apple scripts for itunes windows
hi guys,
i?d thought i?d mention what kind of things we win users would like to have and you guys can maybe look into it?! ;) :)
here?s one (i?ll be adding more as i can think of them):
how can you assign cd artwork to multiple songs at the same time?
it would make the most sense to assign it to the album instead of every track, but if that?s not possible, at least all tracks at once instead of manually entering it for each and every one.
if you guys are in favour of it, i?ll make this thread a sticky and post a link to it in the windows itunes forum, so that others can present some new challenges to you all.
thanks.
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m.r.m.] at [2007-11-9 14:52:29]
# 1 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
here?s another wish we all share. ( http://ipodlounge.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=71864#post71864)
m.r.m. at 2007-11-15 17:25:06 >
# 2 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
There is no such thing as AppleScript for Windows.
# 3 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
re the artwork, can't you just select all the songs, do a get-info and add the artwork on the resulting multiple track edit window ?
deeg at 2007-11-15 17:27:05 >
# 4 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
@ doug, yeah i know, but i thought you guys may be able figure something out. ;) besides, it may be a point useful for the mac version of itunes you all haven?t thought up yet?!
@ deeg, nope that doesn?t work. you only get the artwork menu when you singularly select one song.
edit: ok i found a way to assign art to multiple tracks. first enable show artwork then just select all the applicable tracks and drag and drop the art into the little window on the bottom left (the art display window).
edit2: it works in the get info menu as well. :o
m.r.m. at 2007-11-15 17:28:11 >
# 5 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
but i thought you guys may be able figure something out.
If I had access to a Windows box I might, but since I would have no other use for having the thing in the house (door stop? paper weight? cat-crusher?) it isn't likely :D
I'm sorry, I couldn't resist. It is one of the few times you will read me dissing Windows.
I'm sure before long someone will have figured out how to write some helper apps for iTunes for Windows. (I wish my shareware had access to that 97%.)
# 6 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
itunes for windows under virtual pc ;) just dont get a g5 any time soon
deeg at 2007-11-15 17:30:05 >
# 7 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
doug, you are in violation of forum guidelines and ergo shall be publicly beaten with a stick! ;)
lol deeg.
i?ll be getting a 12" powerbook on the 11th of november, so i?ll be showing up in the mac fora more and more. muhahahaha, you can?t get rid of me! it would be nice if itunes were to perform equally on both platforms. i?d then only have to get used to one app. albeit the lousy form of playing songs (playqueue...) does damper my enthusiasm somewhat.
m.r.m. at 2007-11-15 17:31:09 >
# 8 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
There is a scripting language for Windows, not VB but something else...god I can't remember the name of it right this second but if anyone can think of it, maybe they could try using it like AppleScript?
# 9 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
it depends on what support they have included in the app itself.. wonder if itunesguy knows doug ?
deeg at 2007-11-15 17:33:09 >
# 10 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
*crosses fingers*
# 11 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
itunesguy off the radar since before iTunes 4.0 :(
# 12 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
Oy, I think that finding a way to script iTunes for Windows would be awesome. iTunes doesn't seem to put any configurable bits in the registry or in its installation folders.
c.c.r. at 2007-11-15 17:36:19 >
# 13 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
Originally posted by c.c.r.
iTunes doesn't seem to put any configurable bits in the registry or in its installation folders.
There's your answer. It's been out for almost a week now. I haven't seen any Windows hacks or the like. (Perspective: when iTunes 2 came out, Friday evening November 2, 2001, I had scripts posted on my site that night. Those were the good old days (http://www.macobserver.com/article/2001/11/05.4.shtml).)
# 14 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
I have personally been adding artwork by album from the beginning. This should not need a script for the windows or MAC version. All you have to do is open the browse option then select the album you want to add the artwork for. Make sure your window in the bottom left corner says 'Drag album artwork here' then drag it in and you will see a status bar pop up showing what song it is adding it to and done. I have done this on every album I have ripped or 'imported' and I have done over 150+ albums.
# 15 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
true, you can do it easily enough with resorting to a script but where is the fun in that :D
deeg at 2007-11-15 17:39:13 >
# 16 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
You can't script adding album artwork for Windows, but you can cheat :-).
Google on "albumgrabber". It's a java application that will walk through a set of directories and automatically search for images for the artist and albums that it finds. Once you've done that, it's pretty easy to walk the file tree and manually stuff that into iTunes. As a bonus, in XP windows explorer will use the images to pretty up the display of music folders.
# 17 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
BTW: I understand the people who make Konfabulator are going to have something similar -- java-based -- for Windows. Was that mentioned in this thread already?
# 18 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
does windows have some sort of macro recording capabaility ? maybe that could be used to generate some code that could then be played with ?
deeg at 2007-11-15 17:42:19 >
# 19 Re: apple scripts for itunes windows
I've written a program (for windows) to automatically find the album cover from the web for your mp3 and tag the file with them.
i've used it on the bulk of my collection with no problems...but that's probably a bad example since i designed and tested the program using my mp3s, so it would make sense that it works on all of them... all my mp3s are tagged with ID3v2.4 tags via iTunes, so you *should* be able to convert all your mp3s to ID3v2.4 in one bulk action (select all -> convert ID3 Tags...) and then use them in my program.
lemme know if you have any questions.
http://68.77.31.201/
Check out the screenshot for an idea of how it works.
(note: i'm on dsl so this IP can and probably will change soon -- i'll try to find a more stable place for it but i actually *just* finished writing it so i wanted to get it out there)
