source: mpd-status/trunk/mpd-status.py @ 23

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

# Copyright © 2005, Simon E. Ward
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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#
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# General Public License for more details.
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from subprocess import Popen, PIPE
from os.path import basename, splitext

mpc_fmt = (
"{"
    "'artist': '''[%artist% - ]''', "
    "'album': '''[%album% - ]''', "
    "'track': '''[%track% - ]''', "
    "'title': '''[%title%]''', "
    "'time': '''[%time%]''', "
    "'file': '''[%file%]'''"
"}"
)
cmd = ['mpc', '--format', mpc_fmt]
lines = Popen(cmd, stdout=PIPE).communicate()[0].split('\n')

if len(lines) >= 3:
    fields = eval(lines[0])
    line1 = lines[1].split()
    fields.update(zip(['status', 'pnum', 'length', 'percent'], line1))
    status = fields['status'].strip('[]').capitalize() + ':'
    if fields['title']:
        title = '%(artist)s%(album)s%(track)s%(title)s' % fields
    else:
        title = splitext(basename(fields['file']))[0]
    time = '%(time)s/%(length)s %(percent)s' % fields
    outstr = '%s %s [%s]' % (status, title, time)
else:
    outstr = '--Not playing--'

print outstr