Scheduling a VLC recording on a MAC

[criggs]

I've searched through the forum, but can't find anything that specifically addresses this question.

I know how to schedule a VLC recording from a specific stream URL in Windows Task Scheduler: Give the task a name and a description, specify the date and time when the task starts, specify which application should be used and where that application's .exe file is located in the computer's file directory, and then provide the following series of commands in the Add Arguments field:

[the stream URL] :sout=#file{dst=C:\\[name of desired file, including directory where you wish it to be recorded],no-overwrite} :sout-keep --run-time=[the number of seconds you want your VLC recording to run] vlc://quit

And here's an example of such a series of commands:

https://orf-live.ors-shoutcast.at/oe1-q2a :sout=#file{dst=C:\\Users\\username\\Music\\TestActionForZoomClass.mp3,no-overwrite} :sout-keep --run-time=13200 vlc://quit

My question is how does one go about doing exactly the same thing on a MAC?

[fkuehne]

There is nothing like Windows Task Scheduler on the Mac. However, you can probably achieve something similar with Shortcuts that was introduced to recent versions of macOS.

[criggs]

There is nothing like Windows Task Scheduler on the Mac. However, you can probably achieve something similar with Shortcuts that was introduced to recent versions of macOS.

Thanks; I'm handicapped because I don't have a MAC myself, just a few Windows boxes. So I have to figure out how to make this work for MAC folks without having a MAC computer myself. I was hoping to find MAC people in this forum who could help me.

Now that I know it can probably be done with this Shortcuts app which you mention, I guess my next step is to ask any MAC folks to explain to me how the Shortcuts app works. Is there anyone around this forum who can tell me about that?