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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

18 players, bravo ! Nobody will stop you ?! big_smile

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

Sector11 wrote:

OH MY!  That's ... jaw dropping.  I have a hard time trying to remember when I challenged you to do this, but I'm glad I did.

Excellent work VastOne - pure brilliance!


You are a very bad bad influence.  jaw dropping indeed.

Nice work VastOne.

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

BoredOOMM wrote:
Sector11 wrote:

OH MY!  That's ... jaw dropping.  I have a hard time trying to remember when I challenged you to do this, but I'm glad I did.

Excellent work VastOne - pure brilliance!


You are a very bad bad influence.  jaw dropping indeed.

Nice work VastOne.


Thank you bored...  Need anything, let me know...

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

Edit - 13 October 2011 Changed the method of starting mpDris in the instructions

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

Edit - 16 October 2011  -  Changed all bash scripts with new functions to copy the cover file one time .. thanks xaos52!!  -  Grab the latest archive from the same link to capture these changes

Edit - 16 October 2011  -  Changed the mpd method of getting the cover thanks to a python change ... Thanks wlourf!!   -  Grab the latest archive from the same link to capture these changes

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

HELP!

First...thank you for this, it is awesome! However...

I am using Clementine and have the files in ~/musictools/... (I have changed the files to reflect this location, I hope!)

When I run the launcher everything works (see sreenie) except the cover art and this error is thrown (home directory removed from beginning of line smile ):

/musictools/conky/conky-music/cover/getcover_sphere.sh: line 96: convert: command not found

Again...much thanks to VastOne for the HowTo and to any who can help me get it working.

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

DrakarNoir wrote:

HELP!

First...thank you for this, it is awesome! However...

I am using Clementine and have the files in ~/musictools/... (I have changed the files to reflect this location, I hope!)

When I run the launcher everything works (see sreenie) except the cover art and this error is thrown (home directory removed from beginning of line smile ):

/musictools/conky/conky-music/cover/getcover_sphere.sh: line 96: convert: command not found

Again...much thanks to VastOne for the HowTo and to any who can help me get it working.

http://s1.postimage.org/ntuyx4uc/Screenshot.jpg


Did you change this:

# Temp directory must be full path.
tempdir="$HOME/conky/conky-music/cover/"
tempfile="${tempdir}nowplaying"

in $HOME/musictools/conky/conky-music/cover/getcover_sphere.sh

to

# Temp directory must be full path.
tempdir="$HOME/musictools/conky/conky-music/cover/"
tempfile="${tempdir}nowplaying"
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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

DrakarNoir wrote:

HELP!

First...thank you for this, it is awesome! However...

I am using Clementine and have the files in ~/musictools/... (I have changed the files to reflect this location, I hope!)

When I run the launcher everything works (see sreenie) except the cover art and this error is thrown (home directory removed from beginning of line smile ):

/musictools/conky/conky-music/cover/getcover_sphere.sh: line 96: convert: command not found

Again...much thanks to VastOne for the HowTo and to any who can help me get it working.

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Hi DrakarNoir!

In my/the tar version of getcover_sphere.sh the line that starts the convert process is line 94 but the error says yours is line 96.. 

And as Sector11 pointed out, there is a line that needs to be addressed if you have not already done so..

Very nice catch Sector11 .... cool

The real issue is imagemagick is what convert comes from and is needed.  I was not aware of this.

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

will solve this problem.  It is a very small and powerful imaging tool

I am still concerned about the differences in line numbers in the version of getcover_sphere.sh you have... 

If you have made changes that is no problem! 

First .. Thank you for reporting this... I will update the How To to reflect that ImageMagick is needed..

Next... Thank you for the kind words...  It has been a lot of fun doing this and I am glad to see someone using it

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

Edit - 17 October 2011  -  Added ImageMagick requirements

Thanks to DrakarNoir for the heads up that ImageMagick is needed for the convert process in the LUA scripts

sudo apt-get install imagemagick
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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

Sector11 wrote:

Did you change this:

# Temp directory must be full path.
tempdir="$HOME/conky/conky-music/cover/"
tempfile="${tempdir}nowplaying"

in $HOME/musictools/conky/conky-music/cover/getcover_sphere.sh

to

# Temp directory must be full path.
tempdir="$HOME/musictools/conky/conky-music/cover/"
tempfile="${tempdir}nowplaying"

Sector11, Yes I changed that line, thank you for asking, it makes me tripple check myself.

