Control VLC player via QLab

[tcgass]

A short question that would make my life easier in a special project ;-)

Is it possible to remote control VLC media player through QLab? Has anyone used this combination before?

I'ld like to trigger the VLC media player over the network to start playing video files.

Thanks for any hint on how to achieve this or where to look for a solution!

Thomas

[micpool]

Yes VLC has  comprehensive AppleScript Support.

Just open it's dictionary in Script Editor.app.

Mic

[micpool]

To control VLC on a remote machine read this

https://softron.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/207695317-How-to-create-an-AppleScript-that-will-control-an-Application-on-a-Remote-computer-

Mic

[tcgass]

[tcgass]

Thanks micpool for your answer!

Well, I think it's about time to dive into scripting... and it's gonna be a long weekend :-)

Thomas

[micpool]

It shouldn't be that long a weekend. Here's the basics.

Enable Remote Apple Events in System Preferences/Sharing

And use variations on these scripts

--to send play to  VLC on remote computer (Play is a toggle PLAY/PAUSE

tell application "VLC" of machine "eppc://admin:pass...@192.168.0.1" --edit with info for your remote computer

play

end tell

-to send play to  VLC on local computer

tell application "VLC" 

  play

end tell

Mic

[Gualicho]

Hi,

     i´m trying this, but it doesn´t work for me...

I need to trigger VLC in 4 diferents machines running Windows 10, from mine, running QLab, and i can´t make it.

Please, desperate need help.

El viernes, 17 de julio de 2020 a las 23:44:11 UTC+2, micpool escribió:

It shouldn't be that long a weekend. Here's the basics.

Enable Remote Apple Events in System Preferences/Sharing

And use variations on these scripts

--to send play to  VLC on remote computer (Play is a toggle PLAY/PAUSE

tell application "VLC" of machine "eppc://admin:password@192.168.0.1" --edit with info for your remote computer

play

end tell

-to send play to  VLC on local computer

tell application "VLC" 

  play

end tell

Mic

[Abdel El Asri]

Hey there,
A good solution is using Châtaigne
https://benjamin.kuperberg.fr/chataigne/
You send an OSC command via qlab to châtaigne, then châtaigne Can control vlc on any machine in the network. You need to configure VLC to accept http control tho. I think there is a tutorial on the website.
I Hope this helps.

Abdel

Le mardi 26 octobre 2021, Gualicho <liv...@gmail.com> a écrit :
> Hi,
>      i´m trying this, but it doesn´t work for me...
> I need to trigger VLC in 4 diferents machines running Windows 10, from mine, running QLab, and i can´t make it.
> Please, desperate need help.
>
> El viernes, 17 de julio de 2020 a las 23:44:11 UTC+2, micpool escribió:
>>
>> It shouldn't be that long a weekend. Here's the basics.
>> Enable Remote Apple Events in System Preferences/Sharing
>>
>> And use variations on these scripts
>>
>> --to send play to  VLC on remote computer (Play is a toggle PLAY/PAUSE
>>

>> tell application "VLC" of machine "eppc://admin:pass...@192.168.0.1" --edit with info for your remote computer

>>
>> play
>>
>> end tell
>>
>> -to send play to  VLC on local computer
>>
>> tell application "VLC" 
>>
>>   play
>>
>> end tell
>>
>> Mic
>>
>>
>> On Friday, July 17, 2020 at 6:46:20 PM UTC+1, tcgass wrote:
>>>
>>> Thanks micpool for your answer!
>>> Well, I think it's about time to dive into scripting... and it's gonna be a long weekend :-)
>>> Thomas
>

> --
> Contact support anytime: sup...@figure53.com
> Follow QLab on Twitter: https://twitter.com/QLabApp
> User Group Code of Conduct: https://qlab.app/code-of-conduct/
> ---
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "QLab" group.
> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qlab+uns...@googlegroups.com.
> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qlab/d5762474-d95f-4bb7-8660-908c7dc57274n%40googlegroups.com.
>

--

Abdel El Asri

Institut des Arts de Diffusion

Coordonateur technique de l'option Théâtre

abdel....@iad-arts.be

TEL (direct) : +32 10 330 214

TEL (général) : +32 (0)10 330 200
TEL (secrétariat) : +32 (0)10 330 203

www.iad-arts.be

[Gualicho]

Thanks a lot Abdel...

Did you ever tryed something lke this, with VLC, and if so, can you give me some tips...it looks like a quite complez piece of software.