[Bug 165953] New: "nowplaying" applet: support for mpd (music player daemon)

[Jerome Quelin]

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           Summary: "nowplaying" applet: support for mpd (music player
                    daemon)
           Product: plasma
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Mandriva RPMs
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: wishlist
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: panel-devel kde org
        ReportedBy: jquelin gmail com


Version:            (using KDE 4.0.83)
Installed from:    Mandriva RPMs

nowplaying applet display song currently playing on the computer. it supports various backend, such as amarok, juk, xmms.

i propose to add mpd (music player daemon, http://musicpd.org) as a source in nowplaying dataengine.
mpd being client-server based, it's easy to do so.

either connect to port 6600 and issue the command:

    currentsong

which will return all the wanted information on the song currently being played.


or even simpler, run the mpc command-line utility which is almost always installed when mpd is used:

    mpc --format "%album%\n%track%\n%artist%\n%title%"

and get the current song information on the 4 first lines.