Run Python Script at OS X Startup
Here's the full solution I am using on Mojave:
Plist: ~/Library/LaunchAgents/play.with.mpv.plist
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Disabled</key>
<false/>
<key>EnvironmentVariables</key>
<dict>
<key>PATH</key>
<string>/Users/e/Library/Python/3.7/bin:/usr/local/bin</string>
</dict>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>
<key>Label</key>
<string>play.with.mpv</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/usr/local/bin/python3</string>
<string>/Users/e/Library/Python/3.7/bin/play-with-mpv</string>
</array>
<key>RunAtLoad</key>
<true/>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/tmp/play.with.mpv.stderr</string>
<key>StandardOutPath</key>
<string>/tmp/play.with.mpv.stdout</string>
</dict>
</plist>
Mind the PATH to python3 - find it with which python3
and the play-with-mpv
python script!
Load plist:
launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/play.with.mpv.plist
If your video is dropping frames as hell, create mpv config in ~/.config/mpv/mpv.conf
and put there this:
video-sync=display-resample
if that do doesn't help, try this instead
opengl-early-flush=no
Adapt the following accordingly, name it something like myscript_launcher.plist
, and put it in either one of three locations: /System/Library/LaunchAgents
, /System/Library/LaunchDaemons
, /Users/<username>/Library/LaunchAgents
.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
<key>Label</key>
<string>my.python.script.name</string>
<key>ProgramArguments</key>
<array>
<string>/path/to/python</string>
<string>/path/to/python/script.py</string>
</array>
<key>StandardErrorPath</key>
<string>/var/log/python_script.error</string>
<key>KeepAlive</key>
<true/>
</dict>
</plist>
Also, let's assume you put the plist file in ~/Library/LaunchAgents
. You can start and stop it with the launchctl
. To start, use launchctl load ~/Library/LaunchAgents/myscript_launcher.plist
. To stop it, do the same but use the unload
argument
You need to create a shell file that launches your python code. Tell the shell script to start at log in.
example
#!/bin/bash
python username/Desktop/startupscripts/file.py
save the file with the .sh extension.
add the .sh file to "System Preference -> Users and Groups -> Login items", the .sh script will call the python file.
This is what you should have in the shell file. I'm assume this is the path to the file, if it isn't modify it.
#!/bin/bash
python /Users/username/moviebuzz-api/flask/bin/streaming_movies.py
nothing else.