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Sublime2k

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Registered: 2014-03-17

Posts: 46

[SOLVED] DeaDBeeF output to Conky?

I'm using i3 window manager and Conky which outputs some basic info to i3bar.

Part of i3 config regarding i3bar looks like this:

# i3bar
bar
{
	status_command ~/.i3/conky
	position top
	colors
	{
        	background	#000000
        	statusline	#FFFFFF
        	separator	#666666
# (blue theme)				border 	backgr.	text
        	focused_workspace	#8A97A2 #8A97A2 #FFFFFF
        	active_workspace	#333333	#808080	#FFFFFF
        	inactive_workspace	#324859	#324859	#808080
        	urgent_workspace	#FFFFFF	#8A97A2	#FFFFFF
     	}
}

The script that i3bar uses looks like this:

#!/bin/sh
echo "{\"version\":1}"
echo "[[]"
conky -c ~/.conkyrc

And finally, conkyrc looks like this:

background		no
out_to_console		yes
out_to_x		no
update_interval		1
total_run_times		0
short_units		yes
override_utf8_locale	yes
double_buffer		yes

TEXT
,[
  {"full_text": "kernel ${kernel}", "color":"\#577C98"},
  {"full_text": "CPU use ${cpu cpu1}%", "color":"\#C1D1DD"},
  {"full_text": "CPU temp ${hwmon temp 1}°C", "color":"\#577C98"},
  {"full_text": "CPU clock ${freq_g}GHz", "color":"\#C1D1DD"},
  {"full_text": "RAM ${memperc}%", "color":"\#577C98"},
  {"full_text": "root ${fs_used /}", "color":"\#C1D1DD"},
  {"full_text": "home ${fs_used /home}", "color":"\#577C98"},
  {"full_text": "uptime ${uptime}", "color":"\#C1D1DD"},
  {"full_text": "${time %A}", "color":"\#577C98"},
  {"full_text": "${time %Y}-${time %m}-${time %d}", "color":"\#C1D1DD"},
  {"full_text": "${time %H}:${time %M}", "color":"\#577C98"}
]

I would like to add simple "artist - track title" from DeaDBeeF to Conky. Any idea how to do this?

I've found this thread on #! forums, but it's much more complicated than what I'm after.

Thanks for help.

Last edited by Sublime2k (2014-07-21 16:17:02)

ooo

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Registered: 2013-04-10

Posts: 1,638

Re: [SOLVED] DeaDBeeF output to Conky?

deadbeef has --nowplaying command line option,

# deadbeef --help
...
--nowplaying FMT   Print formatted track name to stdout
                      FMT %-syntax: [a]rtist, [t]itle, al[b]um,
                      [l]ength, track[n]umber, [y]ear, [c]omment,
                      copy[r]ight, [e]lapsed
                      e.g.: --nowplaying "%a - %t" should print "artist - title"
                      for more info, see http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/deadbeef/index.php?title=Title_Formatting

that you can use with $exec{i,p,pi} variables in your .conkyrc, for example:

${exec deadbeef --nowplaying "%a - %t"}

EDIT: quotation marks are required

Last edited by ooo (2014-07-21 15:15:23)

Sublime2k

Member

Registered: 2014-03-17

Posts: 46

Re: [SOLVED] DeaDBeeF output to Conky?

deadbeef has --nowplaying command line option,

# deadbeef --help
...
--nowplaying FMT   Print formatted track name to stdout
                      FMT %-syntax: [a]rtist, [t]itle, al[b]um,
                      [l]ength, track[n]umber, [y]ear, [c]omment,
                      copy[r]ight, [e]lapsed
                      e.g.: --nowplaying "%a - %t" should print "artist - title"
                      for more info, see http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/deadbeef/index.php?title=Title_Formatting

that you can use with $exec{i,p,pi} variables in your .conkyrc, for example:

${exec deadbeef --nowplaying %a - %t}

Thanks, but it's working only partially correctly.

I added that line to conkyrc like this:

background		no
out_to_console		yes
out_to_x		no
update_interval		1
total_run_times		0
short_units		yes
override_utf8_locale	yes
double_buffer		yes

TEXT
,[
  {"full_text": "playing: ${exec deadbeef --nowplaying %a - %t}", "color":"\#C1D1DD"},
  {"full_text": "kernel ${kernel}", "color":"\#577C98"},
  {"full_text": "CPU use ${cpu cpu1}%", "color":"\#C1D1DD"},
  {"full_text": "CPU temp ${hwmon temp 1}°C", "color":"\#577C98"},
  {"full_text": "CPU clock ${freq_g}GHz", "color":"\#C1D1DD"},
  {"full_text": "RAM ${memperc}%", "color":"\#577C98"},
  {"full_text": "root ${fs_used /}", "color":"\#C1D1DD"},
  {"full_text": "home ${fs_used /home}", "color":"\#577C98"},
  {"full_text": "uptime ${uptime}", "color":"\#C1D1DD"},
  {"full_text": "${time %A}", "color":"\#577C98"},
  {"full_text": "${time %Y}-${time %m}-${time %d}", "color":"\#C1D1DD"},
  {"full_text": "${time %H}:${time %M}", "color":"\#577C98"}
]

As soon as I save conkyrc, DeaDBeeF stops playback and kind of freezes up. I can't add anything to the playlist and it refuses to play anything. Also, there's a window that briefly flashes in DeaDBeeF, but it's so brief that I can't read what it says.

Edit: I figured it out. It was supposed to be exec deadbeef --nowplaying "%a - %t", quotation marks are important.

Anyway, it works now. I appreciate your help.

Last edited by Sublime2k (2014-07-21 14:10:59)

ooo

Member

Registered: 2013-04-10

Posts: 1,638

Re: [SOLVED] DeaDBeeF output to Conky?

sorry about that. I was supposed to test the command to make sure the syntax is correct, but forgot :(
glad to hear you got it working still.

please add [SOLVED] on the title of the first post if that solution works for you :)

Last edited by ooo (2014-07-21 15:17:36)