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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Desc
+# - Finds audio and video files with specified extensions up to a max depth of 8.
+# - Uses ffprobe to measure their durations.
+# - Creates a playlist starting at a random location within the total runtime.
+# - Stores durations and file paths in a dotfile for faster subsequent runs.
+# - Prompts the user whether to use the cached data or regenerate it.
+# Usage: rand_media_pl.sh [DIR]
+# Version: 0.0.1
+# Dependencies: Bash 4, ffprobe, mpv
+
+yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # print script path and all args to stderr
+die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; } # same as yell() but non-zero exit status
+must() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; } # runs args as command, reports args if command fails
+
+# Configurable variables
+SEARCH_DIR="$1";
+MAX_DEPTH=8;
+EXTENSIONS=("*.flac" "*.mp3" "*.opus" "*.m4a" "*.m4b" "*.mp4" "*.mkv" "*.webm");
+CACHE_FILE=".playlist_cache";
+
+declare -gA file_durations;
+declare total_duration;
+
+# Function to prompt the user
+prompt_yes_no() {
+ yell "STATUS:User input required.";
+ local prompt_message="$1"
+ local user_input
+ while true; do
+ read -rp "$prompt_message [y/n]: " user_input
+ case "$user_input" in
+ [Yy]*) return 0 ;;
+ [Nn]*) return 1 ;;
+ *) echo "Please answer yes or no." ;;
+ esac;
+ done;
+};
+
+# Function to find files with specified extensions
+find_media_files() {
+ yell "STATUS:Finding media files.";
+ local find_cmd=("find" "-L" "$SEARCH_DIR" "-maxdepth" "$MAX_DEPTH" "-type" "f" "(");
+ #declare -p find_cmd 1>&2; # debug
+ for ext in "${EXTENSIONS[@]}"; do
+ find_cmd+=("-iname" "$ext" "-o");
+ #declare -p find_cmd 1>&2; # debug
+ done;
+ # Remove the last "-o" and add ")"
+ unset 'find_cmd[-1]';
+ find_cmd+=(")");
+ "${find_cmd[@]}";
+};
+
+# Function to generate the playlist cache
+generate_playlist_cache() {
+ yell "Generating playlist cache. This may take a while..."
+ # Initialize or empty the cache file
+ if [[ ! -f "$CACHE_FILE" ]]; then
+ touch "$CACHE_FILE";
+ else
+ rm "$CACHE_FILE";
+ fi;
+
+ total_duration=0
+ while IFS= read -r file; do
+ # Get the duration using ffprobe
+ duration=$(ffprobe -v error -show_entries format=duration -of default=noprint_wrappers=1:nokey=1 "$file")
+ if [[ -n "$duration" ]]; then
+ # Append the file path and duration to the cache file
+ printf "%s|%s\n" "$file" "$duration" >> "$CACHE_FILE";
+ total_duration=$(echo "$total_duration + $duration" | bc);
+ fi;
+ done < <(find_media_files | sort);
+ total_duration_s="$(echo "scale=1; ${total_duration} / 1" | bc -l)";
+ total_duration_h="$(echo "scale=1; ${total_duration} / 3600" | bc -l)";
+
+ yell "Total duration of playlist: ${total_duration_s} seconds. (${total_duration_h} hours.)";
+};
+
+# Function to read the playlist cache
+read_playlist_cache() {
+ # Input: file_durations assoc. array
+ # total_duration array
+ yell "STATUS:Reading playlist cache.";
+
+ total_duration=0
+ while IFS='|' read -r file duration; do
+ file_durations["$file"]="$duration"
+ total_duration=$(echo "$total_duration + $duration" | bc)
+ done < "$CACHE_FILE"
+};
+
+# Main script
+if [[ -f "$CACHE_FILE" ]]; then
+ if prompt_yes_no "Playlist cache detected. Do you want to use it? (Faster)"; then
+ read_playlist_cache;
+ else
+ generate_playlist_cache;
+ read_playlist_cache;
+ fi;
+else
+ generate_playlist_cache;
+ read_playlist_cache;
+fi;
+
+# Check if any files were found
+if [[ ${#file_durations[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+ declare -p file_durations 1>&2;
+ die "FATAL:No media files found.";
+fi
+
+# Get sorted list of files
+mapfile -t sorted_files < <(printf '%s\n' "${!file_durations[@]}" | sort)
+
+# Generate a random starting point within the total duration
+random_point=$(awk -v max="$total_duration" 'BEGIN{srand(); print rand()*max}')
+
+# Find the file and offset corresponding to the random starting point
+accumulated_duration=0
+for file in "${sorted_files[@]}"; do
+ duration="${file_durations["$file"]}"
+ new_accumulated_duration=$(echo "$accumulated_duration + $duration" | bc)
+ if (( $(echo "$random_point < $new_accumulated_duration" | bc -l) )); then
+ offset=$(echo "$random_point - $accumulated_duration" | bc)
+ yell "Starting playback from $offset seconds into file: $file"
+
+ # Create a playlist file
+ playlist_file=$(mktemp)
+ printf '%s\n' "${sorted_files[@]}" > "$playlist_file"
+
+ # Start playback using mpv
+ mpv --playlist="$playlist_file" --start="$offset" \
+ --playlist-start=$(($(printf '%s\n' "${sorted_files[@]}" | grep -n "^$file$" | cut -d: -f1)-1))
+
+ # Securely delete the playlist file
+ if [[ -n "$playlist_file" && -f "$playlist_file" ]]; then
+ rm "$playlist_file"; exit 0;
+ else
+ die "FATAL: playlist_file is either unset or not a valid file, skipping deletion.";
+ fi;
+ fi
+ accumulated_duration="$new_accumulated_duration";
+done
+
+die "FATAL: Could not find file corresponding to random point.";
+