simulate picture-in-picture for youtube in Ubuntu

picture-in-picture.md

mkdir ~/picture-in-pictures/

/bin/bash -c 'youtube-dl --ignore-errors --yes-playlist -o "${HOME}/./picture-in-picture/%(playlist_id)s-%(playlist_index)s" `xclip -selection c -o`'

start a player instance

vlc --video-on-top --qt-minimal-view --no-qt-video-autoresize --autoscale

enqueue video if playlist empty

vlc --started-from-file --playlist-enqueue filename

play video in the player instance

vlc --started-from-file filename

youtube-fly.min.sh

#!/bin/bash
[ $1 ]&&`vlc --started-from-file $([[ $(basename $1) != 00001* ]]&&echo "--playlist-enqueue") $1`||([ $(pgrep -x vlc) ]||(vlc --video-on-top --qt-minimal-view --no-qt-video-autoresize --loop&)&&youtube-dl -i -o "`mktemp -d`/%(autonumber)s%(id)s" --exec $0 `xclip -selection c -o`)

youtube-fly.sh

#!/bin/bash

SOURCE=${BASH_SOURCE[0]}
TEMP_FOLDER="${HOME}/.picture-in-picture/"

[ "$1" == "complete" ] && \ 
 eval "vlc --started-from-file `[[ $(basename $2) != 00001_* ]] && \
 echo "--playlist-enqueue"` $2 &" && \
 exit 0
 
[ -z $(pgrep -x "vlc") ] && \
 eval "vlc --video-on-top --qt-minimal-view --no-qt-video-autoresize --autoscale --loop &"
 
(mkdir -p $TEMP_FOLDER || exit -1) && \
 /bin/bash -c 'youtube-dl \
                --ignore-errors \
                --yes-playlist \
                -o "'$TEMP_FOLDER'%(autonumber)s_%(playlist_id)s_%(playlist_index)s" \
                --exec "'$SOURCE' complete" \
                `xclip -selection c -o`'