diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 449f0419..0b2092a1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # A tmp Makefile that just calls mpvc-installer for compat with mpvc-git Arch PKGBUILD (@gmt4)
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 BINDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/bin
-DOCDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/docs
+DOCDIR ?= $(PREFIX)/doc
 INSTALLER=extras/mpvc-installer
 all:
 install:
diff --git a/docs/now/index.html b/docs/now/index.html
index 7e2f278c..6798c079 100644
--- a/docs/now/index.html
+++ b/docs/now/index.html
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
     <meta name="generator" content="#write-your-own-html" />
     <meta name="author" content="gmt4" />
     <meta name="description" content="gmt4 mpvc now" />
-    <title>gmt4.github.io/mpvc</title>
+    <title>gmt4.github.io/mpvc/now listening 🚀</title>
     <!-- SOH -->
     <link rel="canonical" href="https://gmt4.github.io/mpvc" />
     <link href="atom.xml" type="application/atom+xml" rel="alternate" title="gmt4.github.io/mpvc"/>
     <!-- Open Graph tags -->
-    <meta property="og:site_name" content="gmt4.github.io/mpvc" />
+    <meta property="og:site_name" content="gmt4.github.io/mpvc/now" />
     <meta property="og:type" content="website"/>
-    <meta property="og:title" content="gmt4 mpvc now"/>
+    <meta property="og:title" content="gmt4/mpvc now listenning 🚀"/>
     <meta property="og:url" content="https://gmt4.github.io/mpvc/now"/>
-    <meta property="og:description" content="A minimal mpc-like CLI and TUI for controlling mpv from the shell"/>
+    <meta property="og:description" content="A now listening page powered by gmt4/mpvc 🚀"/>
     <meta property="og:image" content="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gmt4/mpvc/master/docs/mpvc-tui.png"/>
     <!-- GH stuff -->
     <script async="true" defer="true" src="https://buttons.github.io/buttons.js"></script>
@@ -77,20 +77,22 @@ <h2>Scrobbling Code</h2>
     </pre>
 
     <script charset="utf-8">
-    const urlp = new URL(window.location.href).searchParams;
-    const dflt = [ 'ssDzysKLlpY', '667dtK7O89k', 'mEkZbWYUego', 'UzRFQ6pDqhk', '_nl3Oo4-IQ4', 'ypAIWyH13aM', 'Jls9wXOSjl4', 'Hwg7hJrDiRg', '6FJ7F6trvBc' ];
-    const vids = urlp.getAll('v').length > 0 ? urlp.getAll('v') : dflt;
-    const cont = document.getElementById('container');
-    const pre  = document.getElementById('pre');
+    const urlp = new URL(window.location.href).searchParams
+    const dflt = [ 'ssDzysKLlpY', '667dtK7O89k', 'mEkZbWYUego', 'UzRFQ6pDqhk', '_nl3Oo4-IQ4', 'ypAIWyH13aM', 'Jls9wXOSjl4', 'Hwg7hJrDiRg', '6FJ7F6trvBc' ]
+    const vids = urlp.getAll('v').length > 0 ? urlp.getAll('v') : dflt
+    const cont = document.getElementById('container')
+    const pre  = document.getElementById('pre')
     pre.innerHTML = '\n'
     for(i in vids)
     {
         if (/^([-_a-zA-Z0-9]{11})$/.test(vids[i]))
         {
             const video = vids[i]
-            const html='<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/'+video+'" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>'
             const url='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v='+video+'\n'
-            const node = document.createElement('div');
+            const emb='https://www.youtube.com/embed/'+video
+            const html='<iframe src="'+emb+'" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>'
+            const node = document.createElement('div')
+
             node.setAttribute('class', 'item')
             node.innerHTML = html
             cont.appendChild(node)
diff --git a/extras/mpvc-equalizer b/extras/mpvc-equalizer
index 34fc480b..0c345752 100755
--- a/extras/mpvc-equalizer
+++ b/extras/mpvc-equalizer
@@ -111,14 +111,19 @@ mpvc_bar_line()
 {
     valf=$1
     min_val=-360
-    val=$((${valf%%.*} - $min_val))
-    x=10
+    max_val=770
+    cols=$(mpvc ttycols)
+    inc_val=$(( ( max_val - min_val ) / cols ))
+
+    inc=${inc:-$inc_val}
+    val=$((${valf%%.*} - min_val))
+    x=${inc}
 
