Quicklook MIDI.kmmacros (14.0 KB)
New version. Attempts to work only for .MID and .WAV files. All other files should use default Quicklook.
Hello, I've been trying to replicate the much-lamented Quicklook action for MIDI files. After setting VLC as the default app for .MID files, I can use the attached macro to fire up VLC by pressing the Space key. So far, so good. The problem comes when I try to detect when VLC has stopped playing the clip. The code sort of works in that VLC is quit several seconds later, but I was hoping for a speedier termination.
Any clues, anyone?
[UPDATE] I've just noticed that by a complete fluke (aka something I've done wrong!) VLC terminates as soon as I move the mouse or touch the keyboard. This is not an unwelcome development, but I would love to understand why this is happening, and it would be nice if my original intention of keeping VLC open only while the clip is playing could still happen.
[UPDATE 2] The sensitivity to the mouse/keyboard seems to be related to the "Find Image on Screen" action. If I change the theming of VLC to a dark theme, obviously the "Find Image..." doesn't work, but VLC no longer quits if I touch the mouse or keyboard.
[UPDATE 3] Actually, I'm quite happy with the way this has turned out. In fact, I seem to stumbled upon an entirely acceptable workflow, because VLC seems to terminate when I press any key or make a mouse movement. This means I can cursor down though a list of .MID files in Finder (Total Finder in my case with the visor locked), press space to listen to the MIDI file, and then cursor down when I want to quit VLC, and then cursor down again to move to the next file. This is very useful when I'm ploughing through a list of 100s of MIDI drum tracks trying to audition a beat 
I'd still like to know why it's happening, though...