#!/bin/sh format="-f34" # leave empty for default player="mpv --quiet --geometry=50%:50% --idx --keep-open" tmpdir="$HOME/tmp" url="$1" filepath="$tmpdir/$(youtube-dl --id --get-filename $format $url)" youtube-dl -c -o $filepath $format $url & echo $! > $filepath.$$.pid while [ ! -r $filepath ] && [ ! -r $filepath.part ]; do echo "Waiting for youtube-dl..." sleep 3 done [ -r $filepath.part ] && $player $filepath.part || $player $filepath kill $(cat $filepath.$$.pid) rm $filepath.$$.pid