     str=""
-    while [ $x -le $val ]
+    while [ "$x" -le $val ]
     do
         str="${str}="
-        x=$((x + 10))
+        x=$((x + inc))
     done
     echo "$str"
 }
diff --git a/extras/mpvc-fzf b/extras/mpvc-fzf
index b37efb87..f1304bde 100755
--- a/extras/mpvc-fzf
+++ b/extras/mpvc-fzf
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ PROGURL="https://github.com/gmt4/mpvc"
 set -euf
 
 quiet()  { "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1; }
-mpvctui_warn() { echo "$@" >&2; }
+mpvcfzf_warn() { echo "$@" >&2; }
 mpvc() { $PROGDIR/mpvc "$@"; }
 
 # Set defaults
-mpvctui_defaults()
+mpvcfzf_defaults()
 {
     XDG_CONFIG_HOME=${XDG_CONFIG_HOME:-"$HOME/.config"}
     MPVC_CONFIG="${MPVC_CONFIG:-$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/mpvc/mpvc.conf}"
@@ -28,22 +28,22 @@ mpvctui_defaults()
     MPVC_TERM=${MPVC_TERM:-xterm}
 }
 
-mpvctui_config()
+mpvcfzf_config()
 {
-    mpvctui_defaults
+    mpvcfzf_defaults
     # if present load user config
     if [ -r "$MPVC_CONFIG" ];
     then
         . "$MPVC_CONFIG"
     fi
     if ! quiet command -v fzf; then
-        mpvctui_warn "$PROGNAME: Warning: No fzf, Install to get fuzzy media search & play support!"
+        mpvcfzf_warn "$PROGNAME: Warning: No fzf, Install to get fuzzy media search & play support!"
         sleep 1
     fi
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_help="C-x:list C-v:yt-add C-\\:add C-o:play C-t:del C-r:reload C-s:seek C-spc:toggle"
-mpvctui_fzf_preview()
+mpvcfzf_help="C-x:list C-v:yt-add C-\\:add C-o:play C-t:del C-r:reload C-s:seek C-spc:toggle"
+mpvcfzf_preview()
 {
     # fzf keys: ctrl + [dorstxv\]
     fzf \
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ mpvctui_fzf_preview()
         \
         --preview-window='up:5' \
         --preview="mpvc" \
-        --header="$PROGNAME help: $mpvctui_fzf_help" \
+        --header="$PROGNAME help: $mpvcfzf_help" \
         "$@"
         #--bind='ctrl-d:execute-silent(mpvc seek -20 &)' \
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_isearch()
+mpvcfzf_isearch()
 {
     url_host="${url_host:-yewtu.be}"
     url_sort="sort=relevance" # relevance views date
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ mpvctui_fzf_isearch()
     '
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_nextvideo()
+mpvcfzf_nextvideo()
 {
     id="${1##https://yewtu.be/}"
     output=$(curl -fsSL -A '' "https://yewtu.be/watch?v=$id")
@@ -110,12 +110,12 @@ mpvctui_fzf_nextvideo()
     echo "$next_url"
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_icache_ytdlro() { mpvc getr ytdl-raw-options; }
-mpvctui_fzf_icache_output() { mpvctui_fzf_icache_ytdlro | jq -r ".data.output"; }
-mpvctui_fzf_icache_output_dir() { eval echo $( dirname $(mpvctui_fzf_icache_output) ); }
-mpvctui_fzf_icache_archive() { mpvctui_fzf_icache_ytdlro | jq -r ".data.download-archive"; }
+mpvcfzf_icache_ytdlro() { mpvc getr ytdl-raw-options; }
+mpvcfzf_icache_output() { mpvcfzf_icache_ytdlro | jq -r ".data.output"; }
+mpvcfzf_icache_output_dir() { eval echo $( dirname $(mpvcfzf_icache_output) ); }
+mpvcfzf_icache_archive() { mpvcfzf_icache_ytdlro | jq -r ".data.download-archive"; }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_icache()
+mpvcfzf_icache()
 {
     # check for media present in local cache
     if [ -n "$MPVC_YTDL_ARCHIVE" -a -n "$MPVC_YTDL_OUTPUT" ]; then
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ mpvctui_fzf_icache()
         ytdl_dir=$(eval echo $ytdl_dir)
     fi
     if [ ! -n "$ytdl_output" -o ! -r "$ytdl_archive" -o ! -n "$ytdl_output" ]; then
-        mpvctui_warn "$PROGNAME: Error cache not enabled: undefined ytdl-raw-options"
+        mpvcfzf_warn "$PROGNAME: Error cache not enabled: undefined ytdl-raw-options"
         if cat; then return; fi
     fi
 
