i3lyrics

This repo is meant for those wanting lyrics shown in their i3bar. Currently only the lyrics of netease-music can be shown in i3bar. More contribution can be made to make i3bar show more lyrics from more softwares.

Demo

lyric.sh

Based on the work of Michael Stapelberg. This script continuously reads the song name and current lyric and wrap them in a block of json and send it to stdout, which is read by i3bar.

The script is now configured to read song name from /tmp/netease-song and read current lyric from /tmp/netease-lyric. You can change it in your favor, as long as corresponding changes are made in the patch or code.

config of i3

You should edit the config of i3 and add the following block

bar {
    id lyric
    status_command exec /path/to/i3lyric.sh
}

You can add other parameters to make this bar suitable for displaying lyrics, the following parameters are listed for you to choose.

bar {
    id lyric
    status_command exec /path/to/i3lyric.sh
    position top
    tray_output none
    binding_mode_indicator no
    workspace_buttons no
}

patch of netease-musicbox

You should add patches such that /tmp/netease-song and /tmp/netease-lyric can be generated when the song is being played.

Currently ui.py.patch is against version 0.3.1-2 (-2 added by archlinuxcn pkg) of netease-music. You can make your own changes in ui.py as long as the files needed are generated.

One possible path of ui.py is /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/NEMbox/ui.py. Do the patch based on your own situation please.