alfred-vlc-remote

Prerequisites

• Alfred 3
• Alfred Powerpack purchased (so the workflow feature is available)
• VLC
• Optional: Alfred Remote iPhone app

Installation

• Just download vlc_remote.alfredworkflow and import it into your collection of Alfred workflows by double clicking it
• No settings need to be applied inside VLC since the workflow leverages AppleScript hooks
• This is also the reason why there is no need to register vlc in the terminal
• You don't need any of the images here if you don't want to change them

Usage

• Invoke Alfred (usually OPTION + SPACE)
• Enter the keyword vlcr followed by
  • play or pause to toggle between playback and pause
  • stop to exit out of playback and show the playlist
  • next to go to the next chapter or file
  • prev or previous to go to the previous chapter or file
  • fullscreen to toggle between fullscreen and windowed
  • downloads to load all content of your user's Downloads folder into VLC's playlist
  • volup to increase the volume by one increment (of 32)
  • volup to decrease the volume by one increment (of 32)
  • volmax to put VLC's volume at its maximum level (use with care)
  • mute to toggle mute
  • delayup to increase audio delay by 50ms
  • delaydown to decrease audio delay by 50ms
  • subs to toggle through the available subtitles
  • quit to quit VLC

Screenshots

Links

• Alfred

• VLC

• Repository on GitHub

• Thread on the official Alfred forums

• jeroenbegyn's AppleScript to control VLC (the inspiration for my Alfred workflow)

• How to find out which functions of an application are scriptable via AppleScript

• Clicky Steve's Alfred VLC workflow (I used his approach for subs and audio delay)