Use VLC media player on your Mac from ChatGPT or Claude

• MacPartly

  Through the app's window, with macOS accessibility: BCD reads what VLC media player shows and presses buttons, types and picks menus. How far it goes depends on the app. macOS asks once to allow it.

• WindowsNo

  BCD controls app windows only on a Mac.

• LinuxNo

  BCD controls app windows only on a Mac.

Version

3.0.24

Installs (last 365 days)

123,200 · #16 among Homebrew apps

Updates

Updates itself

Homepage

www.videolan.org/vlc

Install

brew install --cask vlc

“Open VLC media player and tell me what is on its screen”
“Install VLC media player with Homebrew”
“Quit VLC media player and update it to the latest version”

Can ChatGPT control VLC media player?
On a Mac with BCD, yes, through the app's window: ChatGPT can open VLC media player, read the buttons and text it shows, press buttons, type and pick menu items. How far that goes depends on how much of its window VLC media player exposes to macOS accessibility.

Does this work on Windows?
No. BCD controls app windows only on a Mac. On Windows and Linux it works with files and commands.

Is it safe?
A new computer starts read-only. Controlling the screen and apps is turned on per computer, and macOS asks once before BCD may control apps.

Try it on your computer

BCD connects ChatGPT, Claude and other AI apps to your own Mac, Windows or Linux computer. One computer is free, with 20,000 tool calls a month and no card.