Gurbani Radio Fetch-n-Play

Gurbani Radio Fetch-n-Play is a bash script that fetches live Gurbani channels from Sikhnet.com and allows you to play them using VLC. It also provides options to check the online status of channels and stop any ongoing playback.

This project combines the gists I have written together with fzf

• get-live-gurbani-channels.sh
• GoldenTempleLive.sh

Features

• Fetch and display live Gurbani channels from Sikhnet.com
• Play selected channels using VLC
• Check the online status of available channels
• Stop VLC playback directly from the command line
• Switch channels between online via CLI

Prerequisites

The script requires the following tools to be installed:

• vlc
• fzf
• jq

The script will automatically check for these dependencies and attempt to install them if they are missing.

Supported Platforms

• macOS (via Homebrew)
• Fedora (via dnf)
• Ubuntu (via apt-get)

Usage

./gurbani-fetch-n-play [options]

Options

• -h, --help
  Show the help message and exit

• -s, --stop
  Stop the current VLC playback

• -t, --status
  Show the online status of available channels without playing them

• -i, --install Installs the script to writeable $PATH available

• -u, --update Update the insalled script if version mismatch

• -v, --version Shows the version of the installed script

Installation (non-interactive)

Non-interactive mode installs at ~/.local/bin by default.

curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/savitojs/gurbani-fetch-n-play/main/gurbani-fetch-n-play | bash -s -- --install

The script will automatically check for and install any missing dependencies.

Installation (Interactive)

Interactive installation will discover writeable $PATH for installation

curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/savitojs/gurbani-fetch-n-play/main/gurbani-fetch-n-play
chmod +x gurbani-fetch-n-play
./gurbani-fetch-n-play --install

Examples (once installed)

• Fetch and Play
  To fetch and play a channel:

  gurbani-fetch-n-play

• Stop Playback
  To stop the current playback:

  gurbani-fetch-n-play --stop

• Show Status
  To show the online status of channels:

  gurbani-fetch-n-play --status

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Credits

Gratitude to Sikhnet for their Gurbani Radio Service