webmpv

#!/bin/bash

############################################################
# original script: https://gist.github.com/hdclark/1127228 #
# modified for my needs                                    #
############################################################

# you can queue multiple links 
while (( "$#" )) ;
  do
	# get title
	title=$(youtube-dl -e -q "$1")
	echo "Title: $title"

	#Make the FIFO.
	youtubefifo="$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM.fifo"
	mkfifo "./$youtubefifo"

	#Dump file into FIFO (ie: fill buffer into FIFO.)
	#youtube-dl -q -f 18 -o "./$youtubefifo" "$1"  & 
	youtube-dl -q  -o "./$youtubefifo" "$1"  &

	#Check that no errors have occured.
	ytdl_pid=$!                            #The process id of the previously run youtube-dl.
	sleep 2                                #Wait for youtube-dl to either die or wait around.

	if ps -ef | grep " $ytdl_pid " | grep -v grep #Check if youtube-dl is still waiting.
		then
		#Play it with mpv
		mpv -cache 65535 -cache-min 1 --title="$title" "./$youtubefifo"
	fi

	#Remove the FIFO and kill youtube-dl if it is still running
	kill $ytdl_pid > /dev/null 2>&1
	rm "./$youtubefifo"
 
    shift
done
 
exit