#! /usr/bin/env python

# This script will launch mplayer or xine depending 
# on the subtitle format (filename actually)

import sys
import os

movieName = sys.argv[1]

if len(movieName) < 1:
   """Usage: ./launchmovie.py path/to/movie"""
   sys.exit()
   
i = len(movieName) - 1

while i > 0 and movieName[i] != ".":
   i -= 1
   
if movieName[i] == ".":
   sub = movieName[0:i]
else:
   # the movie filename didn't contain any dotts, must be some weird movie...
   # but let's assume everything is in order
   sub = movieName

if os.path.isfile(sub + ".idx"):
   print "Launch movie with mplayer"
   cmd = '/usr/bin/mplayer -fs -zoom -quiet -vo xv "' + movieName + '"'
   bad = 0
   
   tochild, fromchild, childerror = os.popen3(cmd)
   
   for line in childerror:
      if line[-13:-1] == 'decode_audio':
         bad = 1
      
   tochild.close()
   fromchild.close()
   childerror.close()
   
   if bad:
      print 'ac3 sound detected, relaunching mplayer'
      os.system('/usr/bin/mplayer -ac hwac3 -fs -zoom -quiet -vo xv "' + movieName + '"')
   
   
else:
   print "Launch movie with xine"
   os.execl('/usr/bin/xine', 'xine', '--no-splash', '-f', movieName)