Youtube slow, VLC 1080p no prob

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# YouTerm by Jerry Bezencon, pdq 2013.

# Requirements: VLC Media Player



# check vlc is available

type vlc >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || {

   echo "Couldn't find VLC, which is required for this script." >&2

   exit 17

}





bold=`tput bold`

normal=`tput sgr0`

clear

echo "${bold}************************************************"

echo "YouTerm - Watch Youtube videos without a browser"

echo "************************************************${normal}"

echo ""



echo "This utility will also stream a number of other formats including:"

echo ".ogg .mp4 .mp3 .wmv .mov .mpeg .mpg .asf .rm"

echo ""

echo "Choose Option ${bold}'Other Streams'${normal} after inputting the url to stream the above formats."

echo ""



youterm_url() {

  echo -n "Input the url: "

   read url



   if [ "$url" = "" ]; then

      youterm_url

   fi

   

   echo ""

}



youterm_res() {

    echo "[1] 240p"

    echo "[2] 360p"

    echo "[3] 480p"

    echo "[4] 720p"

    echo "[5] 1080p"

    echo "[6] 1440p"

    echo "[7] 2160p (4k)"

    echo "[8] Other Streams"

    echo "[9] Exit"



   echo -n "Enter your menu choice [1-9]: "

   read res



   if [ "$res" = "" ]; then

      youterm_res

   fi



   case $res in



      1) vlc --preferred-resolution "240p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      2) vlc --preferred-resolution "360p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      3) vlc --preferred-resolution "480p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      4) vlc --preferred-resolution "720p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      5) vlc --preferred-resolution "1080p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      6) vlc --preferred-resolution "1440p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      7) vlc --preferred-resolution "2160p (4k)" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      8) vlc -vvv $url --play-and-exit ;;

      9) exit 9 ;;

      *) youterm_res ;;



   esac



}



while true

do

     youterm_url

    youterm_res

    exit 0

done

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# YouTerm by Jerry Bezencon, pdq 2013.

# Requirements: VLC Media Player



# check vlc is available

type vlc >/dev/null 2>/dev/null || {

   echo "Couldn't find VLC, which is required for this script." >&2

   exit 17

}





bold=`tput bold`

normal=`tput sgr0`

clear

echo "${bold}************************************************"

echo "YouTerm - Watch Youtube videos without a browser"

echo "************************************************${normal}"

echo ""



echo "This utility will also stream a number of other formats including:"

echo ".ogg .mp4 .mp3 .wmv .mov .mpeg .mpg .asf .rm"

echo ""

echo "Choose Option ${bold}'Other Streams'${normal} after inputting the url to stream the above formats."

echo ""



youterm_url() {

  echo -n "Input the url: "

   read url



   if [ "$url" = "" ]; then

      youterm_url

   fi

   

   echo ""

}



youterm_res() {

    echo "[1] 240p"

    echo "[2] 360p"

    echo "[3] 480p"

    echo "[4] 720p"

    echo "[5] 1080p"

    echo "[6] 1440p"

    echo "[7] 2160p (4k)"

    echo "[8] Other Streams"

    echo "[9] Exit"



   echo -n "Enter your menu choice [1-9]: "

   read res



   if [ "$res" = "" ]; then

      youterm_res

   fi



   case $res in



      1) vlc --preferred-resolution "240p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      2) vlc --preferred-resolution "360p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      3) vlc --preferred-resolution "480p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      4) vlc --preferred-resolution "720p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      5) vlc --preferred-resolution "1080p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      6) vlc --preferred-resolution "1440p" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      7) vlc --preferred-resolution "2160p (4k)" $url --play-and-exit ;;

      8) vlc -vvv $url --play-and-exit ;;

      9) exit 9 ;;

      *) youterm_res ;;



   esac



}



while true

do

     youterm_url

    youterm_res

    exit 0

done