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Applescripting for iTunes

dougscripts.com — This guy has some extremely useful scripts on his site for tons of tedioud tasks.

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  • gokies, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0neato!
    http://www.gmailinvitation.com
  • diecastbeatdown, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i'll digg it as more people should know about doug's scripts. its a staple in the community. =)
  • iaskedTGT, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Lemming Spam
  • ShaneVsEvil, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This is actually one of my favorite sites. Applescript is basically the main reason I use iTunes, Smart playlists can only go so far in organizing your music. There's nothing as satisfying as an impecably organized and catagorized music library.
  • animefx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1sorry if this sounds like a dumb question but, can you use applescript if you have the windows version of itunes?
  • beno, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@animefx

    No, I don't think so. Applescript is built into OS X
  • Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4animefx: No, but you can create Javascripts that interact with iTunes. I have written several.

    Some simple examples:
    -Creates a playlist of all the songs in the library with no artwork: http://ottodestruct.com/itunes/NoArtPlaylist.txt
    -Creates a playlist of all the songs in the library with no lyrics: http://ottodestruct.com/itunes/NoLyricsPlaylist.txt
    -Creates a playlist of all the songs in the library of which you only have one of them by that artist (one hit wonders): http://ottodestruct.com/itunes/onehitwonders.txt
    -Imports lyrics from EvilLyrics' into iTunes: http://ottodestruct.com/itunes/EvilLyricsImport.txt
    -Removes all lyrics from all songs in your library: http://ottodestruct.com/itunes/ClearLyrics.txt

    And so on. They're easy to write.
  • AhronZombi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0wtf
    site says : 500 Error - Internal Server Error


    http://digg.com/ sent you here.

    Sorry.


    So its diggs fault
  • jk_baller23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I'm using a couple of his scripts right now :D. I should probably take a closer look at all of the scripts he has to offer.
  • SkeletaLlama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0AH! Finally, no more "tedioud" tasks. I was wondering when someone would break the "tediudm". Digg is one of the few sites with a spell checker, more people need to use it so they don't sound like morons when they post, especially when posting an article.
  • Velvis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Does anyone know of a good solution for automating gui based tasks in Windows? For example I would like to automate the downloading of my bank statement in a qif file everyday from my banks website.
  • geoboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Otto: how do you run those Javascripts for iTunes? I gotta give that "one hit wonders" script a spin. :)
  • Snyder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Otto. How do I take advantage of your javascript iTunes actions? I have no experience with javascript, so I have no clue what to do with those text files. The two that interest me are the "no lyrics playlist generator" and the "EvilLyrics importer".
  • ruindpzzle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Otto-
    could you help me editing the script to collect the data from my ipod, instead of the songs on my HD?
  • geoboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Nevermind, I figured out how to run them. Rename the extension from .txt to .js, then double-click in to run it. That's how to do it in Windows, anyway.
  • Snyder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sweet. That worked :) Although, for me, since .js files were associated with my text editor of choice, I had to right click on the file and choose "Open" as opposed to the default "Edit".
  • amishjim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0There has to be a better way of getting rid of Duplicate Songs(fix iTunes, perhaps). The Doug's Dupe script isn't perfect, especially when you have over 15,000 songs and 25%-35% are Duplicates. Otto, do you have a script for this? I did try to make a little program in VB, but I only learned a little programming and don't know how to compare every song in a folders Tags/Info against the next song(please don't flame me, I'm trying to learn more). If anyone knows a better way: amishjim at gmail, thank you.
  • optimusfx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Props to Doug!
  • Snyder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0How is this EvilLyrics script supposed to work? All the other scripts worked fine. I've tried everything I can think of. I set up the js file with the correct location of the EvilLyrics lyric directory. I tried both true and false for the next option. I've been using EvilLyrics for months and it works fine with iTunes, but no matter what I do, no lyrics are added to songs. Eventually a little pop-up is shown that says lyrics were added to 0 songs. Anyone know what I'm not doing correctly?
  • GMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I've worked with Doug. He's awesome. Great guy!
  • mikataur, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Waiting for an iTunes plugin or AppleScript which detects when a DVD is inserted, rips it, encodes it to H.264, and adds it to the Videos library.

    You've got until Tuesday!
  • Otto, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here, I put up an entry in my blog for how to use these sorts of iTunes JavaScripts in windows. Included a few more as well:
    http://ottodestruct.com/blog/2005/10/20/itunes-javascripts/

    I also have an entry in there specifically for the EvilLyrics one:
    http://ottodestruct.com/blog/2005/10/17/itunes-and-evillyrics/

    Please comment on the scripts there on my blog, that way I can answer questions and such.
  • kyle133, on 10/12/2007, -3/+0Have a look at this...

    http://www.milliondollarhero.com
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