[mythtv-users] Re: VLC and MythVideo
Nicholas Bonfatti
nick-mythtv at bonfatti.net
Sun Jun 19 05:37:19 UTC 2005
I don't know if you can use an && there, but you could do
/Applications/vlc/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -l dummy $1 && osascript
~/Desktop/vlcfront
> On Jun 18, 2005, at 7:02 PM, Robert Karaffa wrote:
>
>
>> I have made a little progress. I can make VLC play videos from
>> MythVideo with this command:
>>
>> /Applications/vlc/VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/VLC -I dummy
>>
>> the "-I dummy" part removes the GUI, leaving only the video
>> window. However, it will not come to the foreground without a
>> little prompting. I figured out a kludge that works, but it is
>> neither elegant nor, um, elegant. I created an Applescript:
>>
>> on run
>> tell application "System Events"
>> tell process "VLC"
>> set frontmost to true
>> end tell
>> end tell
>> end run
>>
>> Saved this applescript to the Desktop as "vlcfront".
>>
>> I use an ATI Remote Wonder II to control my Mac frontend, so I
>> assigned a key on the remote to run the above applescript.
>>
>> So, I choose a movie in MythVideo, start it playing, then push the
>> remote button that runs "vlcfront" and VLC becomes the frontmost
>> application and thus, I get to see the video window. Like I said,
>> it is a kludge, but it will suffice until I can figure a more, um,
>> elegant, urm, solution. YMMV.
>>
>> -Bob K.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> mythtv-users mailing list
>> mythtv-users at mythtv.org
>> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
>>
>>
>
>
More information about the mythtv-users
mailing list