waybar: fix mediaplayer, minor formatting changes

bin/waybar_mediaplayer.py

@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ def write_output(text, player):
     logger.info('Writing output')
 
     m = dict(player.props.metadata)
-    title = m.get("xesam:title", "unknown")
+    title = m.get("xesam:title", "None")
-    artist = ",".join(x for x in m.get("xesam:artist"))
+    artist = ",".join(x for x in m.get("xesam:artist", ["None"]))
-    album = m.get("xesam:album")
+    album = m.get("xesam:album", "None")
     tooltip = f" {artist}\n <b>{title}</b>\n {album}"
     output = {'text': text,
              'tooltip': tooltip,

waybar.d/config

@@ -105,8 +105,7 @@
       "default": "♪ "
     },
     "escape": true,
-    "exec": "$HOME/.config/sway/bin/waybar_mediaplayer.py 2> /dev/null",
+    "exec": "$HOME/.config/sway/bin/waybar_mediaplayer.py 2> /dev/null"
-    "exec-if": "pgrep plexamp"
   },
   "clock": {
     "format": "<span foreground='#ebdbb2'> </span>{: %a, %b %d, %H:%M}",
@@ -194,7 +193,7 @@
       "car": "",
       "default": ["", "", ""]
     },
-    "min-length": 14,
+    "min-length": 9,
     "max-length": 20,
     "on-click": "$HOME/.config/sway/bin/sway_volume mute",
     "on-click-middle": "$HOME/.config/sway/bin/sway_volume gui",

waybar.d/config_annoyance

@@ -102,8 +102,7 @@
       "default": "♪ "
     },
     "escape": true,
-    "exec": "$HOME/.config/sway/bin/waybar_mediaplayer.py 2> /dev/null",
+    "exec": "$HOME/.config/sway/bin/waybar_mediaplayer.py 2> /dev/null"
-    "exec-if": "pgrep plexamp"
   },
   "clock": {
     "format": "<span foreground='#ebdbb2'> </span>{: %a, %b %d, %H:%M}",
@@ -191,7 +190,7 @@
       "car": "",
       "default": ["", "", ""]
     },
-    "min-length": 14,
+    "min-length": 9,
     "max-length": 20,
     "on-click": "$HOME/.config/sway/bin/sway_volume mute",
     "on-click-middle": "$HOME/.config/sway/bin/sway_volume gui",