Audacious Announcer

If you're in search of a utility that provides a neat display of the current track being played in Audacious (and XMMS), you'll love Audacious Announcer. This tool is a complete rewrite of XMMS Announcer and boasts several features that enhance its functionality. For instance, it comes with optional command-line arguments that allow you to retrieve more detailed information about the playing track. You can even copy the track data to the clipboard, but this feature requires xclip.

One of the unique features of Audacious Announcer is that it allows you to create a customizable output string effortlessly. This is made possible by using the -f switch on the command line.

Additionally, if you use XMMS, you can leverage the compatibility of Audacious Announcer with XMMS. To do this, you'll need to replace -laudclient with -lxmms in the LIBS section of the Makefile. As for the source code, you'll have to comment out the Audacious header file and uncomment the XMMS header file. Once you've made these changes, recompile using the steps provided.

Before compiling Audacious Announcer, make sure that you have installed the audacious-dev package. If you intend to use it with XMMS, make sure that the xmms-dev package is installed. Additionally, the GLib and D-Bus development packages are required. After all is said and done, you can run the tool by entering the command tar -zxvf ./audacious-announcer.tar.gz make all.

Overall, Audacious Announcer is an amazing tool for showcasing the current track playing in Audacious and XMMS. The latest release offers added support for the new Audacious API, enhancing its functionality even further.