MPD Status

   MPD Status is a quick Python script to display some details about
   the track currently playing in [1]MPD. It is intended for use in
   [2]wmii's status bar.

   If you want a more featureful status bar, check out [3]szs3rd, from
   which I shamelessly copied and hacked the mpc.py module.

Features

     * Displays currently playing/paused song (that's a given really)
       with time.
     * If metadata isn't provided, falls back to the basename of the
       file.

Requirements

     * [4]Python 2.4.
     * [5]mpc.

Download

   Checkout mpd-status/trunk/ from the [6]Subversion repository:

 svn co http://svn.bleah.co.uk/repos/misc/mpd-status/trunk

   or, since it is just the one file, grab it via HTTP from:

 [7]http://svn.bleah.co.uk/repos/misc/mpd-status/trunk/mpd-status.py

Installation and Usage

   (Instructions are based around the setup for wmii 2 in [8]Debian)

    1. Place mpd-status.py somewhere, like /usr/local/bin/ or
       ~/.wmii/scripts/
    2. Copy /etc/wmii/status.sh to ~/.wmii/status.sh and edit it, or
       edit /etc/wmii/status.sh directly.
    3. Edit the following line to include "`python2.4
       /path/to/mpc.py`" (see patch below for an example):

 text="`date` `uptime | sed -e 's/.*://' -e 's/,//g'`"

    4. Restart wmii: /etc/wmii/rc restart

   You should see some extra text on your wmibar, either "--Not
   playing--" or your currently playing/paused track.

License

   mpd-status is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
   it under the terms of the [9]GNU General Public License as
   published by the [10]Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
   the License, or (at your option) any later version.

   mpd-status is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
   [11]GNU General Public License for more details.

Extras

     * [12]wmii-mpd-status.patch (497 bytes) - Example patch to wmii
       status.sh, added by simon on Mon Nov 7 13:57:32 2005.
     * [13]mpd-status.png (33 kB) - Screenshot showing status bar
       while playing, added by simon on Mon Nov 7 14:11:25 2005.

References

  1. http://www.musicpd.org/
  2. http://wmii.de
  3. http://wmii.de/index.php/Contrib/Szs3rd
  4. http://www.python.org/
  5. http://www.musicpd.org/mpc.shtml
  6. http://subversion.tigris.org/
  7. http://svn.bleah.co.uk/repos/misc/mpd-status/trunk/mpd-status.py
  8. http://www.debian.org/
  9. http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html
  10. http://www.fsf.org/
  11. http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl.html
  12. http://projects.bleah.co.uk/misc/attachment/wiki/MpdStatus/wmii-mpd-status.patch
  13. http://projects.bleah.co.uk/misc/attachment/wiki/MpdStatus/mpd-status.png