thegenem0 / waymedia

Two simple waybar modules for media player configuration

Waymedia

About

These are two simple modules for waybar. It looks for all active players and when if sees something is playing it will show the proper metadata. If nothing was found it will hide itself.

Installation

Clone the repository into a scripts directory in the waybar config directory.

mkdir -p ~/.config/waybar/scripts/
git clone https://github.com/lighttigerXIV/waymedia.git ~/.config/waybar/scripts/

Configuration

Artist-Title

Add "custom/waymedia" to your waybar configuration.

"modules-left": ["custom/waymedia"],

Required configuration

"custom/waymedia": {
    "format": "{}",
    "exec": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/waymedia/waymedia",
    "interval": 1,
    "limit": 60,
    "on-click": "playerctl play-pause",
    "on-scroll-up": "playerctl next",
    "on-scroll-down": "playerctl previous"
},

Full Configuration

You can customize the play icon, pause icon, the divider and the pattern of how things are displayed.

"custom/waymedia": {
    "format": "{icon}{}",
    "exec": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/waymedia/waymedia",
    "interval": 1,
    "limit": 60,
    "on-click": "playerctl play-pause",
    "on-scroll-up": "playerctl next",
    "on-scroll-down": "playerctl previous",
    "pause-icon": "   ",
    "play-icon": "   ",
    "divider": " - ",
    "pattern": "{icon}{artist}{divider}{title}"
},

Buttons

Add "custom/waymedia-buttons" to your waybar configuration.

"modules-left": ["custom/waymedia-buttons"],

Required configuration

"custom/waymedia-buttons": {
    "format": "{icon} {artist} - {title}",
    "exec": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/waymedia/waymedia-buttons",
    "interval": 1,
    "on-click": "playerctl play-pause",
    "on-scroll-up": "playerctl next",
    "on-scroll-down": "playerctl previous"
},

Full Configuration

You can customize the buttons too.

"custom/waymedia-buttons": {
    "format": "{icon}{}",
    "exec": "~/.config/waybar/scripts/waymedia/waymedia-buttons",
    "interval": 1,
    "on-click": "playerctl play-pause",
    "on-scroll-up": "playerctl next",
    "on-scroll-down": "playerctl previous",
    "previous-icon": " 󰒮 ",
    "skip-icon": " 󰒭 ",
    "play-icon": "  ",
    "pause-icon": "  "
},

Styling

To style the components use the following selectors

/* For the title/artist */
#custom-waymedia{}

/* For the buttons */
#custom-waymedia-buttons{}