Play and stop youtube video on remote computer hooked up to screen

nomadplay.zsh

# Downloads and plays a video using VLC with optimized hardware acceleration
nomadplay() {
  # 1. Check if a URL was provided
  if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
    echo "Usage: nomadplay <youtube_url>"
    return 1
  fi

  # 2. Send the command block to the remote PC
  echo "🚀 Sending command to karaoke PC (using VLC with HW Accel)..."
  ssh nomadlocal bash << EOF
    export DISPLAY=:0
    exec &> ~/nomadplay.log

    echo '---'
    echo "Command received at: \$(date)"
    echo "URL: $1"

    echo 'Stopping any previous video...'
    killall vlc
    sleep 0.5

    echo 'Downloading video with best audio...'
    yt-dlp -f 'bestvideo[height<=720]+bestaudio/best' --force-overwrites --merge-output-format mkv -o '/tmp/karaoke_video.mkv' "$1"

    echo 'Starting playback with VLC...'
    # --avcodec-hw vaapi: Explicitly tells VLC to use the correct hardware acceleration method
    nohup cvlc --fullscreen --play-and-exit --avcodec-hw vaapi /tmp/karaoke_video.mkv &

    echo 'Launch command sent. Script finished.'
EOF

  # 3. Wait and retrieve the remote log for confirmation
  sleep 1
  echo
  echo "--- 📝 Remote Log from nomad-karaoke ---"
  ssh nomadlocal "tail -n 10 ~/nomadplay.log"
  echo "-----------------------------------------"
}

# Updated stop function
nomadstop() {
  ssh nomadlocal "killall vlc"
  echo "Playback stop command sent to karaoke PC."
}