Applescript support

[Jal]

I want to get the following thing as text via applescript .


Name of file/media
time code/elapse time of my movie
play state =playing/stoped/paused

is that possible? If so how do I do it?
thank in advance for any assistance you can offer.

[The DJ]

No it is not possible without expanding VLCs Applescript support. You are welcome to do so. See modules/gui/macosx/applescript.m in the sourcecode

[Tene]

Well, here's what I found out:

1) The Applescript section is pretty straightforward.
2) You can't compile VLC on OS X unless you're using 10.4 or higher.

(2) is a real deal-killer for me, as I have some coding skills, but I'm on Panther. Too bad, actually. I got down into the code and started making some headway only to find out that I really couldn't test my code at all.

I don't understand why VLC will RUN on 10.3, but not COMPILE on 10.3. It frustrates the heck out of me because I'd like to contribute, but now I CAN'T.

Argh.

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

The problem lies in the Xcode version in X.3 and some tools. Believe me, this was not just for pleasure that 10.3 was dropped to compile.
Do you need to access a X.4 computer ?