. Create a Discord app. https://discordapp.com/developers/
2. Install Python 3.
3. Install pypresence from pip.
4. Rename sample-settings.json to settings.json and configure your settings as neccessary.
5. Run main.py. Hyper-V support requires adminstrator privileges.

Note: If you get Access is denied, restart Discord.

Note: Discord has a 15 second ratelimit in sending Rich Presence updates.

TO-DO

• Hyper-V library
• Add Hyper-V to code
• Wait for Discord to open instead of erroring out
• Stopped running VMs message
• Multi-platform support
• VirtualBox library
• Add VirtualBox to code
• Allow user to enable/disable hypervisor support
• Add custom hypervisor priority
• Switch client IDs based on current hypervisor
• Switch large image based on current OS for VMware, and a image of Hyper-V for Hyper-V
• Small image of VMware if VMware is current hypervisor
• Unified settings file using JSON

Credits

• qwertyqwerty for pypresence
• CorpNewt for all the help they've given me with code issues