A script to download a youtube video and play it in smplayer, good for flash-only videos or long videos which buffer

play.sh

#!/bin/bash

#utility to play a youtube video after the url has been cut using ctrl-x
youtube-dl -o "/home/farhan/Downloads/frmyoutube.%(ext)s" "$(xclip -o)" | tee /home/farhan/bin/play.log

#make sure we don't have any errors
if [ $(grep -i "error" ~/bin/play.log) ]; then
    echo "Error downloading video. Try again :("
    exit 1    
fi

#play the video we downloaded in smplayer
PLACE="$(youtube-dl -o "/home/farhan/Downloads/frmyoutube.%(ext)s" "$(xclip -o)" --get-filename)"

#Make sure we delete the video when done watching :)
function delete {
  rm -f "$PLACE"
  rm -f /home/farhan/bin/play.log
}
trap delete EXIT

smplayer "$PLACE"