Simple MPD notifications

goodvikings · 2013-08-14 06:34:07

I searched and searched, but could not find a simple MPD notification script that worked for me. So I whipped up my own, and here it is, as simple as you like.

#!/usr/bin/bash

dir="/home/ramo/Music/"

while :
do
	output=$(mpc -f "%title%\n%artist%\n%album%\n%file%" current --wait)
	if [ $? -eq 1 ]
	then
		sleep 5
	else
		i=1
		while read -r line; do
			array[$i]="$line"
			(( i++ ))
		done <<< "$output"

		file=$(ls -t "$(dirname "$dir${array[4]}")"/*.{jpg,png} 2> /dev/null | head -n 1)

		notify-send "${array[1]}" "${array[2]} - ${array[3]}" -t 5000 -i "$file"
	fi
done

graysky · 2013-08-14 08:47:42

There are many out there. For example: https://github.com/vehk/mpdnotify

goodvikings · 2013-08-14 08:56:04

graysky wrote:

There are many out there. For example: https://github.com/vehk/mpdnotify

I'm sure there's heaps.

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#1 2013-08-14 06:34:07

Simple MPD notifications

#2 2013-08-14 08:47:42

Re: Simple MPD notifications

#3 2013-08-14 08:56:04

Re: Simple MPD notifications

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