[mediaplayer] use playerctl's formatting support, keeping non-MPRIS #500
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Ignores artist if absent (the hack of giving a control character default and stripping it is unfortunately necessary at the moment, cf altdesktop/playerctl#296)
Closes: #498
(this approach doesn't touch the other code paths, and is offered if #499 is to be rejected)