Termux + ytfzf, videos no longer launching in mpv/vlc

[stl3]

  ~ ytfzf --version ytfzf: git-1351.393d7b3 Termux version: 0.118.0 How to reproduce:   ~ ytfzf -r shell scripting Problem: Trying to play any video, using: echo 'am start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "$2" -n is.xyz.mpv/.MPVActivity' > $PREFIX/bin/mpv No longer plays the video. This problem also exists in ani-cli. Both mpv/vlc cannot launch the urls passed by ytfzf. In order for me to be able to watch I had to use: echo 'termux-open "$2"' > $PREFIX/bin/mpv and I can watch them but through Newpipe app. If anyone has a workaround or explanation of what I have that is incorrect, please let me know how to fix it thanks. It was working prior to this using the above intent.

[Euro20179]

When exactly are those commands being run, Like, do you have them in your config or something?

Also variables don't expand in single quotes, so that $2 is a literal $2.

You could try putting

termux_video () {
    echo "am start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d \"$1\" -n is.xyz.mpv/.MPVActivity" > $PREFIX/bin/mpv
}
url_handler=termux_video

Ok i see, you might want to consider just doing this, as mpv recieves a random number of args, and the url is i think the 3rd.

You can add one of the following to ~/.config/ytfzf/conf.sh and it should work better:

termux_player () {
   am start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "$1" -n is.xyz.mpv/.MPVActivity
}
url_handler=termux_player

or

termux_player () {
    termux-open "$1"
}
url_handler=termux_player

However when i tried this it said that is.xyz.mpv/.MPVActivity is an invalid activity, i can't help much more than this.

[stl3]

With the 2nd one I can choose newpipe like the way I'm currently doing it, but the other am start line doesn't work. For now I think the only way is to use Newpipe to watch instead of mpv/vlc/mxplayer. I feel sad because I had just gotten it working perfectly on mpv before this happened lol.

[Euro20179]

how the hell did you get it to work it's not even supported

Also it seems your intent command is a bit off.

I spent a bit trying to get this to work because this is actually very cool lol.

[stl3]

I had tried one of the apk's sfan5 built, it was either from https://github.com/mpv-android/mpv-android/issues/479 or the mpv-android-2021-10-28.apk, I can't remember the link for this one.

[Euro20179]

Ah, i see. You could try using an older version of ytfzf maybe v2.1 if it worked before, but i don't think it'll fix anything since the logic in the script is almost identical.

[stl3]

Yeah I don't think much can be done atm, if I find anything else I'll let you know but we can probably close this.

[stl3]

Just an addendum for other users in case they want to get mpv working with ytfzf in Termux:

From https://github.com/mpv-android/mpv-android/pull/58 download this file https://kitsunemimi.pw/tmp/mpv-android-2021-10-29.apk (uninstall the current mpv-android you have installed, and then install this). Open mpv, goto three dots top right->Settings->Advanced-->Install/Update youtube-dl and select Install and choose yt-dlp Once that is done: Add the following to ~/.config/ytfzf/conf.sh :

 termux_player () {
    am start --user 0 -a android.intent.action.VIEW -d "$1" -n is.xyz.mpv/.MPVActivity
 }
 url_handler=termux_player

This will get mpv to work with ytfzf now :). However if you still want a different app like Newpipe to work with ytfzf, then add the following to ~/.config/ytfzf/conf.sh instead, which should let you choose an app to open with (I assume, if you don't have default ones set):

 termux_player () {
    termux-open "$1"
 }
 url_handler=termux_player

Euro20179, I have to apologize - in my haste to fix an issue with ani-cli I had inadvertantly replaced my mpv version with another one that did not have youtube/yt-dlp stuff built in, but the good news is now other people can see how to get mpv working with it now :) PS (random), don't do ytfzf -s -l -r "some kind of search" especially with --pages, it loops and you have to kill Termux manually. Most people probably know this, but I wasn't really thinking when I did it. It was just annoying especially with using termux-open "$1" because the app chooser kept popping up lol.

[Euro20179]

Ngl, when you made your issue, I started trying it myself, and kinda wanted to know how to do it, so thanks for the instructions. No need to apologize lol.

PS (random), don't do ytfzf -s -l -r "some kind of search"

Yes i realized this one day and it could be useful if you need a bunch of youtube links idk.

[nedz25]

Just an addendum for other users in case they want to get mpv working with ytfzf in Termux: <

Sorry for highjacking the topic, can you tell me please how did you installed ytfzf in termux because I can't, I get something like this: mkdir -p /usr/local/bin mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr’: Read-only file system.

And I want to try your method with mpsyt and/or yewtube, but I can't find the config file of neither one of them. My device is not rooted.

[Euro20179]

make PREFIX="$PREFIX" install doc

[nedz25]

Thank you, it works, I had to run it in Home directory.