@@ -149,21 +149,21 @@ mpvctui_fzf_icache()
     done
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_fetch()
+mpvcfzf_fetch()
 {
-    if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then mpvctui_usage; fi
+    if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then mpvcfzf_usage; fi
 
     ytdl_opts=""
     ytdlp=$(command -v youtube-dl || command -v yt-dlp)
     if [ ! -x "$ytdlp" ]; then
-        mpvctui_warn "$PROGNAME: Warning: No yt-dlp, Install to get ytdl support!"
+        mpvcfzf_warn "$PROGNAME: Warning: No yt-dlp, Install to get ytdl support!"
     fi
 
     mpvc -q --mpv
 
     ytdl_json=$(mpvc getr ytdl-raw-options)
     if [ -z "$ytdl_json" ]; then
-        mpvctui_warn "$PROGNAME: Error ytdl-raw-options not set. Check docs/mpv.conf"
+        mpvcfzf_warn "$PROGNAME: Error ytdl-raw-options not set. Check docs/mpv.conf"
         return
     fi
     for option in $(echo "$ytdl_json" | jq -r ".data | keys | .[]")
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ mpvctui_fzf_fetch()
     "$ytdlp" $ytdl_opts ${YTDL_OPTS:-} "$@"
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_fetch_remove()
+mpvcfzf_fetch_remove()
 {
     if [ -z "$1" ]; then
-        mpvctui_warn "$PROGNAME: Error missing ytdl-video-id to remove"
+        mpvcfzf_warn "$PROGNAME: Error missing ytdl-video-id to remove"
         return
     fi
     ytdl_id="$1"
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ mpvctui_fzf_fetch_remove()
     ytdl_dir=$(eval echo $ytdl_dir)
 
     if [ -z "$ytdl_json" -o ! -r "$ytdl_archive" -o ! -n "$ytdl_output" ]; then
-        mpvctui_warn "$PROGNAME: Error cache not enabled: undefined ytdl-raw-options"
+        mpvcfzf_warn "$PROGNAME: Error cache not enabled: undefined ytdl-raw-options"
         return
     fi
 
@@ -203,36 +203,36 @@ mpvctui_fzf_fetch_remove()
     sed -i "/$ytdl_id/ s|^|#|" "$ytdl_archive"
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_iplay()
+mpvcfzf_iplay()
 {
-    mpvctui_fzf_isearch "$1" |
-        mpvctui_fzf_preview --prompt="(youtube) " |
+    mpvcfzf_isearch "$1" |
+        mpvcfzf_preview --prompt="(youtube) " |
             awk '{print $1}'
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_local()
+mpvcfzf_local()
 {
     find . -type f,d | sort |
-        mpvctui_fzf_preview --prompt="(local) " |
+        mpvcfzf_preview --prompt="(local) " |
             mpvc load
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_playlist()
+mpvcfzf_playlist()
 {
     len=$(mpvc gets playlist-count)
     ( if [ -z "$len" ]; then echo; else mpvc fullplaylist; fi) |
-        mpvctui_fzf_preview --prompt="(playlist) "
+        mpvcfzf_preview --prompt="(playlist) "
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_chapterlist()
+mpvcfzf_chapterlist()
 {
     len=$(mpvc gets chapter-list/count)
     ( if [ -z "$len" ]; then echo; else mpvc chapter-list-full; fi) |
-        mpvctui_fzf_preview --prompt="(chapter) " \
+        mpvcfzf_preview --prompt="(chapter) " \
         --bind='ctrl-o:execute-silent(mpvc set chapter {n} &)'
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_ddg()
+mpvcfzf_ddg()
 {
     curl -fsSL -A 'Mozilla/5.0' "https://duckduckgo.com/html?q=$*&iax=videos&ia=videos" |
         awk  '
@@ -261,30 +261,30 @@ mpvctui_fzf_ddg()
             }'
 }
 
