Automating iTunes

Has anyone used Automator to create a workflow for iTunes? I setup a workflow to convert some files to a different encoding format, make them bookmarkable, and move them to a particular playlist.

Has anyone used the “Add Songs to Playlist” action for iTunes in Automator? It takes almost a minute for it to load my playlists and fill the dropdown selection component. When I run the workflow and select the playlist, for whatever reason, it apparently tries to refresh the list again and it takes another minute before I can click continue.

This is all on a dual 2.0 GHz Power Mac G5 with 3 gig of RAM.

Any thoughts?

Where’s the convert encoding automator action?