"sync" itunes between 2 computers

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#1

Hi,

I would like to write a script that would sync itunes between two computers, in a way that both computers would have their original music plus the music from the other computer that it did not already have.

Before:

Computer 1 Computer 2
song a song a
song b song c
song d song e

After:

Computer 1 Computer 2
song a song a
song b song b
song c song c
song d song d
song e song e

Is this sort of thing possible, or does something like this already exist?

Thanks,

gecko

#2

If you can figure this out, you should post it to Code Exchange, because I’d really love to be able to do this. I’d want it to go a step further and sync playlists and playlist structure as well.

#3

I finally had some free time to work this out a little and I got to this:

--get the paths to the music
set path_to_music_one to alias "path to itunes music on computer 1"
set path_to_music_two to alias "path to itunes music on computer 2"

--get the depth to compare at
set d to choose from list {"Artist", "Albums", "Songs", "All"} with prompt "At what depth do you want to compare?" without multiple selections allowed

--get the music off of every computer
tell application "Finder"
	if d is equal to "Artist" then
		set music_one to name of every folder of folder path_to_music_one
		set music_two to name of every folder of folder path_to_music_two
	else if d is equal to "Albums" then
		set music_one to name of every folder of every folder of folder path_to_music_one
		set music_two to name of every folder of every folder of folder path_to_music_two
	else if d is equal to "Songs" then
		set music_one to name of every document of every folder of every folder of folder path_to_music_one
		set music_two to name of every document of every folder of every folder of folder path_to_music_two
	else
		set music_one to entire contents of path_to_music_one
		set music_two to entire contents of path_to_music_two
	end if
end tell

--compare the music
set in_one_not_in_two to {}
set in_two_not_in_one to {}
repeat with i in music_two
	if i is not in music_one then set in_two_not_in_one to in_two_not_in_one & i
end repeat

repeat with i in music_one
	if i is not in music_two then set in_one_not_in_two to in_one_not_in_two & i
end repeat

Now, is there a way to add music from one machine’s files into another’s iTunes? Maybe with the add command? But how does this work between two machines?

Thanks,

gecko