Setting Up Aerial Screensaver on Linux

*Setup.md

• sudo apt install xscreensaver jq aria2 notify-osd
• Make a directory in $HOME called Aerial
• Copy aerial-downloader.sh below into $HOME/Aerial
• Run it once
• crontab -e
• 00 10 * * * sh $HOME/Aerial/aerial-downloader.sh to download new stuff (if any) at 10:00 every day
• nano ~/.xscreensaver and add the code in the file below
• Open up the XScreensaver app and pick "Apple Aerial"
• gnome-session-properties and add xscreensaver -nosplash to the list
• If you want, go into the System Settings and add a keyboard shortcut for Shift + Win + L to launch the command xscreensaver-command -lock

Add to List in ~.xscreensaver

  Best:     "Apple Aerial"  cvlc --loop --fullscreen --random                 \
                                  --drawable-xid                              \
                                  $XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW                        \
                                  --no-video-title-show                       \
                                  $HOME/Aerial/*                            \n\

aerial-downloader.sh

#!/usr/bin/bash

cd $HOME/Aerial/

url='http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/entries.json'

curl $url \
  | jq -r '.[].assets[].url' \
  > .aria.urls

aria2c -x10 -i .aria.urls \
  --auto-file-renaming=false \
  --conditional-get=true \
  --allow-overwrite=true \
  --save-session=.aria.session \
  --force-save=true

videoscount="$(find $HOME/Aerial/ -name '*.mov' | wc -l)"

notify-send -t 30000 -i face-wink "Checked in with Apple!" "There are currently ${videoscount} videos in the directory"

Cant get this to work. On Ubuntu the .xscreensaver keeps getting overwritten.

Apple Aerial doesn't appear in the list.

Also "and add the code in the file below" where?
Add to list? what list?

You instructions aren't clear to me

edit:
Figured it out. You included "best: " in the to add string but thats wrong.

Could not get cvlc version to work under Ubuntu 18.0.4 however the "old" version using mpv works fine!:
sudo apt install xscreensaver mpv jq aria2 notify-osd instead of sudo apt install xscreensaver vlc jq aria2 notify-osd

And then add the following to the .xscreensaver file:
Best: "Apple Aerial" mpv --really-quiet --shuffle --no-audio --fs --loop=inf --no-stop-screensaver --wid=$XSCREENSAVER_WINDOW --panscan=1 $HOME/Aerial/*.mov

In Ubuntu 18.10 I edited config file like following:

- GL: 		"Apple Aerial" 	cvlc --loop --fullscreen --random	      \
				  2>>/dev/null				      \
				  --no-video-title-show $HOME/Aerial/*	    \n\

and it works perfectly :)