vlc-ctl

#!/bin/bash

upd_bar() {
    sleep 1.5
    pkill -SIGRTMIN+9 i3blocks
}

print_help() {
	echo '+----[ CLI commands ]'
	echo '| add XYZ  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . add XYZ to playlist'
	echo '| enqueue XYZ  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . queue XYZ to playlist'
#	echo '| playlist . . . . . . . . . . . . .  show items currently in playlist'
#	echo '| search [string]  . .  search for items in playlist (or reset search)'
	echo '| delete [X] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . delete item X in playlist'
	echo '| move [X][Y]  . . . . . . . . . . . . move item X in playlist after Y'
	echo '| sort key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sort the playlist'
#	echo '| sd [sd]  . . . . . . . . . . . . . show services discovery or toggle'
	echo '| play . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . play stream'
	echo '| stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . stop stream'
	echo '| next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  next playlist item'
	echo '| prev . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  previous playlist item'
	echo '| goto, gotoitem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  goto item at index'
	echo '| repeat [on|off]  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  toggle playlist repeat'
	echo '| loop [on|off]  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  toggle playlist loop'
	echo '| random [on|off]  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  toggle playlist random'
	echo '| clear  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  clear the playlist'
#	echo '| status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . current playlist status'
#	echo '| title [X]  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . set/get title in current item'
#	echo '| title_n  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  next title in current item'
#	echo '| title_p  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  previous title in current item'
#	echo '| chapter [X]  . . . . . . . . . . . . set/get chapter in current item'
#	echo '| chapter_n  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  next chapter in current item'
#	echo '| chapter_p  . . . . . . . . . . . .  previous chapter in current item'
	echo '| '
	echo '| seek X . . . . . . . . . . . seek in seconds, for instance "seek 12"'
	echo '| pause  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  toggle pause'
	echo '| fastforward  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . set to maximum rate'
	echo '| rewind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . set to minimum rate'
	echo '| faster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  faster playing of stream'
	echo '| slower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  slower playing of stream'
	echo '| normal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  normal playing of stream'
	echo '| rate [playback rate] . . . . . . . . . .  set playback rate to value'
	echo '| frame  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . play frame by frame'
	echo '| fullscreen, f, F [on|off]  . . . . . . . . . . . . toggle fullscreen'
#	echo '| info [X] . .  information about the current stream (or specified id)'
#	echo '| stats  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  show statistical information'
#	echo "| get_time . . . . . . . . .  seconds elapsed since stream's beginning"
#	echo '| is_playing . . . . . . . . . . . .  1 if a stream plays, 0 otherwise'
#	echo '| get_title  . . . . . . . . . . . . . the title of the current stream'
#	echo '| get_length . . . . . . . . . . . .  the length of the current stream'
	echo '| '
	echo '| volume [X] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  set/get audio volume'
	echo '| volup [X]  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  raise audio volume X steps'
	echo '| voldown [X]  . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  lower audio volume X steps'
	echo '| achan [X]  . . . . . . . . . . . .  set/get stereo audio output mode'
	echo '| atrack [X] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . set/get audio track'
	echo '| vtrack [X] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . set/get video track'
	echo '| vratio [X] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  set/get video aspect ratio'
	echo '| vcrop, crop [X]  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  set/get video crop'
	echo '| vzoom, zoom [X]  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  set/get video zoom'
	echo '| vdeinterlace [X] . . . . . . . . . . . . . set/get video deinterlace'
	echo '| vdeinterlace_mode [X]  . . . . . . .  set/get video deinterlace mode'
#	echo '| snapshot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . take video snapshot'
	echo '| strack [X] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  set/get subtitle track'
	echo '| '
	echo '| vlm  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  load the VLM'
#	echo '| description  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  describe this module'
#	echo '| help, ? [pattern]  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  a help message'
#	echo '| longhelp [pattern] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . a longer help message'
#	echo '| lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  lock the telnet prompt'
#	echo '| logout . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  exit (if in a socket connection)'
#	echo '| quit . . . . . . . .  quit VLC (or logout if in a socket connection)'
	echo '| shutdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  shutdown VLC'
	echo '+----[ end of help ]'
}

if [[ "$1" == "--help" ]]; then
	print_help
	exit
fi
if [[ "$1" == "-h" ]]; then
	print_help
	exit
fi
if [[ "$1" == "help" ]]; then
	print_help
	exit
fi
if [[ "$1" == "h" ]]; then
	print_help
	exit
fi

if [[ "$1" == "addall" ]]; then
	for i in $(cat $2); do
		vlc-ctl add "$i"
	done
	exit
fi

if [[ "$1" == "restart" ]]; then
	vlc-ctl shutdown
	sleep 1
	vlcd
    sleep 0.5
    pkill -SIGRTMIN+9 i3blocks
	exit
fi

echo -e "awesome_telnet_password\n$@\nquit\n\n" | netcat localhost 4212 > /dev/null
upd_bar &