shell script which uses streamlink's tvplayer plugin to peruse live UK TV channels. 📺

tvplayer

#!/bin/sh
#This script requires streamlink,mpv, pipe viewer (pv) & toilet.
#Uses streamlink's tvplayer plugin to peruse UK TV channels.📺
# Some streams require login to https://tvplayer.com use flags below to authenticate
#streamlink -p mpv 'https://foo' best --tvplayer-email your@mail --tvplayer-password yourpasswd
# (1) prompt user, and read command line argument.📡
red=`tput setaf 1`
green=`tput setaf 2`
yellow=`tput setaf 3`
printf %"s\n"
printf %"s\n"
tput setaf 3
blue=`tput setaf 4`
echo -e "\e[0;36m📡 \e[0;31m🎥 \e[0;32m📺 \e[0;33m📺 \e[0;34m📺 \e[0;39m📺 \e[0;38m📺 \e[0;35m📺 \e[0;37m📺 \e[0;33m🎥 \e[0;39m📡  \e[0m\n"
toilet -f future --metal ' TV Player'
tput setaf 2
printf %"s\n"
printf '\E[33m'" Enter number/letter of desired\n channel,sit back & enjoy"  | pv -qL 15 ;
sleep 1
echo ''
echo ''
tput setaf 4
read -p "1= lawandcrime
2= 4seven
3= 5star
4= bbcfour
5= bbcnews 
6= bbcone
7= bbctwo
8= boxnation
9= cbbc
0= channel4
A= cheddar
B= crime&investigation
C= discovery
D= dmax 
E= facsinationtv
F= five
G= foodnetwork
H= h2
I= hgtv
J= historyhd
K= itv3
L= itv4
M= itvbe
N= law+crime
O= lifetime
P= more4
R= quest
S= questred
T= really
U= tlc
#
`tput setaf 2`
Q= Exit 
`tput setaf 1`
PLay=: " answer
tput setaf 2
echo "You entered: $answer"
tput setaf 3
# (2) handle the command line argument we were given
while true
do
  case $answer in

   [1]* ) echo "Playing Law & Crime 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/lawandcrime' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [2]* ) echo "Playing 4Seven 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/4seven' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [3]* ) echo "Playing 5 Star 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/5star'  576p
           break;; 
           
   [4]* ) echo "Playing BBC 4 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/bbcfour' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [5]* ) echo "Playing BBC News 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/bbcnews' 576p
           break;; 
   [6]* )    echo "Playing BBC One 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/bbcone' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [7]* ) echo "Playing BBC Two 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/bbctwo' 576p
         break;; 
           
   [8]* )  echo "Playing Box Nation 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/boxnation' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [9]* ) echo "Playing CBBC 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/cbbc' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [0]* ) echo "Playing Channel Four 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/channel4' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Aa]* ) echo "Playing Cheddar 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/cheddar' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Bb]* )  echo "Playing Crime & Investigation 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/crime&investigation' 576p 
           break;; 
           
   [Cc]* ) echo "Playing Discovery 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/discovery' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Dd]* ) echo "Playing DMAX 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/dmax' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Ee]* ) echo "Playing Fascination TV 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/fascinationtv' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Ff]* ) echo "Playing Five 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/five' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Gg]* ) echo "Playing Foodnetwork 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/foodnetwork' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Hh]* ) echo "Playing H2 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/h2' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Ii]* ) echo "Playing HGTV 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/hgtv' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Jj]* )  echo "Playing History HD" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/historyhd' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Kk]* ) echo "Playing ITV 3 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/itv3' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Ll]* ) echo "Playing ITV 4 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/itv4' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Mm]* ) echo "Playing ITVbe 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/itvbe' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Nn]* ) echo "Playing Law & Crime 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/lawandcrime' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Oo]* )     echo "Playing Lifetime" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/lifetime' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Pp]* )     echo "Playing More 4 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/more4' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Rr]* ) echo "Playing Quest 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/quest' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Ss]* )     echo "Playing Quest Red 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/questred' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Tt]* ) echo "Playing Really 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/really' 576p
           break;; 
           
   [Uu]* ) echo "Playing TLC 📺" && streamlink -p mpv 'https://tvplayer.com/watch/tlc' 576p
           break;;           

[Qq]* ) exit;;
   
   * )     echo -e "Goodbye, do call again." 
   break ;;
  esac
done