termv

A terminal iptv player written in bash

termv is a small bash script that allows you to select an iptv stream using fzf and play it using mpv.

The list of channels is obtained from https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv.

For an example for a custom channels list and how to make one yourself, visit this gist.

For windows support, consider using termv-rs, a rewrite of termv in rust.

Dependencies

• curl
• mpv
• gawk
• jq
• fzf
• xdo (optional, for -s flag)

Usage

Usage:   termv [OPTIONS] query

Options:
  General Options:
    -h, --help                Print this help text and exit.
    -v, --version             Print program version and exit.
    -u, --update              Update channel list to latest version.

  Player Options:
    -f, --full-screen         Open mpv in fullscreen.
    -s, --swallow             Swallow terminal during playback (X11 only) based on devour; https://github.com/salman-abedin/devour.sh

  Environment variables:  
    TERMV_AUTO_UPDATE         Auto update channel list to latest version. (default: true)
    TERMV_SWALLOW             Always swallow terminal during playback. (default: false)
    TERMV_FULL_SCREEN         Always open mpv in fullscreen. (default: false)
    TERMV_DEFAULT_MPV_FLAGS   Default arguments which are passed to mpv. (default: --no-resume-playback)
    TERMV_CHANNELS_URL        URL to the channel list. (default: https://iptv-org.github.io/api/channels.json)
                                Any other URL must be in the same format as the default one.
    TERMV_STREAMS_URL         URL to the streams list. (default: https://iptv-org.github.io/api/streams.json)
                                Any other URL must be in the same format as the default one.

  Improve me on GitHub:
    https://github.com/Roshan-R/termv

Installation

Direct download

sudo wget -O /usr/local/bin/termv -q --show-progress https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Roshan-R/termv/main/termv && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/termv

Arch Linux

Install from the AUR (with your preferred AUR helper)

yay -S termv

Nix

Users of the Nix package manager with flakes support can execute termv using

nix run github:Roshan-R/termv

MacOS

For MacOs users with the homebrew package manager

brew tap Roshan-R/termv https://github.com/Roshan-R/homebrew-termv
brew install termv

Installation by cloning the repository

git clone https://github.com/Roshan-R/termv
cd termv

• Install with the Makefile

sudo make install

• Uninstall with the Makefile

sudo make uninstall

Credits

A big thank you to all the contributors

Thanks to ytfzf for the Makefile and tmpmail as a reference on how to structure bash scripts.