From f9cc3d6e67278db14a49fc2a29db012a01389df5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Philip Wittamore <philip@wittamore.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2025 07:58:56 +0200
Subject: update

---
 mpeg_play | 26 ++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mpeg_play b/mpeg_play
index c54643b..da4dc9a 100755
--- a/mpeg_play
+++ b/mpeg_play
@@ -2,15 +2,25 @@
 # necessary for Lynx browser video files
 # chmod +x and place in your PATH
 
-dunstify -t 3000 -a "Video" -u low -i "media-playback-start-symbolic" -h string:x-dunst-stack-tag:$msgTag "MPV Launching" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+# mpv can sometimes take a few seconds to open when streaming
+# so I use notification that it's happening
 
-if [ $(grep -c "EXT3MU" $1) -eq 1 ]; then            
-    # this is a playlist            
-    mpv --geometry=1068x600 --title="Mpv" --ontop --idle=yes --force-window=yes --playlist=$1 >/dev/null 2>&1 &
-else	
-    mpv --geometry=1068x600 --title="Mpv" --ontop --idle=yes --force-window=yes $1 >/dev/null 2>&1	&
-fi
+msgtag="Media"
+dunstify -t 2000 -a "Video" -u low -i "media-playback-start-symbolic" \
+  -h string:x-dunst-stack-tag:$msgtag "MPV Launching" &
 
-exit 0
+# detect if playlist
+# Lynx uses an anonymous file in /tmp, so we can only
+# detect a file type by it's contents, not it's extension
 
+if [ "$(grep -c "EXT3MU" "$1")" -eq 1 ]; then
+  # this is a playlist
+  # I use dwm, the mpv options used here make it compatible
+  mpv --geometry=1068x600 --ontop --idle=yes --force-window=yes\
+    --playlist="$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+else
+  mpv --geometry=1068x600 --ontop --idle=yes --force-window=yes\
+    "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+fi
 
+exit 0
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