hello, and thank you in advance. i just downloaded AutoIt after giving up trying to automate this procedure myself using other automation programs. Hopefully, what i've been reading is true, and AutoIt will be able to do the following for me. You can assume the following: VLC is running. An MP4 is loaded and playing. The window title can change as different MP4s get loaded, but "VLC media player" is always part of the title. If an MP4 is actually playing, the string _edit.mp4 becomes p