Modules: Media

Media

Name: media

Shows the currently playing media title and artist and offers basic playback control using a popup.
This module depends on playerctl.

You can override the default settings defined in Module Styling by setting them in this section: module:media.

Option	Description	Data type	Default
icon	the icon to use	String	
max_length	The maximum character length to show	usize	35
max_title_length	The maximum character length of the title part of the media. Only applies if max_length is reached and the media has an artist	usize	20
players	The media players to track. Run playerctl metadata --all-players to find the names of the currently active players.	Value list (String)	spotify, kew

Popup configuration

You can override the default settings defined in Popup Styling by setting them in this section: module_popup:media.

Option	Description	Data type	Default
cover_width	The width of the cover image. The height is set automatically such that it preserves the aspect ratio.	float	260
icon_previous	The icon to use for the "previous track" button.	String	󰒮
icon_play	The icon to use for the "play track" button.	String	
icon_pause	The icon to use for the "pause track" button.	String	
icon_next	The icon to use for the "next track" button.	String	󰒭
format	The format of the popup text	String	{{title}}{{status}}\nin: {{album}}\nby: {{artist}}\n{{length}}
format_length	The format of length of the media	String	{{minutes}}min {{seconds}}sec

format supports:

• title (The title of the playing media)
• artist (The artist of the playing media)
• album (The album of the playing media)
• status (The status of the playing media: empty if playing, " (paused)" if paused)
• length (The length of the playing media, its format is determined by format_length)

format_length supports:

• minutes
• seconds