-mpvctui_fzf_urlbrowse()
+mpvcfzf_urlbrowse()
 {
     url=${1:-https://localhost:8443/ytdl-archive/}
 
     curl -k -fsSL "$url" |
         awk '/<a href=".*">.*<\/a>/ { h=$0;sub("^.*href=\"","",h);sub("\".*$","",h);print h }' |
-        mpvctui_fzf_preview |
+        mpvcfzf_preview |
         awk -v url="$url" '{ print url$0 }'
 }
 
-mpvctui_ddg_play()
+mpvcfzf_ddg_play()
 {
-    mpvctui_fzf_ddg "$@" |
-        mpvctui_fzf_preview |
+    mpvcfzf_ddg "$@" |
+        mpvcfzf_preview |
             awk '{print $1}' | mpvc load
 }
 
-mpvctui_version()
+mpvcfzf_version()
 {
     echo "usage: $PROGNAME -[$optflags] args # @version $PROGVERSION (c) $PROGAUTHOR $PROGURL"
 }
 
 optflags="01b:cCd:DfFg:G:hn:s:p:P:o:Or:lxv"
-mpvctui_usage()
+mpvcfzf_usage()
 {
     echo "usage: $PROGNAME -[$optflags] args # @version $PROGVERSION (c) $PROGAUTHOR $PROGURL"
     echo "  -b : Browse the provided ytdl-archive URL with fzf (fzf*)"
@@ -304,36 +304,36 @@ mpvctui_usage()
 
 main()
 {
-    mpvctui_config
-    if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then mpvctui_usage; fi
+    mpvcfzf_config
+    if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then mpvcfzf_usage; fi
 
     while getopts "$optflags" flag;
     do
         case "$flag" in
         0) shift; awk '{print $NF}';;
         1) shift; awk '{print $1}';;
-        b) mpvctui_fzf_urlbrowse "$OPTARG" ;;
-        c) mpvctui_fzf_chapterlist ;;
-        C) shift; mpvctui_fzf_icache;;
+        b) mpvcfzf_urlbrowse "$OPTARG" ;;
+        c) mpvcfzf_chapterlist ;;
+        C) shift; mpvcfzf_icache;;
         d) MPVC_DIR="$OPTARG"; cd "$MPVC_DIR" || return;;
-        D) shift; mpvctui_ddg_play "$@";;
-        #D) shift; mpvctui_fzf_ddg "$@";;
-        f) mpvctui_fzf_playlist ;;
-        F) shift; mpvctui_fzf_preview "$@" ;;
-        g) mpvctui_fzf_fetch "$OPTARG";;
-        G) mpvctui_fzf_fetch $(mpvctui_fzf_iplay "$OPTARG");;
-        h) mpvctui_usage ;;
-        l) mpvctui_fzf_local;;
-        n) mpvctui_fzf_nextvideo "$OPTARG" ;;
-        o) mpvctui_fzf_isearch "$OPTARG" | awk 'NR==2 {print}' ;;
-        O) mpvctui_fzf_icache_output ;;
-        r) mpvctui_fzf_fetch_remove "$OPTARG" ;;
-        p) mpvctui_fzf_iplay "$OPTARG" | mpvc load ;;
-        P) mpvctui_fzf_iplay "$OPTARG" | mpvc loadc ;;
-        s) mpvctui_fzf_isearch "$OPTARG";;
+        D) shift; mpvcfzf_ddg_play "$@";;
+        #D) shift; mpvcfzf_ddg "$@";;
+        f) mpvcfzf_playlist ;;
+        F) shift; mpvcfzf_preview "$@" ;;
+        g) mpvcfzf_fetch "$OPTARG";;
+        G) mpvcfzf_fetch $(mpvcfzf_iplay "$OPTARG");;
+        h) mpvcfzf_usage ;;
+        l) mpvcfzf_local;;
+        n) mpvcfzf_nextvideo "$OPTARG" ;;
+        o) mpvcfzf_isearch "$OPTARG" | awk 'NR==2 {print}' ;;
+        O) mpvcfzf_icache_output ;;
+        r) mpvcfzf_fetch_remove "$OPTARG" ;;
+        p) mpvcfzf_iplay "$OPTARG" | mpvc load ;;
+        P) mpvcfzf_iplay "$OPTARG" | mpvc loadc ;;
+        s) mpvcfzf_isearch "$OPTARG";;
         x) shift; if quiet command -v $MPVC_TERM; then $MPVC_TERM -e "$0" "$@"; fi; exit;;
-        v) mpvctui_version;;
-        *) mpvctui_usage;;
+        v) mpvcfzf_version;;
+        *) mpvcfzf_usage;;
         esac
     done
 }
diff --git a/extras/mpvc-tui b/extras/mpvc-tui
index d17c1bc5..46798f1c 100755
--- a/extras/mpvc-tui
+++ b/extras/mpvc-tui
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ mpvctui_tips()
 
