diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt b/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
index b966989..570bc48 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -423,9 +423,12 @@ target_include_directories(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE
 )
 
 if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
+    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
     find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
-    target_include_directories(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE ${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})
-    target_link_libraries(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE ${X11_LIBRARIES})
+    pkg_search_module(GLIB REQUIRED glib-2.0)
+    pkg_search_module(GIO REQUIRED gio-2.0)
+    target_include_directories(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE ${X11_INCLUDE_DIR} ${GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GIO_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    target_link_libraries(UnleashedRecomp PRIVATE ${X11_LIBRARIES} ${GLIB_LIBRARIES} ${GIO_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 target_precompile_headers(UnleashedRecomp PUBLIC ${UNLEASHED_RECOMP_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS})
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp
index 9fc19b0..8da7a98 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp
@@ -1,7 +1,328 @@
+#include <algorithm>
+#include <atomic>
+#include <optional>
+#include <string>
+#include <thread>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <ranges>
+#include <gio/gio.h>
 #include <os/media.h>
+#include <os/logger.h>
+
+enum class PlaybackStatus
+{
+    Stopped,
+    Playing,
+    Paused
+};
+
+static const char* DBusInterface = "org.freedesktop.DBus";
+static const char* DBusPropertiesInterface = "org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties";
+static const char* DBusPath = "/org/freedesktop/DBus";
+static const char* MPRIS2Interface = "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2";
+static const char* MPRIS2PlayerInterface = "org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player";
+static const char* MPRIS2Path = "/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2";
+
+static std::optional<std::thread> g_dbusThread;
+static std::unordered_map<std::string, PlaybackStatus> g_playerStatus;
+static std::atomic<bool> g_isPlaying = false;
+
+static PlaybackStatus PlaybackStatusFromString(const char* str)
+{
+    if (g_str_equal(str, "Playing"))
+        return PlaybackStatus::Playing;
+    else if (g_str_equal(str, "Paused"))
+        return PlaybackStatus::Paused;
+    else
+        return PlaybackStatus::Stopped;
+}
+
+static void UpdateActiveStatus()
+{
+    g_isPlaying = std::ranges::any_of(
+            g_playerStatus | std::views::values,
+            [](PlaybackStatus status) { return status == PlaybackStatus::Playing; }
+    );
+}
+
+static void UpdateActivePlayers(const char* name, PlaybackStatus status)
+{
+    g_playerStatus.insert_or_assign(name, status);
+    UpdateActiveStatus();
+}
+
+static PlaybackStatus MPRISGetPlaybackStatus(GDBusConnection* connection, const gchar* name)
+{
+    GError* error;
+    GVariant* response;
+    GVariant* tupleChild;
+    GVariant* value;
+    PlaybackStatus status;
+
+    error = NULL;
+
+    response = g_dbus_connection_call_sync(
+        connection,
+        name,
+        MPRIS2Path,
+        DBusPropertiesInterface,
+        "Get",
+        g_variant_new("(ss)", MPRIS2PlayerInterface, "PlaybackStatus"),
+        G_VARIANT_TYPE("(v)"),
+        G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
+        -1,
+        NULL,
+        &error
+    );
+
+    if (!response)
+    {
+        LOGF_ERROR("Failed to process D-Bus Get: {}", error->message);
+        g_clear_error(&error);
+        return PlaybackStatus::Stopped;
+    }
+
+    tupleChild = g_variant_get_child_value(response, 0);
+    value = g_variant_get_variant(tupleChild);
+
+    if (!g_variant_is_of_type(value, G_VARIANT_TYPE_STRING))
+    {
+        LOG_ERROR("Failed to process D-Bus Get");
+        g_variant_unref(tupleChild);
+        return PlaybackStatus::Stopped;
+    }
+
+    status = PlaybackStatusFromString(g_variant_get_string(value, NULL));
+
+    g_variant_unref(value);
+    g_variant_unref(tupleChild);
+    g_variant_unref(response);
+
+    return status;
+}
+
+// Something is very wrong with the system if this happens
+static void DBusConnectionClosed(GDBusConnection* connection,
+                                 gboolean remotePeerVanished,
+                                 GError* error,
+                                 gpointer userData)
+{
+    LOG_ERROR("D-Bus connection closed");
+    g_isPlaying = false;
+    g_main_loop_quit((GMainLoop*)userData);
+}
+
+static void DBusNameOwnerChanged(GDBusConnection* connection,
+                                 const gchar* senderName,
+                                 const gchar* objectPath,
+                                 const gchar* interfaceName,
+                                 const gchar* signalName,
+                                 GVariant* parameters,
+                                 gpointer userData)
+{
+    const char* name;
+    const char* oldOwner;
+    const char* newOwner;
+
+    g_variant_get(parameters, "(&s&s&s)", &name, &oldOwner, &newOwner);
+
+    if (g_str_has_prefix(name, MPRIS2Interface))
+    {
+        if (oldOwner[0])
+        {
+            g_playerStatus.erase(oldOwner);
+        }
+
+        UpdateActiveStatus();
+    }
+}
+
+static void MPRISPropertiesChanged(GDBusConnection* connection,
+                                   const gchar* senderName,
+                                   const gchar* objectPath,
+                                   const gchar* interfaceName,
