added a lil' fella

quickshell/services/NowPlayingService.qml

@@ -20,14 +20,23 @@ Item {
                     root.artist = "";
                     root.title = "";
                     root.artUrl = "";
-                    root.isPlaying = false;
                     return;
                 }
                 var parts = text.split("|||");
                 root.artist = parts[0] || "";
                 root.title = parts[1] || "";
                 root.artUrl = parts[2] || "";
-                root.isPlaying = (parts[3] || "").trim() === "Playing";
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    Process {
+        id: playerCtlPlayingProc
+        command: ["playerctl", "status"]
+        stdout: StdioCollector {
+            onStreamFinished: {
+                var status = this.text.trim();
+                root.isPlaying = (status === "Playing");
             }
         }
     }
@@ -39,5 +48,12 @@ Item {
         onTriggered: playerctlProc.running = true
     }
 
+    Timer {
+        interval: 1000
+        running: true
+        repeat: true
+        onTriggered: playerCtlPlayingProc.running = true
+    }
+
     Component.onCompleted: playerctlProc.running = true
 }