#! /bin/bash
last=$(mpc playlist | wc -l)
# A playlist of size 1 is usually a news radio stream.
# If so, do not interrupt it. Skip all the rest
if (( $last > 1 ))
then
# Add the hourly news stream to the end of the current playlist
mpc load NPRHourlyNews
# get the position of the hourly news stream in the playlist
last=$(mpc playlist | wc -l)
# get the position of the current song in the playlist
currpos=$(mpc status | grep playing| sed 's=^.*#\([0-9][0-9]*\)/.*$=\1=')
curseek=$(mpc status | grep playing| sed 's=^.*(\([0-9][0-9]*\)).*$=\1=')
#echo last = $last
echo currpos = $currpos
echo curseek = $curseek
# start the hourly news stream
mpc play $last

# test to see if we are still playing the newstream
newpos=$(mpc status | grep playing| sed 's=^.*#\([0-9][0-9]*\)/.*$=\1=')
echo $last and $newpos
# wait until the news ends
mpc idle
newpos=$(mpc status | grep playing| sed 's=^.*#\([0-9][0-9]*\)/.*$=\1=')
echo $last and $newpos
while (( $last == $newpos ))
do
   sleep 1
   # test to see if we are still playing the newstream
   newpos=$(mpc status | grep playing| sed 's=^.*#\([0-9][0-9]*\)/.*$=\1=')
   echo $last and $newpos
done
# restart the previously interrupted song and then delete the news stream from the playlist
mpc play $currpos && mpc seek $curseek && mpc del $last
fi