yt-streamer.sh

#------------------------------------------------
# Name    : yt-streamer
# Input   : youtube URL
# Purpose : stream url video to mpv. see:
#           https://github.com/ytdl-org/youtube-dl/issues/2124#issuecomment-32429104
#------------------------------------------------
yt-streamer() {
    # locale colors do not work in sub-functions
    open=$'\001'
    close=$'\002'
    RED=$open`tput setaf 1`$close
    RESET=$open`tput sgr0`$close
    GREEN=$open`tput setaf 2`$close
    # add help option == print and exit
    if [[ "$1" == "-h" ]] || [[ -z "$1" ]]
    then
        echo "yt-streamer ():"
        echo "├─ Description  : Stream URL video to mpv via youtube-dl."
        echo "└─ Usage        : yt-streamer ${GREEN}URL${RESET} ${RED}OPTIONS${RESET}"
        echo "    └─  ${RED}OPTIONS${RESET} : passed to youtube-dl, ${GREEN}default${RESET} '-f \"bestaudio/best\"'"
        echo
      return 0
    else
        # caputure all other arguments after 1st URL
        local ytdl_args="${@:2}"
        # check if format is passed, if not add default format
        if [[ ! $ytdl_args =~ "-f" ]]; then
            ytdl_args+='-f "bestaudio/best"'
        fi
        echo youtube-dl -o - ${ytdl_args}  "$1" "| mpv -"
    fi
}