x-mpc

x-mpc

#!/usr/bin/env zsh

# x-mpc console MPD client
# 1. shows history of played tracks
#    useful for streams where history is not visible in regular clients
# 2. allows bookmarking favourite tracks by saving them to a file

fav=${MPD_FAV:-"$HOME/.mpd.fav"}

jobs=()
trap '((#jobs == 0)) || kill $jobs; exit' EXIT HUP TERM INT

current() {
  echo -ne "\n\r[`date +%H:%M`] `mpc current`"
}

current

while mpc idle player playlist >/dev/null; do
  current
  sleep 1
done & jobs+=($!)

while read -k1 c; do
  echo -ne '\b '
  case "$c" in
    '!') echo -n '<3'; (echo -n "`date '+%Y-%m-%d'` "; mpc current) >> "$fav" ;;
    '<') (mpc play; mpc prev) >/dev/null ;;
    '>') (mpc play; mpc next) >/dev/null ;;
    's') echo -n '[ ]'; mpc stop >/dev/null ;;
    'p') echo -n `mpc toggle | grep 'playing\|paused' | sed 's/.*playing.*/|>/; s/.*paused.*/||/'` ;;
    'q') exit ;;
  esac
done

kill $jobs