Default custom/media module not working with default script

[Manah7]

Hello all,

I am using the default custom/media module with the default mediaplayer.py file, but nothing show up.

Here is the module from my config.jsonc:

    "custom/media": {
        "format": "{icon} {}",
        "format-alt": "{} ",
        "return-type": "json",
        "max-length": 40,
        "format-icons": {
            "spotify": "🎜",
            "default": "🎜"
        },
        "escape": true,
        "exec": "~/.config/waybar/mediaplayer.py" // Script in resources folder
    },

The script itself works great:

$ ~/.config/waybar/mediaplayer.py
{"text": "\uf28b John D. Boswell - Ether", "class": "custom-spotify", "alt": "spotify"}

I have done different tests, the most interesting one is that if I create a ~/.config/waybar/test.sh file like this one :

#!/bin/bash

echo '{"text": "\uf28b John D. Boswell - Ether", "class": "custom-spotify", "alt": "spotify"}'

and change

"exec": "~/.config/waybar/mediaplayer.py"

to

"exec": "~/.config/waybar/test.sh" 

the custom/media module appear ! So it seems linked to the mediaplayer.py file, which works great by itself... So strange ! Moreover, when sway and waybar are loaded, the script correctly runs :

$ ps -ef | grep media
manah      27465   27447  0 11:23 tty2     00:00:00 python3 /home/manah/.config/waybar/mediaplayer.py

How can I debug this ?

Some info:

$ waybar --version
Waybar v0.11.0
$ sway --version
sway version 1.10

[Shoxx98]

experiencing the same issue with nothing showing up. have not tested beyond that though.

[Shoxx98]

#3623
found a fix for this
Edit: fix -> workaround

[Manah7]

Yes, this is a working workaround, tldr :

Change:

"custom/media": {
        "format": "{icon} {}",

to:

"custom/media": {
        "format": "{0} {1}",

[dannightmare]

#3425 Seems related