 mpvctui_watcher()
 {
-    mpvctui_header0 "${PROGNAME%%.sh}$(mpvctui_tips)"
+    mpvctui_header0 "${PROGNAME}$(mpvctui_tips)"
     mpvctui_header1 "Status"
     mpvc status
     mpvctui_header1 "Playlist"
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ mpvctui_notify()
 
 mpvctui_notify_loop_cli()
 {
-    scrobler_cli='echo $(date +"T%H:%M") $(mpvc -f "[%status%] #%position%/%playlistlength% %length% %artist% - %title%")'
+    scrobler_cli='echo $(date +"T%H:%M") $(mpvc -f "[%status%] #%position%/%playlistlength% %time% %artist% - %title%")'
     mpvctui_notify_loop "${1:-$scrobler_cli}" | grep -v event
 }
 
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ mpvctui_usage()
     exit;
 }
 
-optflags="d:hHtTm:nN:sS:P:x"
+optflags="d:hHkKtTm:nN:sS:P:x"
 mpvctui_main()
 {
     mpvctui_config
@@ -348,6 +348,8 @@ mpvctui_main()
                   ;;
         m) shift; mpvctui_mouse "$OPTARG" ;;
         n) shift; mpvctui_notify_loop ;;
+        k) shift; pkill -f "$PROGNAME -n" ;;
+        K) shift; pkill "$PROGNAME" ;;
         N) shift; mpvctui_notify_loop "$OPTARG" ;;
         s) shift; mpvctui_suggest ;;
         S) shift; mpvctui_notify_loop_cli "$OPTARG" ;;
diff --git a/mpvc b/mpvc
index fdf1abf4..7446b55f 100755
--- a/mpvc
+++ b/mpvc
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ mpvc_defaults()
     MPVC_MPV="${MPVC_MPV:-mpv}"
     MPVC_SOCAT="${MPVC_SOCAT:-socat}"
 
+    NO_COLOR="${NO_COLOR:-}"
+    IMAGEFLAG="${IMAGEFLAG:-}"
     QUIETFLAG="${QUIETFLAG:-}"
     MPVC_LOCAL_CACHE="${MPVC_LOCAL_CACHE:-false}"
     FORMATSTRING="${FORMATSTRING:-}"
@@ -234,7 +236,7 @@ mpvc_curl_cache_metadata_json() {
             result="$(mpvc_curl_cache_json "$filename")"
             ;;
         *) # otherwise, assume its a local file
-            result="{ \"title\":${filename##*/}, }";
+            result="{ \"title\":${filename##*/}, }"
             ;;
     esac
     printf "$result\n"
@@ -256,16 +258,16 @@ mpvc_socklist() {
     for f in $(find "$MPVC_CONFIG_DIR" -type s); do
         idle=$(MPVC_SOCKET=$f mpvc_get idle-active)
         if [ -z "$idle" ]; then
-            echo "$f:	active=no";
+            echo "$f:	active=no"
         else
-            echo "$f:	active=yes idle=$idle";
+            echo "$f:	active=yes idle=$idle"
         fi
-    done;
+    done
 }
 
 mpvc_cmdr_() {
-    command=$(for i in "$@"; do printf "$q$i$q, "; done);
-    echo "{ \"command\": [ $command ] }";
+    command=$(for i in "$@"; do printf "$q$i$q, "; done)
+    echo "{ \"command\": [ $command ] }"
 }
 mpvc_cmdr() { equiet mpvc_sockcmd_ "$(q='"' mpvc_cmdr_ "$@")"; }
 mpvc_ecmdr() {
@@ -643,15 +645,15 @@ mpvc_toggle_loop() {
 
