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Downloads: 1365
| Submitted: Apr 23 2009
Updated: Jun 3 2009
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Description:
Alternative OSD through Gnome Notification Daemon
This script shows information about the currently played track as a notification using a notification daemon that implements the freedesktop.org dbus interface (e.g. libnotify or notify-osd). It is intended to replace Amaroks own OSD, so its recommend to deactivate this via the configuration menu.
Dependings:
* Amarok 2.x
* notify-osd (recommend) or libnotify-bin
* imagemagick (if you use libnotify)
Some example strings for the configuration are available on my blog: http://mantis.blogsport.de/2009/07/08/notifyamarok-configuration/
UPDATE (1.11.09):
ubuntu karmic (9.10):
Due to some changes in notify-osd for karmic some issue evolved concerning amarok notifications:
1. The update seems to have become slower which first of all sometimes causes empty notifications.
2. Newlines in the title are prevented by design now.
3. The destruction of notifications stopped working so there is an additional standard duration without update after the duration time thats set in the NotifyAmarok configuration.
As I unfortunately dont have time for this project at the moment I most likely wont fix this in the near future. Sorry!
KDE 4.3:
KDE 4.3 now support the freedesktop.org specifications, but unfortunately no smooth update. If you are using KDE, i recommend you to use thesalus' amaroknotify (http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php/amaroKnotify?content=103197), which provides nearly the same functionality now, but is developed for KDE.
Changelog:
1.0
Major development step with stunning new features ;)
* Full Configurable Notification Title, Body and Duration with all song information available and nice unicode symbols
* A nice Help Window that (i hope) explains the configuration accurately
* set Keybinding to trigger a notification when ever you wonder which song is playing atm (though not very straightforward yet) see "Questions and Answers" for Details
* finally just using the same cover images Amarok does without searching for fitting covers
* new code concept/structure that benefits future development of more new features
* now works on Amarok 2.1 Beta as well
License: GPL
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