From 7b21727285e50b0b050c4ddd70d07542229c5366 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pants <niklasjo2004@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:17:03 -0700
Subject: init

---
 bin/mpd-monitor | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 bin/mpd-monitor

(limited to 'bin/mpd-monitor')

diff --git a/bin/mpd-monitor b/bin/mpd-monitor
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..009c984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/mpd-monitor
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+PID=$(pgrep -x mpc)
+if [ -n "$PID" ]; then
+  echo "another instance of mpd-monitor already running"
+  exit
+fi
+
+ID=$(mpc current -f %id% )
+mpc idleloop |
+  while read -r event; do 
+    # if a player event is not output, skip rest of loop
+    [ "$event" = "player" ] || continue
+
+    # get current id to compare to init id
+    NEW_ID=$(mpc current -f %id%)
+    # if a player event is output, but the track has not changed, skip rest of loop
+    [ "$NEW_ID" != "$ID" ] || continue
+    ID=$NEW_ID
+
+    dunstctl close-all
+    TITLE=$(mpc current -f %title%)
+    ARTIST=$(mpc current -f %artist%)
+
+    if [ -z "$TITLE" ]; then
+      notify-send "End of queue or queue empty" "or no metadata for track" -i :
+    else
+      notify-send "$TITLE" "$ARTIST" -i :
+    fi
+  done
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