I’ve got a problem with an iTunes-Script! I wrote a littel application to delete die files in the library wich can’t be found:
tell application "iTunes"
repeat with myTrack in selection
-- my first problem is, that I don't konw how I can tell the script to get the location of the whole library! sth. like repeat with a in the library....?
try
-- my second problem is, that iTunes can't get every location of the files. That means an error dialog like this appears: "The location of the track id.... can't be found" so I have to use a try command.
set myLocation to get location of myTrack
if myLocation is missing value then
delete myTrack
end if
end try
end repeat
end tell
to my first problem:
do you know how I can “talk” with every track of the whole library?
to my second problem:
in one run, iTunes can’t get the location or a missing value of a track. so the script stops.
I used a try command. but this command means, that there are files in the list which can’t be found. If I run the script again and again…, iTunes sometimes get the location! I used a “repeat 10 times-command”, but this command is no guarantee, that all files have been deleted, and it takes very much time!
the codes, as they are, may not work as some required codes may be missing, but you should be able to get an idea how to solve your problem.
good luck.
archseed
--routine below looks for disabled tracks (a selection marker) to delete from the music library and hard disk;
--then, it looks for dead tracks (files missing but still listed in the library) and deletes them as well
tell application "iTunes"
set these_tracks to tracks of the playlist "Library"
set delete_theseTracks to {}
repeat with i from 1 to the count of these_tracks
set this_track to item i of these_tracks
set trackEnabled to get enabled of this_track
if the location of this_track is not missing value and trackEnabled is false then
set the end of delete_theseTracks to (the location of this_track)
delete this_track
else
set i to i + 1
end if
end repeat
set i to 0
repeat with i from 1 to the count of delete_theseTracks
set this_file to (item i of delete_theseTracks) as alias
delete this_file
end repeat
set frontmost of application "iTunes" to true
display dialog return & "The script will now remove the "deadlinks" from your library playlist." buttons "OK" default button 1 giving up after 2 with icon 1
tell application "iTunes"
set thePlaylists to the library playlists
if thePlaylists = {} then return
repeat with thePlaylist in thePlaylists
set selected_fileTracks to file tracks of thePlaylist
if selected_fileTracks = {} then return
repeat with selected_fileTrack in selected_fileTracks
set theLocation to the location of selected_fileTrack
set theLocation to theLocation as string
if theLocation = "missing value" then delete selected_fileTrack
end repeat
end repeat
delete this_playlist
end tell
beep
display dialog return & "Your music library has just been cleared of disabled tracks and their resulting deadlinks." buttons "OK" default button 1 with icon 1 giving up after 3
end tell
