Conky Rhythmbox Python Script

[kaivalagi]

At the and I Put this in the conkyrc:

${exec conkyRhythmbox --datatype=CA}${image /tmp/cover -n -p 0,0 -s 200x200}

and the only proplem left to solve us u cn see at the photo is
the text(tmp/cover) stays on the cover

The --datatype=CA call will return the image path, there is no way around it doing that

The best approach is to use a template and have something like this where the [--datatype=CA] will be replaced with the image path when it is called:

${image [--datatype=CA] -p 0,0 -s 100x100}

then when parsed by the execp/execpi call it will be render like so:

${image /tmp/cover -p 0,0 -s 100x100}

HTH

[yiannis66]

You are the best kaivalagi
Thanks you very much for your help and for the scripts that I am using for all conkys.

[kaivalagi]

Careful my head will explode with too much praise

Hope you get things working how you wanted, and please post what you've done for others

Just in case the approach with templates and images is unclear, you need to cover the following off in any of my scripts that provide image paths and template options:

1. have a main exec call in the conkyrc using execp or execpi (needed to parse content not actually written in the conkyrc in conky fashion)
2. the scipt needs to support template files, use a template option to point at content as required
3. the template file can have all the formatting methods you would expect in a conkyrc such as font / color etc etc
4. the template file also needs requests via placeholders for data by the script, these are done like so: [--datatype=CA] or [--datatype=TI] etc. These should be mentioned in the scripts help content (call it with the -h option to see it)
5. Note that conky 1.8.1 has problems with execpi/execp based formatting with the goto and offset functions producing silly squares, 1.8.0 has no such issues

[yiannis66]

I have from http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/to...box-album-art/
A script name albumart and I made a small change at the line 8
I put the " /tmp/cover "
So now is that :

#!/bin/bash
artist=`rhythmbox-client --print-playing-format %ta`
album=`rhythmbox-client --print-playing-format %aa`
str="`echo "$artist $album" | sed -e s/\\ /+/g`"
wget `wget "http://www.albumart.org/index.php?srchkey=$str&itempage=1&newsearch=1&searchindex=Music" -q -O - | 
grep "http://www.albumart.org/images/zoom-icon.jpg" -m 1 | 
sed -e 's/" border="0" class="image_border.*//' |
sed -e 's/.*img src="//'` -q -O /tmp/cover

Isave it in my home folder and I make my conkyrc after TEXT:

${font Santana:size=12}${color FFFF00}${exec conkyRhythmbox --datatype=AR}
${exec conkyRhythmbox --datatype=AL}
${exec conkyRhythmbox --datatype=PP}%
${exec conkyRhythmbox --datatype=CA}${image /tmp/cover -n -p 10,100 -s 200x200}
${exec ~/albumart}

And everythink is perfect.

[karmila]

The --datatype=CA call will return the image path, there is no way around it doing that

The best approach is to use a template and have something like this where the [--datatype=CA] will be replaced with the image path when it is called:

${image [--datatype=CA] -p 0,0 -s 100x100}

then when parsed by the execp/execpi call it will be render like so:

${image /tmp/cover -p 0,0 -s 100x100}

HTH

Wow

Thanks Mark, I had same question with conkyClementine and this answer solved my problem.

[kaivalagi]

Wow

Thanks Mark, I had same question with conkyClementine and this answer solved my problem.

You could do it this way but you may not even need the --datatype=CA thing as if you run the conkyClementine-GetCoverart script it will create a file in a known path instead on track change (much more efficient)...not all players work with an alternative script like this but clementine does as it presents the event handlers in it's d-bus methods

[karmila]

You could do it this way but you may not even need the --datatype=CA thing as if you run the conkyClementine-GetCoverart script it will create a file in a known path instead on track change (much more efficient)...not all players work with an alternative script like this but clementine does as it presents the event handlers in it's d-bus methods

That would be much better.

This is CA part from my conkyrc

${execp conkyClementine --template=/path/to/conkyClementine.template}

And this is the template

${image [--datatype=CA] -p 30,290 -s 62x62}

I run GetCoverart.py script at terminal and see how it works but how to add the script to conkyrc?

[kaivalagi]

That would be much better.

This is CA part from my conkyrc

${execp conkyClementine --template=/path/to/conkyClementine.template}

And this is the template

${image [--datatype=CA] -p 30,290 -s 62x62}

I run GetCoverart.py script at terminal and see how it works but how to add the script to conkyrc?

Posted a bit of the history and a reply in the conkyClementine thread where this discussion belongs
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...9&postcount=33

[vehemoth]

Is it possible to convert %20 etc to the keyboard characters, when i run conkyRhythmbox --datatype=CA it outputs everything right it just has %20, %5 etc instead, i can't use this in my conky setup

[kaivalagi]

Is it possible to convert %20 etc to the keyboard characters, when i run conkyRhythmbox --datatype=CA it outputs everything right it just has %20, %5 etc instead, i can't use this in my conky setup

What version of conkyRhythmbox are you running, the latest should "unquote" all these character codes...%20 => space etc

The current version is 2.17

conkyRhythmbox --version

You're not using conky colors or something like that are you? If you are that will be why, always out of date those...