Gaim currently listening script for Amarok

[yurimxpxman]

Hey folks! I just wrote a script to change Gaim's away message to the song currently playing in Amarok. In case any of you are interested, here's how to do it:

$ sudo gedit /etc/bin/gaim-amarok

Paste this script into the file:

#!/bin/bash

while [ 1 ]; do
{
    if (` dcop amarok player isPlaying`); then
    {
        artist=` dcop amarok player artist`
        song=` dcop amarok player title`
        now_playing="Currently listening to:
${artist} - ${song}"
        gaim-remote "setstatus?message=${now_playing}"
        sleep 1
    }
    else
        gaim-remote "setstatus?message='I am currently away from the computer.'"
    fi
}
done

Make the script executable:

sudo chmod a+x gaim-amarok

Now whenever you type gaim-amarok into a terminal, it will automatically send the currently playing meta information to Gaim's away system. To do this without the annoying, extra terminal window, you'll need to make a launcher for it. You can do this by right-clicking your desktop and choosing Create Launcher... The command is "gaim-amarok" (no quotes). The rest of the information can be whatever you want. Now whenever you double-click that icon, Gaim's away message will be the song you're listening to.

To stop the program, open the GNOME task manager and find the process called "gaim-amarok". Right-click it and choose "End Task". It's as simple as that.

Cheers!

Edit: I updated the script to not display the currently listening while nothing is playing.

[Cyberlon]

I just thought I might point out some of the newer members who might be wondering what you are talking about that Gaim is an instant messenging program native to Linux and Amarok is a media player comparable to (but in my opinion superior to) Windows Media Player.

[Lead Head]

Originally Posted by Cyberlon

I just thought I might point out some of the newer members who might be wondering what you are talking about that Gaim is an instant messenging program native to Linux and Amarok is a media player comparable to (but in my opinion superior to) Windows Media Player.

GAIM isn't just on Linux you know, I use it for MSN/Yahoo :)

[Jokerswild]

Maybe some day I'll venture back into linux.

[JazzyJake]

a lot of you seem to sound like "but yea, that's linux"
in my opinion, after using linux, all windows is good for is my games, and the fact that i can run a couple apps that linux can't support, (yet)
nice script man, if i used gaim i'd use it, but i like kopete for the time being

[yurimxpxman]

Originally Posted by JazzyJake

a lot of you seem to sound like "but yea, that's linux"
in my opinion, after using linux, all windows is good for is my games, and the fact that i can run a couple apps that linux can't support, (yet)
nice script man, if i used gaim i'd use it, but i like kopete for the time being

I agree. A mere year ago I would have not recommended Linux because of the poor app support, but that's no longer a problem. Most of my games work in Linux (not that I play many anyways, but Snoopy vs. The Red Baron, HL2, and CS:S work) and it has everything else I need, plus Wine for everything I can't get for Linux.

My friend just switched to Linux and he's running his Adobe software from Wine. One of the big sells for him was Beryl.

As for using Kopete, when I have time, I'll see if I can come up with a script for that one too.

[Lead Head]

Originally Posted by yurimxpxman

I agree. A mere year ago I would have not recommended Linux because of the poor app support, but that's no longer a problem. Most of my games work in Linux (not that I play many anyways, but Snoopy vs. The Red Baron, HL2, and CS:S work) and it has everything else I need, plus Wine for everything I can't get for Linux.

My friend just switched to Linux and he's running his Adobe software from Wine. One of the big sells for him was Beryl.

As for using Kopete, when I have time, I'll see if I can come up with a script for that one too.

Even thought allot of games work in Linux, even with Cedega, the performance is pretty unspectacular, even with high-end hardware, but I do like Linux for the most part.

[Banditman]

I hope to change my internet server from windows 2000 pro to Linux. I need to learn alot of things first and along the way but I'm sure I can use this script. Thanks.

[yurimxpxman]

I found this script for Kopete & Amarok.