Re: help with automator
Re: help with automator
- Subject: Re: help with automator
- From: James Lupton <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 10:02:35 +0000
Thanks very much for all your trying.
I do already have scheduler set to wake up the computer at 8.45, then
iTunes starts playing at 9. Unfortunately, the hiss does not go away
when the computer is in sleep.
it is the dvd player with the surround sound. even if there is no
input at all, it will hiss. this is why my only option really is to
send the music through the mac mini's internal speaker.
or get a little robot to turn my dvd player on and off when i want it.
maybe a lego mindstorms. lol.
i did think that with a bit of applescripting it would be possible -
though i have never wrote an applescript before! maybe it could trick
the computer there was no audio out cable inserted, so it would be
forced to use the internal speaker... i dunno!!
any more help would be appreciated. thanks.
On 28 Jan 2008, at 09:18, Brannock Thomas wrote:
James,
I had read your original question, and like everyone else, I had no
clue. I looked into it and what I'm seeing is quite dim. I have
looked for 3rd party software, applescripts, actions, you name it,
and nothing has led me to a solution. Here's what I'm seeing.
My macbook senses whether or not there is a cable in the 1/8" jack
and automatically adjusts the output device accordingly. It never
lists both output options at the same time. I can't remember if
Tiger did or not. I tried using soundflower, a program that creates
virtual audio devices, and when I did change to the other devices it
did not change any hum or hiss. This supports my theory that the
noise will be there as long as the cable is plugged in, unless you
can totally disable the sound card. I looked into that as well and
found no solution to disable the sound card. Otherwise, it might
have been an easy fix. Maybe if I were better at Unix I could figure
it out, but so far, no dice. I did find an applescript that would
change the output device, but as I said, the virtual audio devices
didn't change anything so i don't see how that would either, even if
you did have another audio device. However, I do have one thought.
I have figured out that if your computer is sleeping, the hum or
hiss goes away. You might check that on your particular setup. Now,
it's not straightforward as to how to wake the computer from sleep
to do anything. Apple has a schedule feature in power management,
but that is more like a permanent setting. However, I know how to
modify that file on it's own using shell scripting. I used Automator
to write two scripts. The first one creates an iCal Wake Up event
and tells it to open an application that I call WakeUp.app. After
assigning the event, I have Otto running an applescript to allow you
to select a day of the week and time for the scheduler, with the
suggestion that it is set to one minute prior to the iCal event.
This will effectively set the computer to wake up one minute before
iCal, then the alarm in iCal will run WakeUp.app and from there you
get music. Then it prompts you for a password to remove the
scheduler. I've attached my scripts below. What I'd really like is
to have the applescript pass the day and time to the iCal event,
then you'd only have to enter that info once. But hey, this is the
best you're getting from me at 2 am.
Tom
<New Wake Up Event.app><WakeUp.app>
On Jan 27, 2008, at 4:47 PM, James Lupton wrote:
hi, i was wondering if anyone had read my original question...
"Does anyone know if it is possible to set where the audio is
played in an automator action?
my mac is hooked up to my DVD player which sends out surround
sound. however, when there is no sound coming through it, it gives
a constant hiss.
i have got into the habit of using my mac and an 'open iTunes'
automator app set in iCal to wake me (with volume adjustment
properties too). but this means i have to leave the DVD player
hissing all night.
i have a mac mini, so i was wondering if there was anyway to force
this app to play through the mini's internal speaker?
Thanks, James"
any help would be appreciated. thanks
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