#!/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 # There's lots of good scripts in that repository so check them all out pkill -9 xwinwrap cacheFile="${HOME}/.cache/mpvbg.pid" base="/home/shockrah/Pictures/VPapes" # Pic two random video papes pape1=`ls "${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 mpv="mpv --wid WID --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! # 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 # 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