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README.md

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+# GNOME Now Playing #
+
+This script uses [Argos](https://github.com/p-e-w/argos) to display a Now Playing panel that fetches
+the current song artist and title using MPRIS (D-Bus).
+
+To install, put the script in `~/.config/argos/`

np.10s.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+MPRIS_ROOT='org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.*'
+MPRIS_PATH='/org/mpris/MediaPlayer2'
+DBUS_GET='org.freedesktop.DBus.Properties.Get'
+MPRIS_PLAYER='org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player'
+XESAM_ARTIST="xesam:albumArtist: "
+XESAM_ARTIST2="xesam:artist: "
+XESAM_TITLE="xesam:title: "
+
+for player in $(qdbus $MPRIS_ROOT); do
+    state=$(qdbus "$player" $MPRIS_PATH $DBUS_GET $MPRIS_PLAYER PlaybackStatus)
+    if [ "$state" == "Playing" ]; then
+        metadata=$(qdbus "$player" $MPRIS_PATH $DBUS_GET $MPRIS_PLAYER Metadata)
+        artist=$(echo "$metadata" | grep "$XESAM_ARTIST")
+        artist=${artist#"$XESAM_ARTIST"}
+        artist2=$(echo "$metadata" | grep "$XESAM_ARTIST2")
+        artist2=${artist2#"$XESAM_ARTIST2"}
+        title=$(echo "$metadata" | grep "$XESAM_TITLE")
+        title=${title#"$XESAM_TITLE"}
+        if [ "$title" != "" ]; then
+            if [ "$artist" == "" ]; then
+                if [ "$artist2" == "" ]; then
+                    echo "$title | iconName=multimedia-audio-player-symbolic"
+                else
+                    echo "$artist2 - $title | iconName=multimedia-audio-player-symbolic"
+                fi
+            else
+                echo "$artist - $title | iconName=multimedia-audio-player-symbolic"
+            fi
+            echo "---"
+            exit
+        fi
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "---"