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hezral
March 24th, 2006, 04:01 AM
hi.i was wondering if there is a program that can do this?

i used to use it when i had my powerbook.
if there's no such app, is it hard to program? i dont really know much about programming tho..
Wolki
March 24th, 2006, 05:27 AM
Depends on what muisc player you're using. Many already have OSD or notify support either built-in or as a plugin, for others it can be done rather easily if you know how, yet others might be difficult.
hezral
March 24th, 2006, 05:42 AM
well i was thinking doing exactly the same as in the sshot. probably for rhythmbox or banshee.
Wolki
March 24th, 2006, 06:24 AM
You could probably use xosd for a similar effect. I'm not too familiar with it, iirc it defaults to green but you should be able to change that. The xmms-like players often have plugins for this, There's a plugin in the works for banshee (http://blog.heatxsink.com/archives/2006/02/xosd_plugin_par.html) but i don't know if that works well.

There are python bindings for xosd, if your player exports its information e.g. via dbus, you should be able to write a quick script that does a similar effect. Not sure you can do the background, though-