terminal-dl.lua

terminal-dl.lua

-- README:
-- calls terminal and starts youtube-dl to download the video currently playing

local opt = require 'mp.options'
 
-- default options, .conf is read
local options = {
    terminal = 'guake -t && guake -n guake -e', 
    --terminal = 'gnome-terminal -e',
    --terminal = 'konsole -e'
}
 
read_options(options, "terminal-dl") 

-----------------
-- Main script --
-----------------

function download()   

    mp.resume_all()

    local url = mp.get_property("path", "")
    url = string.gsub(url, "'", "'\\''")

    if string.sub(url,1,4) == "http" then

        local command = options.terminal .. ' "youtube-dl \'' .. url .. '\'"'

        mp.osd_message("Download started")
        os.execute(command)

    else

        mp.osd_message("Error: local file, no url provided!", 2)

    end

end

mp.add_key_binding("alt+d", "terminal-dl", download)