Volnoti - Lightweight Volume Notification

Hey guys,
Let me share a little piece of code I've put together recently. I'm using XMonad and one thing all the lightweight window managers always lacked was a nice notification when the volume is changed. What I'm specially fond of is the Apple-like notification you can get for example with Compiz. So I took bits and pieces of GNOME's notification-daemon, assembled my own and I present it here to you.
The main point for Volnoti was to be absolutely independent of the system configuration and WM. Therefore, Volnoti doesn't read the volume level itself, but rather waits for someone to tell it what it is. The idea is that the users can attach a script to their hot keys, read the volume level in it and then call Volnoti's client application. It just sends the 0-100 integer to the daemon, which displays the notification (all details in README). Currently, calling the client application is the only way of dealing with the daemon. I guess that it might be handy to create a small library as well, which people could use when writing plugins for volume-control applications. On the other hand, it is possible to just call a UNIX command from C, so there's no actual need for the library at the moment. Feel free to comment on this - I'd be happy to get your feedback.
This is just a first draft, which suits me, but I can imagine that people would appreciate more ways of customizing it. Currently, it is possible to replace all the icons and change the duration of notification (details in README). Let me know, what else you would like to change and I'll add suitable parameters to the daemon. One thing is definitely the level of transparency (if you use composite desktop), other might be the radius of corner rounding. In the future, more sophisticated ways of theming might be added, which would allow to completely change the look of the notifications. For now, it's quite limited...
So please, do look at the screenshots, do give it a try yourself and let me know what you think, whether you have any suggestions, problems, etc. Bugs can be reported on GitHub.
More details on the GitHub page:
https://github.com/davidbrazdil/volnoti
The package is ready in AUR:
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=55159
Screenshot:
http://i42.tinypic.com/10eq9lt.png
mod edit: Welcome to the forums. Please read Forum Etiquette: Pasting Pictures and Code. Thanks. --fsckd
Last edited by david.brazdil (2011-12-21 17:43:10)

Trilby wrote:Shinryuu, is Volnoti running? I only see that error if I try to execute a 'volnoti-show' without volnoti already running.
Ah! That's the reason, running "volnoti" fixes the problem and runs just fine with scripts on my PC.
Trilby wrote:
Love it. I'll look forward to developments for customization, but this is just what I've been looking for for a while as other notification daemons I tried were just bulky and unreliable.
Before I read the rest of the thread I tossed together my own script as well - short and to the point:
#!/bin/bash
[[ "$1" == "up" ]] && amixer set Master 5%+
[[ "$1" == "down" ]] && amixer set Master 5%-
[[ "$1" == "mute" ]] && amixer sset Master toggle
VOL=$(amixer get Master | grep Mono: | sed 's|[^[]*\[$[0-9]*$.*|\1|')
[[ $(amixer get Master | grep "\[off\]") ]] && volnoti-show -m $VOL && exit
volnoti-show $VOL
I had to fiddle, search and configure your script around to make it to work (to show volnoti info) on my laptop because it uses an "Intel CougarPoint HDMI" chip and "HDA Intel PCH" card. I was able to solve the problem by changing "grep Mono" line to "grep 'Front Left'" or "grep 'Front Right'" (I keep both left/right levels equally same) so that quick'n'dirty fix is just enough for my needs. Hope this helps someone else too.
Also thanks for the script!

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