I found the article on scripting to iTunes very interesting

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...e/default.mspx

Has anyone here done much with it? I'm trying to figure out how to determine
if a track is a podcast.. I get all tracks in the entire library, and
haven't yet gotten to the place where I can filter out things that were
downloaded as podcasts.

Chip wrote:

> I found the article on scripting to iTunes very interesting
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...e/default.mspx
>
> Has anyone here done much with it? I'm trying to figure out how to
> determine if a track is a podcast.. I get all tracks in the entire
> library, and haven't yet gotten to the place where I can filter out
> things that were downloaded as podcasts.

Did you download the iTunesComSDK at:
http://developer.apple.com/sdk/itunescomsdk.html

Simply check the .Podcast property, if true it is a podcast.

I just modifified the RemoveDeadTracks.js example from the sdk.
Should be no problem to adapt it to vbs:

/*
File: CountPodcastTracks.js
*/
var ITTrackKindFile = 1;
var iTunesApp = WScript.CreateObject("iTunes.Application");
var PodcastTracks = 0;
var mainLibrary = iTunesApp.LibraryPlaylist;
var tracks = mainLibrary.Tracks;
var numTracks = tracks.Count;
var i;
while (numTracks != 0)
{
var currTrack = tracks.Item(numTracks);
// is this a file track?
if (currTrack.Kind == ITTrackKindFile)
{
// yes, is it a podcast?
if (currTrack.Podcast)
{
// yes, delete it
WScript.Echo("Podcast: "+currTrack.Name+" "+currTrack.Location);
PodcastTracks++;
}
}
numTracks--;
}
WScript.Echo("Counted " + PodcastTracks + " podcast track(s).");


HTH
Matthias

Great thanks! I did download the SDK, but I didn't see Podcast as being a
property of the Track.. I still don't.. But it works.. I don't know what I'm
missing in the documentation.

"Matthias Tacke" <Matthias@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:6spq1hF7k2baU1@xxxxxx

> Chip wrote:

>> I found the article on scripting to iTunes very interesting
>>
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr...e/default.mspx
>>
>> Has anyone here done much with it? I'm trying to figure out how to
>> determine if a track is a podcast.. I get all tracks in the entire
>> library, and haven't yet gotten to the place where I can filter out
>> things that were downloaded as podcasts.

>
> Did you download the iTunesComSDK at:
> http://developer.apple.com/sdk/itunescomsdk.html
>
> Simply check the .Podcast property, if true it is a podcast.
>
> I just modifified the RemoveDeadTracks.js example from the sdk.
> Should be no problem to adapt it to vbs:
>
> /*
> File: CountPodcastTracks.js
> */
> var ITTrackKindFile = 1;
> var iTunesApp = WScript.CreateObject("iTunes.Application");
> var PodcastTracks = 0;
> var mainLibrary = iTunesApp.LibraryPlaylist;
> var tracks = mainLibrary.Tracks;
> var numTracks = tracks.Count;
> var i;
> while (numTracks != 0)
> {
> var currTrack = tracks.Item(numTracks);
> // is this a file track?
> if (currTrack.Kind == ITTrackKindFile)
> {
> // yes, is it a podcast?
> if (currTrack.Podcast)
> {
> // yes, delete it
> WScript.Echo("Podcast: "+currTrack.Name+" "+currTrack.Location);
> PodcastTracks++;
> }
> }
> numTracks--;
> }
> WScript.Echo("Counted " + PodcastTracks + " podcast track(s).");
>
>
> HTH
> Matthias

Chip wrote:

>
> Great thanks! I did download the SDK, but I didn't see Podcast as
> being a property of the Track.. I still don't.. But it works.. I
> don't know what I'm missing in the documentation.
>

It's not in the IITTrack Interface Reference; it's the second property
listed in the IITFileOrCDTrack Interface Reference.

You can look for properties and methods in the Index or Search tabs of
the Contents pane. (You might have the Contents pane hidden. Just click
the Show button to get the Contents.)

--
Steve

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