Conky Rhythmbox Python Script

[cl0ckwork]

I am sure you meant {execpi...} or {execp...}

true, it was early and i shouldve been paying attention in class

[kaivalagi]

UPDATE

Updated the script as follows:

• Now loading the template file in unicode mode to allow for the extended character set
• Added datatypes: ST (status), GE (genre), YR (year), TN (track number), FN (file name)
• Added --statustext option to allow overridding of the standard status text
• Updated README

The first post is updated and the apt package will be available shortly

[TerminusEst]

Any way to get rid of the "unrated" text?

EDIT: nvm, I figured it out, in conkyRhythmbox.py I replaced

output = "Unrated"

with:

output = ""

[kaivalagi]

Any way to get rid of the "unrated" text?

EDIT: nvm, I figured it out, in conkyRhythmbox.py I replaced

output = "Unrated"

with:

output = ""

It makes sense to have nothing I guess, I'll make the change it for the next release

[TerminusEst]

It makes sense to have nothing I guess, I'll make the change it for the next release

Good idea
Also if anyone is interested, this is how my rhythmbox section looks like :



in .conkyrc:

${voffset 4}${font BulletBalls AOE:size=16}Z${font}  ${font Arial Bold:size=9}${voffset -5}${exec ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=TI}${font}
${voffset 4}Artist: ${exec ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=AR}  ${alignr}${exec ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=PT}/${exec ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=LE}
${voffset 2}${execibar 1 ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=PP}
${voffset 2}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=10}BBBBB${font}${offset -60}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=10}${exec ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=RT --ratingchar=D}${font}

will require "BulletBalls" and "PizzaDude Bullets" fonts

[kaivalagi]

Good idea
Also if anyone is interested, this is how my rhythmbox section looks like :



in .conkyrc:

${voffset 4}${font BulletBalls AOE:size=16}Z${font}  ${font Arial Bold:size=9}${voffset -5}${exec ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=TI}${font}
${voffset 4}Artist: ${exec ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=AR}  ${alignr}${exec ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=PT}/${exec ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=LE}
${voffset 2}${execibar 1 ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=PP}
${voffset 2}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=10}BBBBB${font}${offset -60}${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=10}${exec ~/.scripts/conkyrhythmbox-2.03/conkyRhythmbox --datatype=RT --ratingchar=D}${font}

will require "BulletBalls" and "PizzaDude Bullets" fonts

Very nice!

[cedeel]

There seems to be an error with your script when trying to print non-ascii characters.

The following is being output on the command line:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 466, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 463, in main
rhythmboxinfo.writeOutput()
File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 416, in writeOutput
print output.encode("utf-8")
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 5: ordinal not in range(128 )


In conky, nothing is output

[kaivalagi]

There seems to be an error with your script when trying to print non-ascii characters.

The following is being output on the command line:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 466, in <module>
main()
File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 463, in main
rhythmboxinfo.writeOutput()
File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 416, in writeOutput
print output.encode("utf-8")
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 5: ordinal not in range(128 )


In conky, nothing is output

I can't reproduce the problem, if you don't mind could you try editing the script you have as follows?

assuming you installed using apt/deb package, edit the file:

gksudo gedit /usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py

find the section of code like this:

    def writeOutput(self):
		
        if self.options.template != None:

and change it to this:

    def writeOutput(self):

		output = u""
		
        if self.options.template != None:

If that works, great, if not I'll need to do some more digging.

Also, what is the title, artist and album that is being played?

Chimo

[Cammy]

kaivalagi, is there any chance of adding a lyrics option anytime in the future? I just noticed that (probably because I enabled the lyrics plugin on rhythmbox) I have lyrics for all my music in ~/.lyrics/artist/songname.lyric

Someone over in the general conky thread made a lyrics script for Amarok, but Amarok takes forever to launch on my machine, and I also don't want to lose what I already have with your rhythmbox script.

[kaivalagi]

kaivalagi, is there any chance of adding a lyrics option anytime in the future? I just noticed that (probably because I enabled the lyrics plugin on rhythmbox) I have lyrics for all my music in ~/.lyrics/artist/songname.lyric

Someone over in the general conky thread made a lyrics script for Amarok, but Amarok takes forever to launch on my machine, and I also don't want to lose what I already have with your rhythmbox script.

In theory I can do this at some point, shouldn't be a problem.

However I am very busy with another project so any new functionality on my existing scripts is on hold at present...

I'll add it to my TODO's...