VastOne wrote:

I am still concerned about the differences in line numbers in the version of getcover_sphere.sh you have...

If you have made changes that is no problem!

VastOne, thank you for your concern. The numbering difference was due to a non-programmer, me smile, attempting to hammer through the problem. I inserted "other possible" commands based upon my other music conky (using conkyClementine) to see if it would work. I had those lines commented out but neglected to remove them before sending the Help request. They have subsequently been removed.

VastOne wrote:

The real issue is imagemagick is what convert comes from and is needed.  I was not aware of this.

sudo apt-get install imagemagick

will solve this problem.  It is a very small and powerful imaging tool

Again, VastOne, thank you for the heads up on this. Installed imagemagick and all is well! (see screenie)

http://s2.postimage.org/1q44hvox0/Screenshot_1.png

This conky fits nicely with my clock conky. This post: http://crunchbanglinux.org/forums/post/143405/#p143405

Now to work on a calendar idea I have and get the remaining conkys into rings!

Much thanks to both of you, you are true conkyGuru's! big_smile

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

Very cool DrakarNoir - Good luck with the rest if your Rings Quest... hmmm that sounds like a movie...

That looks awesome! big_smile

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

VastOne wrote:

Very cool DrakarNoir - ...hmmm that sounds like a movie...

That looks awesome! big_smile

And I think I've seen it!

VastOne wrote:

Good luck with the rest if your Rings Quest...

Thanks for the good wishes. I am not a programmer by any measure of the word but I like to tinker! I am seeing a ring calendar with the daily weather in the center (based on this music conky!) and two rings, Month and day, much like the rings of the music conky. And, perhaps the weeks forcast arranged around the perimeter. Maybe too cluttered, still mulling it over!

Again, thanks for the help!

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

DrakarNoir wrote:
VastOne wrote:

Very cool DrakarNoir - ...hmmm that sounds like a movie...

That looks awesome! big_smile

And I think I've seen it!

VastOne wrote:

Good luck with the rest if your Rings Quest...

Thanks for the good wishes. I am not a programmer by any measure of the word but I like to tinker! I am seeing a ring calendar with the daily weather in the center (based on this music conky!) and two rings, Month and day, much like the rings of the music conky. And, perhaps the weeks forcast arranged around the perimeter. Maybe too cluttered, still mulling it over!

Again, thanks for the help!

@ DrakarNoir - NICE STUFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COMING TO A CONKY NEAR YOU!

wlourf, kaivalagi, vastOne and DrakaNoir
                  Starring in
      The Music of the Rings Quest

lol

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

Oh boy.. time to get some popcorn and my boots on... getting deep in here... big_smile

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

I notice from the original post that VastOne has not tested this with amarok. Has anyone?

I have implemented the LUA sphere method as per the instructions, and for vlc it works. From there making it work for amarok should be a matter simply of commenting vlc out and amarok in in both the getcover_sphere.sh and player.lua files.

However, this doesn't seem to work. If I do so I get the following

$ rm: cannot remove `/home/ian/conky/conky-music/cover/cover_sphere.png': No such file or directory
Conky: desktop window (5b) is root window
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (0x1800002)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
sh: dcop: not found
sh: dcop: not found
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_main execution failed: /home/ian/conky/conky-music/player.lua:70: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'amarok_ct' (a nil value)
/home/ian/conky/conky-music/cover/getcover_sphere.sh: line 39: dcop: command not found
Conky: Unable to load image '/home/ian/conky/conky-music/cover/cover_sphere.png'
sh: dcop: not found
sh: dcop: not found
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_main execution failed: /home/ian/conky/conky-music/player.lua:70: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'amarok_ct' (a nil value)
sh: dcop: not found
sh: dcop: not found
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_main execution failed: /home/ian/conky/conky-music/player.lua:70: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'amarok_ct' (a nil value)
sh: dcop: not found
sh: dcop: not found
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_main execution failed: /home/ian/conky/conky-music/player.lua:70: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'amarok_ct' (a nil value)
sh: dcop: not found
sh: dcop: not found

etc., and nothing appears in the conky window.

Has anyone had this script work with amarok (2)? Can anyone tell me what's preventing the script from working for me?

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

convergent wrote:

I notice from the original post that VastOne has not tested this with amarok. Has anyone?

I have implemented the LUA sphere method as per the instructions, and for vlc it works. From there making it work for amarok should be a matter simply of commenting vlc out and amarok in in both the getcover_sphere.sh and player.lua files.

