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How can I play a song using VLC player (or other player) through labview on a mac

All I wish to do is trigger an audio file to play from within a VI, but here's the kicker...I want to do it on my mac. Any searching I've done has led me to projects on windows machines which use ActiveX controls to operate a player.  I'd like to do something similar but on my mac.  Any suggestions?  

 

I've been able to play a song by reading it in as a waveform, but that seems to be processing intensive and I have no need to access the actual data...  I'd like to access an application like VLC and simply spawn a new process that can run independently.

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Hi there,

 

You may be able to use the AppleEvent palette to access other programs on your mac.  Have you taken a look at them yet?

Scott A
SSP Product Manager
National Instruments
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No I haven't.  I'll do some digging this weekend.  Thanks for the hint.

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