From 34896b0205c0030b7da53101bbc45ed50c25f158 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wAABBsif <wasifkashifjaved@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:17:57 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Handle when PlaybackStatus doesn't return variant

---
 UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp b/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp
index fc40e687..98f2fdf8 100644
--- a/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp
+++ b/UnleashedRecomp/os/linux/media_linux.cpp
@@ -151,10 +151,13 @@ static bool IsMediaPlayerPlaying(DBusConnection* connection, const std::string&
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type(&rootIterator) != DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT)
+    if (dbus_message_iter_get_arg_type(&rootIterator) == DBUS_TYPE_VARIANT)
     {
-        LOG_ERROR("D-Bus message returned invalid type!");
-        return false;
+        dbus_message_iter_recurse(&rootIterator, &arrayIterator);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        arrayIterator = rootIterator;
     }
 
     dbus_message_iter_recurse(&rootIterator, &arrayIterator);