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lasTunes 1.0

frettsy — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:52:08 +0000

I just finished writing my first WordPress plugin! here is some information about lasTunes:

Adds iTunes links to Last.fm user’s Recently Played Tracks feed and displays them.

Multiple options, including:

Add direct links to each track artist’s myspace and last.fm pages
Add link to album
Add link to user’s last.fm page

see it in action below. oh, and check out the lasTunes WordPress plugins page, where you can/should download it. while I may provide updates here from time to time, all new versions will be posted there. namaste!

recently listened tracks of cfretts

Kings of Leon	Fans
Mumford & Sons	Little Lion Man
Radiohead	15 Step
Death Cab For Cutie	GrapeVine Fires
Kings of Leon	True Love Way

iTunes – List Dead Tracks – To File

frettsy — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:45:37 +0000

this script will list all dead tracks in your iTunes library in a file called “DeadTracks.txt”

/* by Calen Fretts */
var ITTrackKindFile = 1;
var iTunesApp = WScript.CreateObject("iTunes.Application");
var tracks = iTunesApp.LibraryPlaylist.Tracks;
var numTracks = tracks.Count;
var matchTracks = 0;

var fso = new ActiveXObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject");
var FILE_NAME = "DeadTracks.txt";
var myFile = fso.CreateTextFile(FILE_NAME);

WScript.Echo("Finding dead tracks...");

while (numTracks != 0)
{
	var currTrack = tracks.Item(numTracks);

	// is this a track?
	if (currTrack.Kind == ITTrackKindFile)
	{
		if (currTrack.Location == "")
		{
			myFile.WriteLine("" + currTrack.Artist + " - " + currTrack.Album + " - "  + currTrack.TrackNumber + " - "  + currTrack.Name + "");
			matchTracks++;
		}
	}

	numTracks--;
}

myFile.Close();

if (matchTracks == 0)
{
	WScript.Echo("No dead tracks.");
	myFile = fso.GetFile(FILE_NAME);
	myFile.Delete();
}
else
{
	WScript.Echo("Found " + matchTracks + " dead tracks - see the following file: " + FILE_NAME);
}

copy the code into a new text file, and rename its extension to “.js”. if you post this code anywhere else, please be sure to give me credit by linking back to this site. got questions or improvements? leave a comment!

iTunes – No Artwork To Playlist

frettsy — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:48:04 +0000

over the years, I’ve written a few custom scripts to do my electronic dirty work. some of these are iTunes scripts, and I think others will find them useful as well. copy the following code into a new text file, and rename its extension to “.js”

/* by Calen Fretts */
var ITTrackKindFile = 1;
var iTunesApp = WScript.CreateObject("iTunes.Application");
var tracks = iTunesApp.LibraryPlaylist.Tracks;
var numTracks = tracks.Count;
var matchTracks = 0;

var myNewPlaylistName = "---------NO ARTWORK";
var myNewPlaylist = iTunesApp.CreatePlaylist(myNewPlaylistName);

WScript.Echo("Finding tracks with no artwork...");

while (numTracks != 0)
{
	var currTrack = tracks.Item(numTracks);

	// is this a track?
	if (currTrack.Kind == ITTrackKindFile)
	{
		if (currTrack.Artwork.Count == 0)
		{
			var bSuccess = myNewPlaylist.AddTrack(currTrack);
			matchTracks++;
		}
	}

	numTracks--;
}

if (matchTracks == 0)
{
	myNewPlaylist.Delete();
	WScript.Echo("No tracks found.");
}
else
{
	WScript.Echo("Found " + matchTracks + " tracks. Added to playlist '" + myNewPlaylistName + "'.");
}

if you post this code anywhere else, please be sure to give me credit by linking back to this site. got improvements? leave a comment!