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Modified player-mpris-simple to slice metadata #423

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19 changes: 14 additions & 5 deletions polybar-scripts/player-mpris-simple/player-mpris-simple.sh
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player_status=$(playerctl status 2> /dev/null)

if [ "$player_status" = "Playing" ]; then
echo "#1 $(playerctl metadata artist) - $(playerctl metadata title)"
elif [ "$player_status" = "Paused" ]; then
echo "#2 $(playerctl metadata artist) - $(playerctl metadata title)"
#this function slice the artist length to 15 characters and 20 characters for the title preventing it from taking all the polybar space
print_metadata () {
player_title=$(playerctl metadata title 2> /dev/null)
player_artist=$(playerctl metadata artist 2> /dev/null)
if [ "$player_status" = "Playing" ]; then
echo "#1 ${player_artist::15} - ${player_title::20}"
elif [ "$player_status" = "Paused" ]; then
echo "#2 ${player_artist::15} - ${player_title::20}"
fi
}

if [ "$player_status" = "" ]; then
echo "#3 No player found"
else
echo "#3"
print_metadata
fi