The short of it is that I would like to use Textmate to do some transcription work. I have never been entirely happy with Transcriva, which I paid for, and while the power and convenience of Scrivener are appealing, I don't really want to buy yet another application for this purpose. I own, use, and love TextMate, and I have been very impressed with the things like the ScreenMate bundle.
Now, I know I could write an AppleScript -- okay, I've never been any good with AS, but it's there -- I was just hoping that I could not and thus be able to work entirely within TextMate. All I need is a keystroke, or perhaps two, that would start and stop playback of an MP3 file. (I assume I would have to do this through QuickTime, but if there's a simpler command-line tool that could do this, that would be fine with me.) The only wrinkle I would like to add would be to be able to set an "auto-rewind" to the START or STOP command so that when playback commenced again it would start X seconds backwards from where it stopped. Setting this X in a config file of some kind would be fine with me.
I'm a command creation newb, so any fingers pointed in the right direction would be appreciated.
john
On Jun 23, 2007, at 2:59 PM, John Laudun wrote:
The short of it is that I would like to use Textmate to do some transcription work. I have never been entirely happy with Transcriva, which I paid for, and while the power and convenience of Scrivener are appealing, I don't really want to buy yet another application for this purpose. I own, use, and love TextMate, and I have been very impressed with the things like the ScreenMate bundle.
Now, I know I could write an AppleScript -- okay, I've never been any good with AS, but it's there -- I was just hoping that I could not and thus be able to work entirely within TextMate. All I need is a keystroke, or perhaps two, that would start and stop playback of an MP3 file. (I assume I would have to do this through QuickTime, but if there's a simpler command-line tool that could do this, that would be fine with me.) The only wrinkle I would like to add would be to be able to set an "auto-rewind" to the START or STOP command so that when playback commenced again it would start X seconds backwards from where it stopped. Setting this X in a config file of some kind would be fine with me.
Take iTunes and Quicksilver - add iTunes-QS-triggers (bound to a shortcut of your choice) and it should work. http://lifehacker.com/software/itunes/control-itunes-with- quicksilver-259373.php http://macapper.com/2007/05/09/how-to-control-itunes-with-quicksilver/
And after you set up this - use quicksilver for anything else…one of the mightiest (if not the mightiest) programs I've ever used
Niels
On Jun 23, 2007, at 3:03 PM, Niels Kobschätzki wrote:
On Jun 23, 2007, at 2:59 PM, John Laudun wrote:
The short of it is that I would like to use Textmate to do some transcription work. I have never been entirely happy with Transcriva, which I paid for, and while the power and convenience of Scrivener are appealing, I don't really want to buy yet another application for this purpose. I own, use, and love TextMate, and I have been very impressed with the things like the ScreenMate bundle.
Now, I know I could write an AppleScript -- okay, I've never been any good with AS, but it's there -- I was just hoping that I could not and thus be able to work entirely within TextMate. All I need is a keystroke, or perhaps two, that would start and stop playback of an MP3 file. (I assume I would have to do this through QuickTime, but if there's a simpler command-line tool that could do this, that would be fine with me.) The only wrinkle I would like to add would be to be able to set an "auto-rewind" to the START or STOP command so that when playback commenced again it would start X seconds backwards from where it stopped. Setting this X in a config file of some kind would be fine with me.
Take iTunes and Quicksilver - add iTunes-QS-triggers (bound to a shortcut of your choice) and it should work. http://lifehacker.com/software/itunes/control-itunes-with- quicksilver-259373.php http://macapper.com/2007/05/09/how-to-control-itunes-with-quicksilver/
And after you set up this - use quicksilver for anything else…one of the mightiest (if not the mightiest) programs I've ever used
I oversaw the rewind part…that could be hard though - maybe there you will really need some applescript (if that'll work…i doubt it somehow) which you could bind to shortcuts via quicksilver or fastscript or something else
Niels
On Jun 23, 2007, at 9:01 AM, John Laudun wrote:
Now, I know I could write an AppleScript -- okay, I've never been any good with AS, but it's there -- I was just hoping that I could not and thus be able to work entirely within TextMate. All I need is a keystroke, or perhaps two, that would start and stop playback of an MP3 file. (I assume I would have to do this through QuickTime, but if there's a simpler command-line tool that could do this, that would be fine with me.) The only wrinkle I would like to add would be to be able to set an "auto-rewind" to the START or STOP command so that when playback commenced again it would start X seconds backwards from where it stopped. Setting this X in a config file of some kind would be fine with me.
Okay, I created three commands which should get you started. I put these in a bundle together which is attached. You'll probably want to change the key bindings.
⇧F1 Start Current Movie - Plays the frontmost window in Quicktime Player after rewinding it by two seconds. ⇧F2 Stop Current Movie - Stops all movies in Quicktime Player. ⇧F3 Rewind Current Movie - Rewinds the frontmost window in Quicktime Player to the beginning.
So just open your MP3 in Quicktime Player and away you go. BTW, I figured out the scripts by looking here:
http://www.apple.com/applescript/quicktime/
j.
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