Packages: Add aria2 download utility

To speed up YouTube downloads, use the external downloader aria2c.
Also implemented it in the aliases and scripts where youtube-dl is used.

.config/aria2/aria2.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+continue
+file-allocation=none
+max-concurrent-downloads=3
+max-connection-per-server=3
+min-split-size=1M
+split=3

.config/zsh/.zshrc

@@ -173,9 +173,9 @@ alias u="setsid -f urxvt -cd $PWD"
 alias weather="curl -s 'https://wttr.in/dordrecht?q&n&p' | head -n -3"
 alias webmconvert="aliases webmconvert"
 alias workbench="GDK_SCALE=1 GDK_DPI_SCALE=1 setsid -f -- mysql-workbench > /dev/null 2>&1"
-alias ytv="youtube-dl -f bestvideo\[height\<=\?1080\]+bestaudio/best"
+alias ytv="youtube-dl -f bestvideo\[height\<=\?1080\]+bestaudio/best --external-downloader aria2c"
-alias ytvb="youtube-dl -f bestvideo+bestaudio/best"
+alias ytvb="youtube-dl -f bestvideo+bestaudio/best --external-downloader aria2c"
-alias yta="youtube-dl -f bestaudio/best -x --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0" # --embed-thumbnail"
+alias yta="youtube-dl -f bestaudio/best -x --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 --external-downloader aria2c" # --embed-thumbnail"
 alias ytat="aliases ytaudio_thumbnail"
 
 mkcd() { mkdir -p -- "$1" && cd -P -- "$1" || exit; }

.local/bin/aliases

@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ ytaudio_thumbnail() {
 	# Get mp3 + thumbnail
 	echo "Downloading and converting \"$FILE_NAME\".."
 	youtube-dl -f bestaudio/best -x --audio-format mp3 --audio-quality 0 \
-			   --write-thumbnail --cookies "~/documents/youtube.com_cookies.txt" "$1" > /dev/null
+			   --write-thumbnail --external-downloader aria2c \
-			   # --write-thumbnail "$1" > /dev/null
+			   --cookies "$HOME/documents/youtube.com-cookies.txt" "$1" > /dev/null
 
 	echo "Embedding thumbnail into mp3.."
 

.local/bin/play

@@ -38,16 +38,17 @@ EOF
 CLIP="$(xclip -se c -o)"
 
 play() {
+	MPV="mpv --ytdl-raw-options=external-downloader=aria2c"
 	if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-		MPV="mpv $CLIP"
+		MPV="$MPV $CLIP"
 		# Cut off everything after space
-		LINK=" $(echo $CLIP | sed -nE 's/^(\S+).*/\1/p')"
+		LINK=" $(echo "$CLIP" | sed -nE 's/^(\S+).*/\1/p')"
 	else
-		MPV="mpv $*"
+		MPV="$MPV $*"
 		# Determain which argument holds the urls
 		[ "$1" = "${1#-}" ] && DISPLAY="$1" || DISPLAY="$2"
 		# Cut off everything after space
-		LINK=" $(echo $DISPLAY | sed -nE 's/^(\S+).*/\1/p')"
+		LINK=" $(echo "$DISPLAY" | sed -nE 's/^(\S+).*/\1/p')"
 	fi
 
 	notify-send -t 2500 "Loading video: $LINK"
@@ -58,27 +59,30 @@ play() {
 shuffle() {
 	# Skip first argument
 	shift 1
-	mpv --no-video --shuffle --ytdl-format='bestaudio[ext=m4a]' "${@:-$CLIP}"
+	mpv --no-video --shuffle \
+		--ytdl-format='bestaudio[ext=m4a]' \
+		--ytdl-raw-options='external-downloader=aria2c' \
+		"${@:-$CLIP}"
 }
 
 queue() {
-	OPTIONS="--no-terminal --force-window --input-file=$PIPE"
+	OPTIONS="--no-terminal --force-window --input-file=$PIPE --ytdl-raw-options=external-downloader=aria2c"
 
 	# Create mpv cache directory
 	DIR="$(dirname "$PIPE")"
 	[ ! -d "$DIR" ] && mkdir -p "$DIR"
 
 	# Delete named pipe if no umpv is running
-	if ! pgrep -f 'mpv $OPTIONS' > /dev/null; then
+	if ! pgrep -f "mpv $OPTIONS" > /dev/null; then
 		rm -f "$PIPE"
 	fi
 
 	# Skip first argument
 	shift 1
 	# Set url to argument if provided, clipboard otherwise
-	URLS="${@:-$CLIP}"
+	URLS="${*:-$CLIP}"
 
-	if [ -p $PIPE ]; then
+	if [ -p "$PIPE" ]; then
 		notify-send -t 2500 "Added video to queue.."
 		# Add video to named pipe
 		echo "$URLS" \

packages

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ alsa-utils
 arandr
 arc-gtk-theme
 arc-icon-theme
+aria2
 aspell-en
 aspell-nl
 base