#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# Plays videos from playlist
#
# Copyright 2013 Janne Enberg http://lietu.net/
# This work is free. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
# terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License, Version 2,
# as published by Sam Hocevar. See http://www.wtfpl.net/ for more details.
#
# setup loop times: -1/0: infinite; 1~999: repeat loop
# loop=3
loop=$1
echo "input loop number is: " $loop
# create a playlist in ./ folder
find "$PWD" -name "*.mp4" > playlist.m3u
# Where is the playlist
# PLAYLIST_FILE="${HOME}/.playlist"
PLAYLIST_FILE="playlist.m3u"
# make a copy of the original playlist
cp ${PLAYLIST_FILE} ${PLAYLIST_FILE}.tmp
# If you want to switch omxplayer to something else, or add parameters, use these
PLAYER="omxplayer"
PLAYER_OPTIONS=" -b "
# Process playlist contents
while [ true ]; do
# Sleep a bit so it's possible to kill this
sleep 1
# Do nothing if the playlist doesn't exist
if [ ! -f "${PLAYLIST_FILE}" ]; then
echo "Playlist file ${PLAYLIST_FILE} not found"
continue
fi
# Get the top of the playlist
file=$(cat "${PLAYLIST_FILE}.tmp" | head -n1)
# And strip it off the playlist file
cat "${PLAYLIST_FILE}.tmp" | tail -n+2 > "${PLAYLIST_FILE}.rest"
mv "${PLAYLIST_FILE}.rest" "${PLAYLIST_FILE}.tmp"
# Skip if this is empty
if [ -z "${file}" ]; then
if [ $loop -eq -1 ]; then
#cp ${PLAYLIST_FILE} ${PLAYLIST_FILE}.tmp
cp ${PLAYLIST_FILE} ${PLAYLIST_FILE}.tmp
elif [ $loop -gt 1 ]; then
cp ${PLAYLIST_FILE} ${PLAYLIST_FILE}.tmp
loop=$(($loop - 1))
echo "rest loop number is: " $loop
else
echo "Playlist empty or bumped into an empty entry for some reason"
continue
fi
fi
# Check that the file exists
if [ ! -f "${file}" ]; then
echo "Playlist entry ${file} not found"
continue
fi
echo
echo "Playing ${file} ..."
echo
"${PLAYER}" ${PLAYER_OPTIONS} "${file}"
echo
echo "Playback complete, continuing to next item on playlist."
echo
done
