[Kde-announce-apps] AmarokScreenSaver 0.3.1

[Even Nedberg]

Name: AmarokScreenSaver
Version: 0.3.1
Type: Amarok Script
Depend: 
License: GPL
More Info:
http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=46488

Description:
 AmarokScreenSaver

Displays information about the currently playing
song as a screensaver

I often use my computer to play music when I am
having visitors or when I am just not in front of
the monitor. I wanted some way to still be able to
see what song was playing. As my TV is connected
to the computer I decided to make a screensaver
that would do just this. (you don't need to even
own a TV to use this script, but my TV is in my
living room and my computer is not...)

This script creates an image based on the
currently playing song in Amarok, then changes
your screensaver to KSlideshow and tells it to
display this particular image. It restores your
original screensaver settings when you stop the
script or exit Amarok.

The script has some basic settings configurable
via a dialog:

Party / safe - mode:
The script can be configured to lock the
screensaver, you will need your password to return
to the desktop. This is great if you are having a
party and don't want everybody to use the computer
for surfing or changing track every other minute.

DPMS:
I use display power management to turn off my
monitor after a given period of time. This did not
work well with my idea. Therefore I created an
option to turn off DPMS, and turning it back on
when the script is exited or Amarok is shut down.

Rotate image placement:
To prevent damage to the screen more than one
image (three) can be created and the screensaver
will randomly display these images.

Requirements:
Amarok (duh...)
KDE, not sure if it will work with anything else,
at least KScreensaver and KSlideshow is needed
ImageMagick
PyQt (Only to configure the script, this can also
be done manually by editing a textfile)
xwininfo
bc

Changelog:
 Version 0.3.1:
- Fixed bug where screensaver did not find any
images after being active for a while

Version 0.3:
- Takes care of Kopete status. No longer changes
status on each trackchange.
- The screensaver stays active on trackchange.
Amarok is no longer shown
- Changed the name from KoverSS to
AmarokScreenSaver

Version 0.2.1:
- Regression fix, images have better quality
again!

Version 0.2:
- Better configuredialog
- More screen-friendly. Creates more than one
image with the text and cover art in different
places.
- Various fixes and speed improvements

Version 0.1.2:
- Works even if user has no screensaver set
(Thanks to David Hugas Germà )

Version 0.1.1:
- Cover image now has better quality

Version 0.1:
Here we go!