Conky Rhythmbox Python Script

[ryniek]

Artist:

ryniek@RyniekOnDesktop:~$ conkyRhythmbox --datatype=TI
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 474, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 471, in main
    rhythmboxinfo.writeOutput()
  File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 424, in writeOutput
    print output.encode("utf-8")
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc5 in position 9: ordinal not in range(128)
ryniek@RyniekOnDesktop:~$

Album:

ryniek@RyniekOnDesktop:~$ conkyRhythmbox --datatype=AL
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 474, in <module>
    main()
  File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 471, in main
    rhythmboxinfo.writeOutput()
  File "/usr/share/conkyrhythmbox/conkyRhythmbox.py", line 424, in writeOutput
    print output.encode("utf-8")
UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc5 in position 6: ordinal not in range(128)
ryniek@RyniekOnDesktop:~$

Album and Artist of randomly choosen by me song has polish letters.

[kaivalagi]

Can you install the attached deb file, this is the next version (2.05) with what I hope is the fix...

Let me know how you get on, if all is okay I'll rollout the update via apt

[ryniek]

Thanks man. I've installed ver. 2.0.5 and by now i don't have any problems. Unicode works fine, polish letters in output works fine. Thanks

[kaivalagi]

UPDATE

Fixed the script to handle unicode output better (I hope)

The first post has been updated and the apt package should be available soon

[ryniek]

When i'm listening to songs which has been performed by many artist, the output is to long and it extends too much on desktop. I modified the script like that:

elif datatype == "AR": #artist
    if self.musicData.artist == None or len(self.musicData.artist) == 0:
        output = None
    else:
        output = self.musicData.artist[0:30] + "..."

Could you add the option which could cut off output bigger than maybe 35 letters?
It could help other who don't know Python.

[yello_ubu]

Using the last.fm plugin, I get "Unknown" for both artist & title. Works fine playing mp3s etc.

Edit: typing 'rhythmbox-client --print-playing' in terminal returns both the artist and title so the data should be available to conkyRhythmbox... hopefully!!

[kaivalagi]

@ryniek - I'll add a maxlength option to the script at some point, I've added it to my todo list for now...it will need to work on the command line and in templates, so it can be used for only certain datatypes if need be.

@yello_ubu - I have both CD and last.fm support in my todo list

Not sure when I'll start on the mods...I have quite a bit on right now

Cheers

Edit: Update coming now I couldn't help myself

[yello_ubu]

Cheers kaivalagi. No hurry, as and when. I'll stay tuned!

[kaivalagi]

UPDATE

I've updated the script as follows:

• Updated to handle CD and last.fm music sources better
• Added --maxlength option for command line and templates, to limit string output if need be
• Updated README

Maxlength usage help:

  -m LENGTH, --maxlength=LENGTH
                        [default: 0] Define the maximum length of any
                        datatypes output, if truncated the output ends in
                        "..."

The first post has been updated with the new attachments and the apt based packages are available

[yello_ubu]

Whoosh! That was fast!! Works perfectly on last.fm too! Cheers kaivalagi