OSD (On Screen Display) For Volume in Openbox

[jelloir]

I thought I would share a script I have been using on Sid (not Sidux) to control my Volume in Openbox. I found it online and customised it to my liking.

It requires alsa-utils and aosd-cat packages to be installed.

I also recommend you look at the help for aosd_cat for any options you may like to alter.

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#!/bin/bash

#============================================#
#   mixer-osd
#============================================#

case $1 in
   volup) A="VOLUME: $(amixer sset Master 2dB+ | \
   grep "Mono:" | awk '{print $4}' | tr -d '[]')" ;;

   voldown) A="VOLUME: $(amixer sset Master 2dB- | \
   grep "Mono:" | awk '{print $4}' | tr -d '[]')" ;;

   mute)
      case $(amixer set Master toggle | grep "Mono:" \
      | awk '{print $6}' | tr -d '[]') in
         on) A="UNMUTED" ;;
         off) A="MUTED" ;;
      esac ;;
   *) echo "Usage: $0 { volup | voldown | mute }" ;;
esac

pkill aosd_cat &> /dev/null

echo "$A" |  aosd_cat --fore-color=green -p 8 \
--font="Terminus 10" --x-offset=-40 --y-offset=-0 \
--transparency=2 --fade-full=2500 &

# END

Assuming your Distro correctly detects your multimedia key presses for XF86AudioLowerVolume, XF86AudioRaiseVolume and XF86AudioMute then you can add something like this to your rc.xml

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vi ~/.config/openbox/rc.xml

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<keybind key="XF86AudioLowerVolume">
      <action name="Execute">
        <execute>mixer-osd voldown</execute>
      </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="XF86AudioRaiseVolume">
      <action name="Execute">
        <execute>mixer-osd volup</execute>
      </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="XF86AudioMute">
      <action name="Execute">
        <execute>mixer-osd mute</execute>
      </action>
    </keybind>

It should be easy enough to integrate into other WM's and Desktops (using XFCE Keybindings in XFCE for example).

The script could be expanded to include all sorts of options such as Next Audio Track, Play/Pause etc, etc, even brighness level on laptops displays etc.

Thanks

[jelloir]

I have updated this:

When muted the OSD color is red for the mute toggle and volume whilst muted otherwise it is yellow.
Improved the OSD so the transitions are smooth.


Obviously you can change to suit yourself...

:: Code ::

#!/bin/bash
#================================================================================
### mixer-osd
#================================================================================

case $1 in

   volup) A="VOLUME: $(amixer sset Master 2dB+ | grep "Mono:" \
      | awk '{print $4}' | tr -d '[]')" ;;

   voldown) A="VOLUME: $(amixer sset Master 1dB- | grep "Mono:" \
      | awk '{print $4}' | tr -d '[]')" ;;

   mute)
      case $(amixer set Master toggle | grep "Mono:" \
         | awk '{print $6}' | tr -d '[]') in
            on) A="UNMUTED" ;;
            off) A="MUTED" ;;
      esac ;;

   *) echo "Usage: $0 { volup | voldown | mute }" ;;

esac

MUTESTATUS=$(amixer get Master | grep "Mono:" | awk '{print $6}' | tr -d '[]')

if [ $MUTESTATUS == "off" ]; then
   OSDCOLOR=red; else
   OSDCOLOR=yellow
fi

killall aosd_cat &> /dev/null

echo "$A" | aosd_cat -n "Sans 20 bold" -o 3000 -R $OSDCOLOR -f 0

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[techAdmin]

nice stuff, thanks.