Re: [dev] Request for video player recommendation with a good playlist

From: Felix Van der Jeugt <felix.vanderjeugt_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2017 22:34:18 +0100

Excerpts from Mattias Andrée's message of 2017-01-15 16:54:46 +0100:
> On Sun, 15 Jan 2017 10:48:56 -0500 Alexander Keller
> <contact_AT_nycroth.com> wrote:
> > The simplest way I can imagine is to link them into a directory
> > temporarily and/or permanently with:
> >
> > mkdir playlist ln *some_glob_pattern* playlist
> >
> > Then use the vidir(1) program to edit the files to number them
> > sequentially the way you want. Then you can either create a playlist
> > and delete the directory using some basic command line tools or just
> > keep the directory as a playlist.
> >
>
> The problem with this approach is that I cannot edit the list whilst
> it is playing, except for removing files.

Unless you didn't play that directory with `mpv playlist/*`, but with a
simple script which takes the alphabetically first file, plays it,
removes it when played succesfully, and takes the next. `while mpv "$(ls
playlist | head -1)"; do true; done`, am I right?

Sincerely,
Felix
Received on Sun Jan 15 2017 - 22:34:18 CET