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Play random movies by year with mpv
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| #!/bin/bash | |
| ## Play one random movie from before 2008 | |
| #./play_random_movie_by_year.sh 2008 | |
| ## Play ALL movies from before 2008 in random order | |
| #./play_random_movie_by_year.sh 2008 --playlist=true | |
| # Default configuration | |
| MOVIE_DIR="HD" | |
| MAX_YEAR="" | |
| PLAYLIST_MODE=false | |
| # Parse arguments | |
| for arg in "$@"; do | |
| case $arg in | |
| --playlist=true) | |
| PLAYLIST_MODE=true | |
| shift | |
| ;; | |
| --playlist=false) | |
| PLAYLIST_MODE=false | |
| shift | |
| ;; | |
| *) | |
| if [[ "$arg" =~ ^[0-9]{4}$ ]]; then | |
| MAX_YEAR="$arg" | |
| fi | |
| ;; | |
| esac | |
| done | |
| # Check if year was provided | |
| if [ -z "$MAX_YEAR" ]; then | |
| echo "Usage: $0 <year> [--playlist=true|false]" | |
| echo "Example: $0 2008 --playlist=true" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Check if directory exists | |
| if [ ! -d "$MOVIE_DIR" ]; then | |
| echo "Error: Directory '$MOVIE_DIR' not found!" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| # Find all movies and filter by year | |
| movies=() | |
| while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do | |
| # Extract year from filename using regex | |
| if [[ "$file" =~ \(([0-9]{4})\) ]]; then | |
| year="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}" | |
| if [ "$year" -lt "$MAX_YEAR" ]; then | |
| movies+=("$file") | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| done < <(find "$MOVIE_DIR" -type f \( -name "*.mp4" -o -name "*.mkv" -o -name "*.avi" -o -name "*.webm" \) -print0) | |
| # Check if any movies were found | |
| if [ ${#movies[@]} -eq 0 ]; then | |
| echo "No movies found below year $MAX_YEAR in '$MOVIE_DIR'" | |
| exit 1 | |
| fi | |
| echo "Found ${#movies[@]} movies below year $MAX_YEAR" | |
| echo "" | |
| if [ "$PLAYLIST_MODE" = true ]; then | |
| # Shuffle movies array for random playlist | |
| shuffled=() | |
| indices=($(seq 0 $((${#movies[@]} - 1)))) | |
| # Fisher-Yates shuffle | |
| for ((i=${#indices[@]}-1; i>0; i--)); do | |
| j=$((RANDOM % (i+1))) | |
| temp=${indices[i]} | |
| indices[i]=${indices[j]} | |
| indices[j]=$temp | |
| done | |
| for idx in "${indices[@]}"; do | |
| shuffled+=("${movies[$idx]}") | |
| done | |
| echo "=== RANDOM PLAYLIST MODE ===" | |
| echo "Playing all ${#shuffled[@]} movies in random order" | |
| echo "" | |
| # Display playlist | |
| for i in "${!shuffled[@]}"; do | |
| echo "$((i+1)). $(basename "${shuffled[$i]}")" | |
| done | |
| echo "" | |
| # Play shuffled playlist with mpv | |
| mpv --playlist-start=0 "${shuffled[@]}" | |
| else | |
| # Single random movie mode | |
| random_movie="${movies[$RANDOM % ${#movies[@]}]}" | |
| movie_name=$(basename "$random_movie") | |
| echo "Playing: $movie_name" | |
| echo "" | |
| mpv "$random_movie" | |
| fi |
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Script plays movies below specific year.
Command-line year argument - specify the year directly when running the script.
Single movie mode (default) - plays just one random movie like before
The playlist mode will show you the order before starting, and mpv will automatically play through all the movies one after another. You can still skip between movies using mpv's playlist controls (< and > keys).
Script written 100% per Claude. Thanks Claude <3