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I am using AirServer for Airplay on my Mac. As far as I know, AirServer does not provide an interface to run scripts on specific actions. However, I found a AirServer specific message inside the Console app whenever a device connects or disconnects to the service. I also tried the following in Terminal:

log stream | grep "AirServer"

I am looking for an efficient way to run a custom script whenever the process AirServer spills out a specific message (in my case connect/disconnect).

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    You might be able to take a similar approach to mine for Bluetooth described in my question here. You can use WatchPaths as I did if it writes to its own log file.
    – Ryan
    Commented Apr 26, 2020 at 12:50
  • Unfortunately, it does not write its own log file. Thanks anyway.
    – bbuecheler
    Commented Apr 27, 2020 at 14:02

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AirServer implements a basic AppleScript interface which can tell you if AirServer is in use by calling:
osascript -e "tell application \"AirServer\" to inUse"

Another approach is create a basic app which monitors AirServer's notifications using NSDistributedNotificationCenter:
com.airserverapp.MirroringDidStart, com.airserverapp.MirroringDidStop, com.airserverapp.AudioDidStart, com.airserverapp.AudioDidStop, com.airserverapp.VideoDidStart, com.airserverapp.VideoDidStop

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  • I tried the first suggestion and it worked in one direction. Meaning, after starting AirServer the script line returns "false". Once a device connects over Airplay, it turns "true". However, that's it, it never goes back. Also after disconnecting from AirServer, nothing happens and only a restart of the application helps. About the second suggestion, I could imagine, that this works, but I am not familiar with Swift programming. Therefore this will take a bit longer, at least for me.
    – bbuecheler
    Commented Apr 27, 2020 at 14:00
  • I did some further testing. The AppleScript command tell application "AirServer" to inUse does only work if you actually run some music. If you only connect and disconnect, the state inUse stays True. That is still a bit error prone and I will have to look for a fix/workaround.
    – bbuecheler
    Commented Apr 27, 2020 at 15:42

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