+                                   const gchar* signalName,
+                                   GVariant* parameters,
+                                   gpointer userData)
+{
+    const char* interface;
+    GVariant* changed;
+    GVariantIter iter;
+    const char* key;
+    GVariant* value;
+    PlaybackStatus playbackStatus;
+
+    g_variant_get_child(parameters, 0, "&s", &interface);
+    g_variant_get_child(parameters, 1, "@a{sv}", &changed);
+
+    g_variant_iter_init(&iter, changed);
+    while (g_variant_iter_next(&iter, "{&sv}", &key, &value))
+    {
+        if (g_str_equal(key, "PlaybackStatus"))
+        {
+            playbackStatus = PlaybackStatusFromString(g_variant_get_string(value, NULL));
+            UpdateActivePlayers(senderName, playbackStatus);
+            g_variant_unref(value);
+            break;
+        }
+        g_variant_unref(value);
+    }
+
+    g_variant_unref(changed);
+}
+
+/* Called upon CONNECT to discover already active MPRIS2 players by looking for
+   well-known bus names that begin with the MPRIS2 path.
+   g_playerStatus stores unique connection names,
+   not their well-known ones, as the PropertiesChanged signal only provides the
+   former. */
+static void DBusListNamesReceived(GObject* object, GAsyncResult* res, gpointer userData)
+{
+    GDBusConnection* connection;
+    GError* error;
+    GVariant* response;
+    GVariant* tupleChild;
+    GVariantIter iter;
+    const gchar* name;
+
+    connection = G_DBUS_CONNECTION(object);
+    error = NULL;
+    response = g_dbus_connection_call_finish(connection, res, &error);
+
+    if (!response)
+    {
+        LOGF_ERROR("Failed to process D-Bus ListNames: {}", error->message);
+        g_clear_error(&error);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    tupleChild = g_variant_get_child_value(response, 0);
+
+    g_variant_iter_init(&iter, tupleChild);
+    while (g_variant_iter_next(&iter, "&s", &name))
+    {
+        GVariant* ownerResponse;
+        const gchar* ownerName;
+        PlaybackStatus status;
+
+        if (!g_str_has_prefix(name, MPRIS2Interface))
+            continue;
+
+        ownerResponse = g_dbus_connection_call_sync(
+            connection,
+            DBusInterface,
+            DBusPath,
+            DBusInterface,
+            "GetNameOwner",
+            g_variant_new("(s)", name),
+            G_VARIANT_TYPE("(s)"),
+            G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
+            -1,
+            NULL,
+            &error
+        );
+
+        if (!ownerResponse)
+        {
+            LOGF_ERROR("Failed to process D-Bus GetNameOwner: {}", error->message);
+            g_clear_error(&error);
+            g_variant_unref(tupleChild);
+            g_variant_unref(response);
+            return;
+        }
+
+        g_variant_get(ownerResponse, "(&s)", &ownerName);
+        status = MPRISGetPlaybackStatus(connection, ownerName);
+
+        g_playerStatus.insert_or_assign(ownerName, status);
+        g_variant_unref(ownerResponse);
+    }
+
+    UpdateActiveStatus();
+
+    g_variant_unref(tupleChild);
+    g_variant_unref(response);
+}
+
+static void DBusThreadProc()
+{
+    GMainContext* mainContext;
+    GMainLoop* mainLoop;
+    GError* error;
+    GDBusConnection* connection;
+
+    mainContext = g_main_context_new();
+    g_main_context_push_thread_default(mainContext);
+    mainLoop = g_main_loop_new(mainContext, FALSE);
+    error = NULL;
+
+    connection = g_bus_get_sync(G_BUS_TYPE_SESSION, NULL, &error);
+    if (!connection)
+    {
+        LOGF_ERROR("Failed to connect to D-Bus: {}", error->message);
+        g_clear_error(&error);
+        g_main_context_unref(mainContext);
+        g_main_loop_unref(mainLoop);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    g_dbus_connection_set_exit_on_close(connection, FALSE);
+    g_signal_connect(connection, "closed", G_CALLBACK(DBusConnectionClosed), mainLoop);
+
+    // Listen for player connection changes
+    g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe(
+        connection,
+        DBusInterface,
+        DBusInterface,
+        "NameOwnerChanged",
+        DBusPath,
+        NULL,
+        G_DBUS_SIGNAL_FLAGS_NONE,
+        DBusNameOwnerChanged,
+        NULL,
+        NULL
+    );
+
+    // Listen for player status changes
+    g_dbus_connection_signal_subscribe(
+        connection,
+        NULL,
+        DBusPropertiesInterface,
+        "PropertiesChanged",
+        MPRIS2Path,
+        NULL,
+        G_DBUS_SIGNAL_FLAGS_NONE,
+        MPRISPropertiesChanged,
+        NULL,
+        NULL
+    );
+
+    // Request list of current players
+    g_dbus_connection_call(
+        connection,
+        DBusInterface,
+        DBusPath,
+        DBusInterface,
+        "ListNames",
+        NULL,
+        G_VARIANT_TYPE("(as)"),
+        G_DBUS_CALL_FLAGS_NONE,
+        -1,
+        NULL,
+        DBusListNamesReceived,
+        NULL
+    );
+
+    g_main_loop_run(mainLoop);
+}
 
 bool os::media::IsExternalMediaPlaying()
 {
-    // This functionality is not supported in Linux.
-    return false;
+    if (!g_dbusThread)
+    {
+        g_dbusThread.emplace(DBusThreadProc);
+        g_dbusThread->detach();
+    }
+
+    return g_isPlaying;
 }
diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/patches/audio_patches.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/patches/audio_patches.cpp
index 749d1c6..5f5603d 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/patches/audio_patches.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/patches/audio_patches.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ bool AudioPatches::CanAttenuate()
     m_isAttenuationSupported = version.Major >= 10 && version.Build >= 17763;
 
     return m_isAttenuationSupported;
+#elif __linux__
+    return true;
 #else
     return false;
 #endif