However, this doesn't seem to work. If I do so I get the following

$ rm: cannot remove `/home/ian/conky/conky-music/cover/cover_sphere.png': No such file or directory
Conky: desktop window (5b) is root window
Conky: window type - normal
Conky: drawing to created window (0x1800002)
Conky: drawing to double buffer
sh: dcop: not found
sh: dcop: not found
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_main execution failed: /home/ian/conky/conky-music/player.lua:70: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'amarok_ct' (a nil value)
/home/ian/conky/conky-music/cover/getcover_sphere.sh: line 39: dcop: command not found
Conky: Unable to load image '/home/ian/conky/conky-music/cover/cover_sphere.png'
sh: dcop: not found
sh: dcop: not found
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_main execution failed: /home/ian/conky/conky-music/player.lua:70: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'amarok_ct' (a nil value)
sh: dcop: not found
sh: dcop: not found
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_main execution failed: /home/ian/conky/conky-music/player.lua:70: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'amarok_ct' (a nil value)
sh: dcop: not found
sh: dcop: not found
Conky: llua_do_call: function conky_main execution failed: /home/ian/conky/conky-music/player.lua:70: attempt to perform arithmetic on global 'amarok_ct' (a nil value)
sh: dcop: not found
sh: dcop: not found

etc., and nothing appears in the conky window.

Has anyone had this script work with amarok (2)? Can anyone tell me what's preventing the script from working for me?

Looking at it... I am sure that Amarok 2 uses different command functions than I did to display..

Let me load Amarok 2 and fix this... It needs to be done..  When I have it done, I will post to you and fix the How To

Thanks

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

Fantastic, I look forward to it

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

convergent wrote:

Fantastic, I look forward to it

Loaded Amarok 2 and its 6 millions kde hooks roll and it looks like an easy one..  I should have it done in an hour or so

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

I spoke too soon...

Any track I try to play, Amarok2 closes with a seg fault...

Will need more time

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

Edit - 19 October 2011  -  Added Amarok2 at the request of convergent.  This replaces the original Amarok  -  Grab the latest archive from the same link to capture these changes - download musictools.tar.gz

Files added:

conkyAmarok.py
conkyAmarok.template
.conkyamarokrc
amarok.png

Updated files

player.lua
getcover_sphere.sh

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

convergent wrote:

Fantastic, I look forward to it


Done  and thank you for the request...

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

Updated the file at all locations

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

DrakarNoir wrote:
VastOne wrote:

Very cool DrakarNoir - ...hmmm that sounds like a movie...

That looks awesome! big_smile

And I think I've seen it!

VastOne wrote:

Good luck with the rest if your Rings Quest...

Thanks for the good wishes. I am not a programmer by any measure of the word but I like to tinker! I am seeing a ring calendar with the daily weather in the center (based on this music conky!) and two rings, Month and day, much like the rings of the music conky. And, perhaps the weeks forcast arranged around the perimeter. Maybe too cluttered, still mulling it over!

Again, thanks for the help!

What distro are you running? 

I just did a fresh install of #! and see that Imagemagick is installed by default..

Just curious..

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

VastOne wrote:

What distro are you running? 

I just did a fresh install of #! and see that Imagemagick is installed by default..

Just curious..

I am running a heavily modified iQuinx. I cannot remember if imagemagick is installed in regular Ubuntu by default or not. However, I am thinking of installing Oneric (w/o the crappy Unity interface smile ) if I do I will report back.

Question, while running the Music conky (this one or my original) I am getting a heavy hit to my cpu. Any ideas?

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Re: How To - Conky/Lua, Music and Cover Art - 2 Methods for 18 Apps

DrakarNoir wrote:
VastOne wrote:

What distro are you running? 

I just did a fresh install of #! and see that Imagemagick is installed by default..

Just curious..

I am running a heavily modified iQuinx. I cannot remember if imagemagick is installed in regular Ubuntu by default or not. However, I am thinking of installing Oneric (w/o the crappy Unity interface smile ) if I do I will report back.

Question, while running the Music conky (this one or my original) I am getting a heavy hit to my cpu. Any ideas?

Thanks Noir...

I run and have run hundreds of different conky scripts and have not seen a cpu spike, including LUA scripts...  I seem to recall there is a memory issue with LUA and a version of conky that was intensive either for memory or cpu

I run  Wheezy/Testing Debian and the version of Conky I am using is 1.8.1

I would wait for Sector-san to respond to this, he may have a better scope..

In the meantime, you might want to post the question along with your conky rc over in the Conky thread?

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