Waybar-scrolling-mpris displays the current media information on Waybar with scrolling for long text.

Dependencies

• playerctl
• JSON-c
• CMAKE

CMAKE and JSON-c is needed for build. If you download the binary file(build/waybar-scrolling-mpris), you won't need it.

installation

Clone this project first

$ git clone https://github.com/sicista33/waybar-scrolling-mpris.git
$ cd ./waybar-scrolling-mpris/build

Build with CMAKE (If you have downloaded the binary file, You can skip this steps)

$ cmake ..
$ make

Move binary to your Waybar script directory
e.g) If you use Hyprland

$ mv waybar-scrolling-mpris ~/.config/hypr/UserScripts/waybar-scrolling-mpris

Config

waybar-scrolling-mpris support display-format, length and icons options.

option	default	description
display-format	{artist} - {title}	Specify the text format to be displayed on Waybar. {icon} {artist} {album} {title} {player} {status} {icon} has a fixed position. If you use this option, it must always be placed at the front.,
length	40	Maximum length of text to display. [5 - 511]
icons	-	Specify the icon representing the current media player's status. Pay attention to the case of the status string.

You can pass the path to the module config file as a command-line argument. e.g)

"exec": "~/.config/hypr/UserScripts/waybar-scrolling-mpris ~/.config/waybar/modules"

If no argument is passed, it will search for the default config file in valid Waybar configuration directories(except for SYSCONFDIR).

If you want use without config parsing, use old version

Usage

Define custom module in your waybar config. e.g) ~/.config/waybar/modules

...
"custom/waybar-scrolling-mpris": {
    "format": "{}",
    "display-format": "{icon}  {artist} - {title}",
    "exec": "~/.config/hypr/UserScripts/waybar-scrolling-mpris",
    "icons": {
        "Paused": "⏸",
        "Playing": "▶",
        "Stopped": "■",
    },
    "length": 40,
},

Edit your Waybar config to add module

"modules-left": [
    ...,
    "custom/waybar-scrolling-mpris",
],

And restart Waybar e.g) If you use Hyprland

pkill waybar && hyprctl dispatch exec waybar