made with ❤️ by @gamehelp16 and @rayzr522
Now Clocking is a Conky widget which shows a Monstercat style Now Playing when music is played via a playerctl-compatible player or cmus, or a clock when no music is playing
Ubuntu:
sudo apt install conky ffmpeg playerctl
Arch:
sudo pacman -S conky ffmpeg playerctl
on most Linux distros, you can just run the
./download-fonts.shscript to download the fonts
these widgets support cmus as well as (in theory) any MPRIS/playerctl compatible players
the following is a non-exhaustive list of examples of supported players:
git clone git@github.com:rayzr522/now-clocking.git- ensure that all required fonts are installed:
# install by hand or you can try the automated installation script:
./download-fonts.sh- run the
start.shscript to start the widget (forks to background):
path/to/now-clocking/start.shthere's a few things you can configure about these widgets via environment variables. the widgets will automatically attempt to load a config.env in this directory. feel free to copy config-example.env for this purpose
the settings you can configure are as follows:
| setting | example | description |
|---|---|---|
NOW_CLOCKING_ARTWORK_TINT |
green or #aabbcc |
applies a color filter to the album artwork. can be useful for matching it to your wallpaper/theme. requires imagemagick to be installed |
NOW_CLOCKING_DISPLAY |
1 |
changes the display that the widget renders on via the xinerama_head conky option. 0 is probably your default display |
NOW_CLOCKING_OFFSET_X |
69 |
shifts the widget on the X axis by the given amount. default positioning is designed to look pretty well balanced, but if you need to adjust it this gives you an easy way to do so |
NOW_CLOCKING_OFFSET_Y |
420 |
same as above, but on the Y axis |
NOW_CLOCKING_TEXT_COLOR |
#ffffff |
changes the color of the text. useful if you're using a lighter wallpaper |
NOW_CLOCKING_IGNORED_PLAYERCTL_SOURCES |
chromium,vlc |
lets you ignore certain playerctl players (e.x. if you dont want youtube videos to be displayed by now-clocking) |
why are there 2 Conky widgets?
originally, this had to do with weird transparency issues in conky that required a non-transparent album artwork. however, that has long since been patched in conky. the widgets have remained separated, however, so as to make aligning everything easier, especially since one widget functions both as the track info and a clock
how do I configure which monitor to display the widget on?
set NOW_CLOCKING_DISPLAY in your config.env. see config for more info
the widget is slow to update when using with
if you're using a playerctl-compatible player inside a flatpak, you may need to use Flatseal to enable D-Bus access for your app
i personally had to do this with Muzika & Vivaldi to get things working smoothly on my own system
huge props to the original creator, @gamehelp16. I used this script back in 2017/2018 and rediscovered it in 2020, and decided to rework it to be more portable, efficient, and updated to modern conky config standards
also huge props to Hoefler & Frere-Jones for the wonderful Gotham fonts, and Julieta Ulanovsky (and crew) for the slick Montserrat font