Comments on: Scripting iTunes for the iPod, with Perl and Mac::Glue http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/scripting-itunes-for-the-ipod-with-perl-and-macglue/ Colin M. Strickland Wed, 09 Jun 2010 09:07:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: cms http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/scripting-itunes-for-the-ipod-with-perl-and-macglue/comment-page-1/#comment-2651 cms Fri, 31 Oct 2008 09:39:26 +0000 http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/scripting-itunes-for-the-ipod-with-perl-and-macglue/#comment-2651 @Jon - Thanks, yes. I did discover the 'duplicate' method a little later on, and I've incorporated it into my new version of the tool, which I re-wrote in Python (mostly because I was investigating Python, and an iTunes update stopped my perl script from working). There's a link to that version of the tool in the first comment above. Thanks for explaining why it is faster, I do find applescript a bit of a cryptic affair! @Jon – Thanks, yes. I did discover the ‘duplicate’ method a little later on, and I’ve incorporated it into my new version of the tool, which I re-wrote in Python (mostly because I was investigating Python, and an iTunes update stopped my perl script from working). There’s a link to that version of the tool in the first comment above. Thanks for explaining why it is faster, I do find applescript a bit of a cryptic affair!

]]> By: Jon http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/scripting-itunes-for-the-ipod-with-perl-and-macglue/comment-page-1/#comment-2650 Jon Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:59:37 +0000 http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/scripting-itunes-for-the-ipod-with-perl-and-macglue/#comment-2650 You can add files to a playlist using the duplicate method rather than adding them as a file. This seems to be a little quicker as iTunes does not re-read the meta data: my $track = $itunes->obj(track => 1, tracks => whose(persistent_id => equals => $track_id), playlist => 1); $itunes->duplicate($track, to => $playlist->get); You can add files to a playlist using the duplicate method rather than adding them as a file. This seems to be a little quicker as iTunes does not re-read the meta data:

my $track = $itunes->obj(track => 1, tracks => whose(persistent_id => equals => $track_id), playlist => 1);
$itunes->duplicate($track, to => $playlist->get);

]]> By: beatworm.co.uk » Blog Archive » iTunes automation, revisited http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/scripting-itunes-for-the-ipod-with-perl-and-macglue/comment-page-1/#comment-1921 beatworm.co.uk » Blog Archive » iTunes automation, revisited Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:15:27 +0000 http://beatworm.co.uk/blog/computers/scripting-itunes-for-the-ipod-with-perl-and-macglue/#comment-1921 [...] week , which introduced some excellent new features , such as Genius playlists, but broke my fancy perl script which I wrote to rotate my music library on my iPod [...] [...] week , which introduced some excellent new features , such as Genius playlists, but broke my fancy perl script which I wrote to rotate my music library on my iPod [...]

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