need help using applescript to export a playlist

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need help using applescript to export a playlist

I'm trying to use applescript to get iTunes to export the current playlist as XML. I know this can be done via the File ->Export menu but I'd like to script this.

PB 1.5 GHz G4 15, Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Posted on Dec 24, 2006 9:03 AM

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Answer 1

Dec 24, 2006 8:14 PM in response to William Fiveash

Hi William! 😀

You probably want to do this yourself as it would be more fun! But just thought I would let you know there is a site dedicated to scripts for iTunes:

http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/

If you search for xml you will come up with a couple of scripts which might be what you're looking for. And maybe they can guide you too in developing what you're looking for as well?

Reg

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Answer 2

kel

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Dec 25, 2006 4:27 AM in response to William Fiveash

Hi,

You can use Smile's xml tools osax to parse the xml also. Apple added xml parsing to System Events also. If you need help with the xml tools, write back. Do you have a iTunes Music Library.xml file in the iTunes folder? I don't know because I'm using Jaguar 10.2.8.

It might be faster using vanilla AppleScript though to parse the file, but it takes more work.

gl,

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Answer 3

kel

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Dec 25, 2006 12:37 PM in response to kel

I meant Smile's xmlLib osax.

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Answer 4

Dec 25, 2006 5:27 PM in response to William Fiveash

Thanks for the tips. I have looked at the http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/index.php site but I could not find an example of a script that did the equivalent of the iTunes->File->Export a playlist. I will look again though.

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Answer 5

Dec 25, 2006 5:40 PM in response to William Fiveash

Hi again William! 😀

This is what I had found earlier...I should have just posted this link. But I'm not sure if it's exactly what you want? Take a look at the top two scripts...

http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/searchTheScripts.php

Reg

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Answer 6

Dec 26, 2006 10:47 AM in response to Reggie Ashworth

The link just brought up the search page without any results. What was the search terms you used to search the scripts with?

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Answer 7

Dec 26, 2006 6:00 PM in response to William Fiveash

Hi William,

Sorry about that! 😀 Ok I just typed "xml" into the "search scripts" box in the top of the page. Take a look at the first couple of entries...or I linked the first two here:

http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=exportselectedtracksxml

http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/ss.php?sp=exportsmartcriteria

Let us know...

Reg 😀

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