(*
 * Author: rorx <rorx@osxwiki.net>
 * Btime: 2018-04-16
 * Mtime: 2018-04-16
 *)

tell application "VLC"
	if playing = true then
		set vlcPlayingItemText to get name of current item
		set vlcPlayingPathText to get path of current item
		set filePlaying to (do shell script "echo '" & vlcPlayingPathText & "' | sed 's#^.*/##'")
		set playingText to "VLC playing: "
		
		if filePlaying is equal to vlcPlayingItemText then
			set playingText to playingText & vlcPlayingItemText
		else
			set playingText to playingText & "Item: " & filePlaying & " Name: " & vlcPlayingItemText
		end if
		
	else
		set playingText to "VLC is not playing"
	end if
	
	get playingText
end tell

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