Tidy up

mosaic.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-- 1. CONFIGURATION
+
+screen_width = 1000 -- FIXME
+aspect_ratio = 1.5 -- a good default for dragonframe's typical 1620x1080 exports
+window_titlebar_height = 39
+
+
+-- 2. UTILITY FUNCTIONS
+
 function exec(cmd)
   local handle = io.popen(cmd)
   local result = handle:read("*a")
@@ -14,12 +23,15 @@ function linesToTable(s)
   return t
 end
 
+
+-- 3. GET FILE LIST
+-- TODO: get these some other way that's easier to use...
+-- maybe args passed in from an Automater script?
+
 local cd = exec("pwd")
--- print("| "..cd.." |")
-
 local files = exec('stat -f "%N" *.mp4')
--- print("| "..files.." |")
 
+-- Create a table containing the complete path to every video:
 local filetable = linesToTable(files)
 for k, file in ipairs(filetable) do
   print("k "..k.." v "..file)
@@ -27,33 +39,43 @@ for k, file in ipairs(filetable) do
   print(filetable[k])
 end
 
+
+-- 4. PREP FOR PLAYING
+
 -- FIXME:
 if #filetable <= 9 then
   cols = 3
   rows = 3
 end
 
--- FIXME:
-screen_width = 1000
-aspect_ratio = 1.5
 video_width = screen_width // cols -- "floor division" returns an integer
 video_height = video_width // aspect_ratio
-window_titlebar_height = 39
+
+
+-- 5. PLAY + POSITION VIDEOS
+
+-- We're going to loop through the list of videos.
+-- For each video we will:
+-- 1. use AppleScript to open it, playing on loop
+-- 2. move it to the appropriate position
 
 current_col = 1
 current_row = 1
 for _, file in ipairs(filetable) do
   print("opening "..file)
   print(string.format("  col: %s, row: %s", current_col, current_row))
+
+  -- Calculate position / dimensions
   local x1 = (current_col * video_width) - video_width
   local y1 = (current_row * video_height) - video_height + (current_row * window_titlebar_height) - window_titlebar_height
   local x2 = x1 + video_width
   local y2 = y1 + video_height
   local bounds = string.format("{%d, %d, %d, %d}", x1, y1, x2, y2)
+
   print("  "..bounds)
   print()
-  -- os.execute(string.format("open -a 'QuickTime Player' %s", file))
 
+  -- Open the video + play it on loop
   os.execute(
       string.format(
       [[osascript -e '
@@ -67,9 +89,10 @@ for _, file in ipairs(filetable) do
       end tell'
       ]], file))
 
-  local cmd = string.format("osascript -e 'tell application \"%s\" to set the bounds of the front window to %s'", "QuickTime Player", bounds)
+  -- Move it to the correct spot on the screen
-  print(cmd)
+  os.execute(string.format("osascript -e 'tell application \"%s\" to set the bounds of the front window to %s'", "QuickTime Player", bounds))
-  os.execute(cmd)
+
+  -- Update grid positioning for the next iteration
   current_col = current_col + 1
   if current_col > cols then
     current_col = 1