From 0d0f48e44fc70d1dc8e0c5bfe13e584f827ce4b4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: shockrah <alejandros714@protonmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 22:15:24 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Cleaning up newbga so its readable and hopefully helps those
 lost trying to do this animated background thing

---
 newbga | 54 ++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)

diff --git a/newbga b/newbga
index d84ab5a..be9d53d 100755
--- a/newbga
+++ b/newbga
@@ -1,47 +1,33 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # Shoutout to mitchweaver on gitgub for the script as a useful base for this one
-# Link to exact script: https://github.com/mitchweaver/bin/blob/master/mpv/mpvbg
+# Link to exact script: https://github.com/mitchweaver/bin/blob/41f3d5c6cbc92173be232e48fd24213c91a16db1/mpv/mpvbg
+# Original version of the script that I used to find this script
 # There's lots of good scripts in that repository so check them all out
 
 pkill -9 xwinwrap
-cacheFile="${HOME}/.cache/mpvbg.pid"
-base="/home/shockrah/Pictures/VPapes"
+#
+#cacheFile="${HOME}/.cache/mpvbg.pid" # used in case we want a second proc but honestly kill + pgrep works
+base="/home/shockrah/Videos/Papes"
 
-# Pic two random video papes
-pape1=`ls "${HOME}/Pictures/VPapes" | shuf | head -n 1`
-pape2=`ls "${HOME}/Pictures/VPapes" | shuf | head -n 1`
-echo
-while [ "$pape1" = "$pape2" ]
-do
-	pape2=`ls "${HOME}/Pictures/VPapes" | shuf | head -n 1`
-done
+# picking out the video to use here
+pape=`ls ${HOME}/Videos/Papes/ | shuf | dmenu -i -l 10 -p 'Pick a pape :^)'`
+if [ -z "$pape" ];then
+	exit
+fi
 
-mpv="mpv --wid WID --no-config --keepaspect=no --loop \
+
+#xwinwrap -g 1920x1080 -ov -- mpv -wid WID ~/.wallpapers/water.mp4
+# WARNING: this mpv command is super outdated(like 2 years) but it might still be useful
+# to someone out there
+_unused_mpv="mpv --wid=0 --no-config --keepaspect=no --loop \
     --no-border --vd-lavc-fast --x11-bypass-compositor=no \
     --gapless-audio=yes --vo=x11 --hwdec=auto \
     --x11-name=mpvbg"
 
-# store our pid here so we can avoid killing our background later
-# Example: $ kill $(pgrep mpv | grep -v $(pgrep -P $(cat ${HOME}/.cache/mpvbg.pid)))
-#           --- Here we are killing "all mpvs, except with THIS PID"
-#           --- This lets us kill a video we're watching, without stopping our desktop background!
 
+# The magic here happens with xwinwrap the flags given to mpv don't really matter
+# unless you have an mpv config the flags below are pretty much the only flags you 
+# need to get this working
+xwinwrap -g 1920x1080 -ov -b -un -sh rectangle -fdt -ni -- \
+	mpv -wid WID --no-border --vo=x11 $base/"$pape" & 
 
-# First monitor
-xwinwrap -g 1920x1080 -ni -fdt -sh rectangle -un -b -nf -ov -- $mpv "$base/$pape1" & > /dev/null 2>&1 &
-#echo $! > ${HOME}/.cache/mpvbg.pid
-#echo "$pape1" > $HOME/.cache/newbga_img
-
-# Quick check if we even have a second monitor at all
-c=`xrandr | grep ' connected' | wc -l`
-if [ $c = "1" ]
-then 
-	exit
-else
-	echo second monitor;
-	exit
-	# Second monitor
-	xwinwrap -g 1920x1080+1920+0 -ni -fdt -sh rectangle -un -b -nf -ov -- $mpv "$base/$pape2" & > /dev/null 2>&1 &
-	echo $! >> ${HOME}/.cache/mpvbg.pid
-	echo "$pape1" >> $HOME/.cache/newbga_img
-fi