Comments on: iTunes scripts I can’t live without

By: TomTom

TomTom — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:43:00 +0000

Hey dude..
Cool scripts..
I was wondering if I could ask you about making a fairly easy script, or at least I think it will be easy, that simply links GrowlTunes to launch/quit when launching/quitting iTunes..?
If its even possible..?

PS. I know this post is quite old, but I’m hoping your still checking up once every now and then…

By: Alex Drost

Alex Drost — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:05:00 +0000

Hi there, I absolutely love your script techniques. I’m having the same problems as you – a large library which I want to fix with tags and ratings. Now I’m looking desperately for a script which reminds me to rate the item, e.g. 15 seconds before the end of the song.

e.g. the song’s playing and 15 seconds before it, a little bell (or something like that) rings and I just hit my shortcuts to rate the song. That way, I don’t have to jump back and forth (esp. with soundtracks) whether I have skipped a song or not.

Do you have an idea?

Best!
Alex.

By: Ian Jones

Ian Jones — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:25:00 +0000

Is it possible to have a script that finds all “orphaned” songs (listing not linked to file) and move them to a playlist so that I can work through them to re-link them? I’ve seen scripts that find the orphans, but then just writes the list to a text file.

By: L8on

L8on — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:01:00 +0000

just a thought. I saved it as an application on my desktop. Can you make the label on the turn green when it is on “one” and turn red when it is on “all”? That would be great and would instantly let me know mid-song whats the status.

In the middle of a song, I might think, okay this is the last time I wanna hear it but dont want to have to pull up iTunes to change it if in fact it was on repeat.

Thanks again!

By: L8on

L8on — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:40:00 +0000

THANK YOU VERY MUCH! I ran it over and over again with iTunes in the background and it does EXACTLY what I want it to do. I just wish Apple would’ve build a toggle into the mini controller. Thank you so very much! Is there any way there can be a way of knowing whether it’s on “one” or “all”? To check I’d have to switch to iTunes which kind defeats the purpose. Either way, I’m very happy with it.

How did you get so good at script writing?

I’ll definitely be reading the blog more often…

By: Constantinos

Constantinos — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:24:00 +0000

This is ENTIRELY untested, I just typed it up in this textbox. But it should be something along these lines:

property oldRepeatType : ""
 
tell application "iTunes"
	if oldRepeatType is "" then
		set oldRepeatType to all
	end if
	set repeatType to get song repeat of current playlist
	if repeatType is not one then
		set oldRepeatType to repeatType
		set song repeat of current playlist to one
	else
		set song repeat of current playlist to oldRepeatType
	end if
end tell

Let me know if it works for you, or what errors it produces.

By: L8on

L8on — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:09:00 +0000

You have great scrips! However, I can’t seem to find the one I want anywhere on the internet. I am looking for a script I can run to enable single repeat of a song until I run it again [or run another script to go back to repeat all].

I am often on a random playlist and hear a song I want to hear again and don’t want to have to switch to iTunes to turn repeat on and then off again. I also don’t want to just rewind to beginning as the song doesn’t get the “play count”.

Then I would be able to trigger this script with a keystroke.

ANY SUGGESTIONS!

thanks!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:00 +0000

I’m new to apple scripts and have tried reading up on where to put these to get them running.

But the more i search the more questions i came up with. But, here are my top 2.

1. where do i place the scripts

2. they are auto running correct? in other words i dont have to run the script every time i start itunes correct?

By: Constantinos

Constantinos — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:55:00 +0000

Note on the skipping script: There was a bug where if you tried to skip as soon as the song started, or twice in less than a second, it would skip to the same quarter of the song. If you’re experiencing this problem, copy the updated script above.

By: Constantinos

Constantinos — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:20:00 +0000

I’d love to help, but I can’t see how such an applescript would work without having the script be resident and running… Which actually might be a solution.

How about trying something like this:

tell application "iTunes"
	play
	repeat with i from 1 to 1000
		next track
		delay 15
	end repeat
end tell

where 1 to 1000 is just a “large loop”, I’m sure there’s an easy way to have an infinite loop in applescript but it doesn’t pop in my head right now. Also the “delay 15″ part will let the current song play for 15 seconds before moving on to the next track. Modify to your enjoyment.

This is obviously really crude and can probably handle a lot of improvement, but I don’t see a way of getting rid of the loop/delay part of the program which is what bugs me. To stop this you’ll have to terminate the applescript.