Hack:mpc-fade

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• Description: Alarm clock fade
• Author: Maxime Petazzoni, aka Sam
• Webpage: www.bulix.org
• Licence: GNU General Public Licence
• Other info: usefull when used along with at to do the alarm clock job
• Source:

#!/bin/sh

BACKUP_SONG="~/.welcome.ogg"
BACKUP_VOLUME=100

MPC=`which mpc`
BC="`which bc` -l"
MPDRUNFILE="/var/run/mpd.pid"

backup_wakeup ()
{
   mpc volume $BACKUP_VOLUME > /dev/null
   ogg123 -q -d alsa09 $BACKUP_SONG
}

if [ $# -ne 3 ] ; then
   echo "usage: mpc-fade <start volume> <end volume> <length in secs>" ;
   exit 1 ;
fi

# check if mpd is running, and with some files to play
if [ ! -e $MPDRUNFILE ] ; then
   backup_wakeup ;
fi

if [ `mpc playlist | wc -l` -eq 0 ] ; then
   backup_wakeup ;
fi

VOLUME=$1
$MPC play > /dev/null

if [ $1 -lt $2 ] ; then
   while [ $VOLUME -le $2 ] ; do
           $MPC volume $VOLUME > /dev/null ;
           VOLUME=$(($VOLUME + 1)) ;
      sleep `echo "$3/($2-$1)" | $BC` ;
   done ;
else
   while [ $VOLUME -ge $2 ] ; do
           $MPC volume $VOLUME > /dev/null ;
        VOLUME=$(($VOLUME - 1)) ;
           sleep `echo "$3/($1-$2)" | $BC` ;
    done ;
fi

exit 0

# eof