 mpvc_set_volume() {
     volumemax=$(mpvc_get volume-max)
-    if [ "${1%.*}" -ge ${volumemax%.*} ]; then
+    if [ -n "$1" ] && [ "${1%.*}" -ge "${volumemax%.*}" ]; then
         QUIETFLAG="true"
         warn "$PROGNAME: Error: volume $1 above volume-max"
         return
     fi
-    case "$1" in
+    case "${1:-}" in
         '') die 1 "$PROGNAME: Error: Missing volume." ;;
-        +*) mpvc_add "volume" "$1"  ;;
-        -*) mpvc_add "volume" "$1"  ;;
+        +*) mpvc_add "volume" "$1" ;;
+        -*) mpvc_add "volume" "$1" ;;
         *%) mpvc_set "volume" "${1%%%}";;
         *)  mpvc_set "volume" "$1" ;;
     esac
@@ -659,7 +661,7 @@ mpvc_set_volume() {
 
 mpvc_nocolor()
 {
-    NO_COLOR_BAK=${NO_COLOR:-}
+    NO_COLOR_BAK=${NO_COLOR}
     export NO_COLOR=true
     "$@"
     NO_COLOR=${NO_COLOR_BAK}
@@ -668,7 +670,7 @@ mpvc_nocolor()
 mpvc_search() {
     if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then return; fi
     mode=$1; shift;
-    mpvc_nocolor mpvc_get_playlist "$mode" | awk '/'"$*"'/ { print $0 }';
+    mpvc_nocolor mpvc_get_playlist "$mode" | awk '/'"$*"'/ { print $0 }'
 }
 
 mpvc_search_play() {
@@ -889,12 +891,25 @@ mpvc_handle_socket() {
 
 mpvc_validate_socket() {
     # validate deps
-    quiet command -v "$MPVC_MPV" || die 4 "$PROGNAME: Error: No mpv found. Install to continue."
-    quiet command -v "$MPVC_SOCAT" || quiet command -v nc || die 4 "$PROGNAME: Error: No socat/nc found. Install one"
+    if ! quiet command -v "$MPVC_MPV"; then
+        die 4 "$PROGNAME: Error: No mpv found. Install to continue."
+    fi
+    if ! quiet command -v "$MPVC_SOCAT" && ! quiet command -v nc; then
+        die 4 "$PROGNAME: Error: No socat found. Install to continue."
+    fi
+
     # test if socket exists
-    if [ ! -S "$MPVC_SOCKET" ]; then die 2 "$PROGNAME: Error: Socket ${MPVC_SOCKET##$HOME/} does not exist. Use mpvc --mpv to start one."; fi
+    if [ ! -S "$MPVC_SOCKET" ]; then
+        die 2 "$PROGNAME: Error: Socket ${MPVC_SOCKET##$HOME/} does not exist. Use mpvc --mpv to start one."
+    fi
     # test if socket is open
-    if [ "$(mpvc_get pause)" = "" ]; then die 3 "$PROGNAME: Error: No files added to ${MPVC_SOCKET##$HOME/}."; fi
+    if [ "$(mpvc_get pause)" = "" ]; then
+        die 3 "$PROGNAME: Error: No files added to ${MPVC_SOCKET##$HOME/}."
+    fi
+    # test if socat works on socket
+    if ! mpvc_sockcmd '{ "command": [ "get_property_string", "idle-active" ] }'; then
+        die 4 "$PROGNAME: Error: $MPVC_SOCAT failed. Install socat to continue."
+    fi
 }
 
 mpvc_get_version() {
@@ -1062,6 +1077,10 @@ main() {
             --delay|delay)                   mpvc_delay;;
             --wait|wait)                     mpvc_wait;;
 
+            --ttysize|ttysize)               mpvc_tty_size; QUIETFLAG=true;;
+            --ttycols|ttycols)               mpvc_tty_cols; QUIETFLAG=true;;
+            --ttylines|ttylines)             mpvc_tty_lines; QUIETFLAG=true;;
+
             # global argument parsing
             -f|--format)                     shift; FORMATSTRING="${1:-}"       ;;
             -S|--socket)                     shift; mpvc_handle_socket "${1:-}";;
@@ -1082,4 +1101,4 @@ main() {
     quietcheck mpvc_print_status_final
 }
 
-quietcheck main "$@";
+quietcheck main "$@"