[mythtv-users] MythVideo CVS, mplayer, and MythTivo

[Brent Graveland]

John Danner wrote:
> I am planning on adding the ability to specify multiple players based on file 
> extension. I wanted to put what I had into cvs so I had just setup a default 
> player for the time being.
> 
> -John

Why clutter the gui and database with a possible list of 30 extentions? 
  Leave it as is and add a script that does all the work for you.  I've 
attached my crappy script that can be modified to suit.

Follow the unix way :)  don't bother with extentions - check the file 
type.  Remember - scripts are not a bad thing.

-- 
Brent Graveland
brent at graveland.net
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#!/bin/bash

# Brent Graveland, 2003
# Play multimedia files using the appropriate program

trap 'continue' 2
trap 'exit 1' 1 3 15

function play_file() {
	type="$1"
	file="$2"

	case "$1" in
	real)	realplay "$file";;
	wav)	play "$file";;
	*)	mplayer -quiet -stop_xscreensaver "$file";;
	esac
}

function play_dev() {
	mplayer -cdrom-device /dev/dvd -stop_xscreensaver -quiet -fs $1://1 -alang en
}

while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
	file="$1"; shift
	type=unknown

	[ "$file" = dvd -o "$file" = vcd ] && play_dev $file

	[ ! -f "$file" ] && continue

	case "$(file -b "$file" | tr \[A-Z\] \[a-z\])" in
	*asf)			type=avi;;
	mp3*|*layer\ 3*)	type=mp3;;
	mpeg*|riff*avi)		type=mpg;;
	realmedia*)		type=real;;
	ogg*)			type=ogg;;
	riff*wave*)		type=wav;;
	*quicktime*)		type=mov;;
	*)			type=other;;
	esac

	play_file "$type" "$file"
done