I am trying to write a simple script to open and play a sound file (.mp3 format). It works fine outside the script, simply opening the file in Finder using the QuickTime Player app seems perfectly compatible (plays the sound).
This fails, why?
tell application "QuickTime Player"
set sndAlarm to open POSIX file "~/Library/Sounds/Alarm.mp3"
play sndAlarm
end tell
MacBook Air 15″, macOS 15.1
Only worked for me when not using POSIX, with either script. With POSIX, it errored out 🤷♂️. [macOS 14.7.1]
tell application "QuickTime Player"
set sndAlarm to open file "Macintosh HD:Users:jappleseed:Library:Sounds:Alarm.mp3"
play sndAlarm
end tell
tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
open file "Macintosh HD:Users:jappleseed:Library:Audio:Sounds:Alerts:alarm.caf"
set sndAlarm to first document
play sndAlarm
end tell
I didn't have the same Alarm file, so i pasted one into the folder in a similar path as your example. adjust this path to a sound file on your machine. this should work.
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tell application "QuickTime Player"
activate
open POSIX file "/Library/Audio/Sounds/Alerts/alarm.caf"
set sndAlarm to first document
play sndAlarm
end tell
Simple AppleScript working with QuickTime (sound files)