Run MPV on files found with GNU Findutils with these Bash scripts

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MPVF runs MPV with optional MPV profiles on a set of files found with GNU Find by including and excluding pathname patterns and setting the depth levels in the directory tree. This Bash script has its strengths, I think, in that it stores the location of your directories, as well as directories on removable media, and only searches locations that exist on your system at the time the script is run and if no directories were entered on the command line. There is a list of file extensions that the script looks at, if you like, and just passes a file to MPV based on that list.

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In the examples below, ls is executed first and lists the contents of the Dir1 directory recursively. Then, each block of text that follows begins with an MPVF command line followed by the executed FIND command line and its output, i.e. the files played last.

$ ls -1R Dir1/
Dir1/:
1-Sunday.mp4
3-Tuesday.mp4
6-Friday.mp4
Dir2
Dir2-Sunday

Dir1/Dir2:
8-Sunday-Tuesday.mp4
9-Friday-Sunday.mp4

Dir1/Dir2-Sunday:

(mpvf -i sunday Dir1/)
$ find Dir1/ ( -ipath *sunday* ) -type f | sort
Dir1/1-Sunday.mp4
Dir1/Dir2/8-Sunday-Tuesday.mp4
Dir1/Dir2/9-Friday-Sunday.mp4

(mpvf -e sunday Dir1/)
$ find Dir1/ ( ! -ipath *sunday* ) -type f | sort
Dir1/3-Tuesday.mp4
Dir1/6-Friday.mp4

(mpvf -i sunday -e dir2 Dir1/)
$ find Dir1/ ( -ipath *sunday* ! -ipath *dir2* ) -type f | sort
Dir1/1-Sunday.mp4

(mpvf -i sunday -i friday Dir1/)
$ find Dir1/ ( -ipath *sunday* -ipath *friday* ) -type f | sort
Dir1/Dir2/9-Friday-Sunday.mp4

(mpvf -e friday -e sunday Dir1/)
$ find Dir1/ ( ! -ipath *friday* ! -ipath *sunday* ) -type f | sort
Dir1/3-Tuesday.mp4

(mpvf -a tuesday -a dir2 -e friday Dir1/)
$ find Dir1/ ( ! -ipath *friday* ) ( -ipath *tuesday* -o -ipath *dir2* ) -type f | sort
Dir1/3-Tuesday.mp4
Dir1/Dir2/8-Sunday-Tuesday.mp4

(mpvf -i sunday -n 2 Dir1/)
$ find Dir1/ -mindepth 2 ( -ipath *sunday* ) -type f | sort
Dir1/Dir2/8-Sunday-Tuesday.mp4
Dir1/Dir2/9-Friday-Sunday.mp4

(mpvf -i sunday -x 1 Dir1/)
$ find Dir1/ -maxdepth 1 ( -ipath *sunday* ) -type f | sort
Dir1/1-Sunday.mp4