[vlc-devel] Controlling VLC with another application (Matlab) in Mac OSX

[Arslan, Ali]

Hi everyone,
thanks for the help. I used the http interface and a while loop within
matlab to query the playback status, using the trick here:
http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=45408
Best,
Ali

On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 4:01 AM, Jan Winter <jwinter at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hi Ali,
>
> the common OS X way would be Applescript.
>
> Use Applescript Editor to make a script like:
>
> tell application "VLC"
> activate
> play
> end tell
>
> Save it as vlc.scpt and you can call that in MATLAB with:
>
> system('osascript vlc.scpt')
>
> Open the Dictionary in the Applescript Editor to see which commands VLC
> supports.
>
> Best regards
> J.
>
>
>
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Ali B Arslan, M.Sc.
Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences
Brown University