HOWTO: Display now playing with Conky and BMPx

[pcrhckyman]

Just started using BMPx, and although it hasn't been updated in a LONG time, it's still the best in my opinion.

After trying to compile conky with BMPx support (media player) and having it fail time and time again, I decided to make a python script for it. Very simple, but it was a pain for me (never done python before) to make, and others might share the same issues. :/

Anyway, download the file below or copy the code at the bottom into bmpx-conky.py and put it where you want it :)

To install it, open .conkyrc and add
${execi 5 ~/scripts/bmpx-conky.py}

Replace /scripts with the directory you put it in.

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#! /usr/bin/python

import dbus
import os
import commands

output = commands.getoutput('ps aux | grep beep-media-player-2-bin | grep -v grep | wc -l')
if '1' in output:
bus = dbus.SessionBus()
Root = bus.get_object('org.mpris.bmp', '/')
Player = bus.get_object('org.mpris.bmp', '/Player')
try: Player.GetMetadata()
except dbus.exceptions.DBusException:
print 'not playing'
else:
info = Player.GetMetadata()
decode = lambda x: unicode(x).encode('utf-8')
title = decode(info['title'])
print title
else:
print "not running"