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Re: iTunes 'current playlist'
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Re: iTunes 'current playlist'


  • Subject: Re: iTunes 'current playlist'
  • From: Kevin Gogerty <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2001 13:32:39 -0600

Craig,

The playlist window has to be open for this to work...

tell application "iTunes"
set playName to name of playlist window 1
set currentTrack to name of current track
end tell

I will work on this some more....

Kevin
http://www.tbl2000.com/applescript


> From: email@hidden
> Reply-To: email@hidden
> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 10:47:50 -0800 (PST)
> To: email@hidden
> Subject: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #1276 - 16 msgs
>
> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2001 12:21:30 -0500
> To: email@hidden, email@hidden
> From: Craig Treleaven <email@hidden>
> Subject: iTunes 'current playlist'
>
> Does anybody know how to determine the name of the current playlist with
> iTunes 2's new Applescript support? The "view" property of class browser
> window looks promising, but I don't seem to be able to get the name from it.
>
> "Get view" returns something like the following:
> library playlist id 1234 of source id 30 of application "iTunes"
>
> Asking for "Name of view" returns exactly the same thing. (Huh?) I'm not a
> heavy-duty Applescripter so I may be overlooking something very obvious.
>
> BTW, locating the current playlist was always ackward and slow with SoundJam.
> There you have to loop through the playlist windows and search for the one
> whose tracks contains the current track. I was hoping iTunes might be a
> little cooperative.
>
> Craig
>
> Craig Treleaven, Clearview Consulting
> (905) 829-2054 email@hidden


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