foodotfiles/scripts/media/mpvqueue

#!/usr/bin/env bash

notify="notify-send -i mpv -a mpv"
url="$1"

# NOTE: You need to configure mpv to
# enable ipc server on this path (see my mpv config for an example)
MPVSOCKET="/tmp/mpvsocket"

# See if MPV is already running
if [ -z "$(pidof mpv)" ]; then
	# mpv is not running

	# pause other players
	playerctl pause

	# start mpv
	/usr/bin/mpv --no-terminal "$url" & disown

	# Wait for mpv to be up before adding anything else to playlist
	while [ -z "$(pidof mpv)" ]; do
		sleep 1
	done
	$notify "Playing $url"

else
	# mpv is running, so add stuff to playlist
	$notify "Adding $url"
	echo "{\"command\": [\"loadfile\", \"$url\", \"append\"]}" | socat - /tmp/mpvsocket
fi