scripting audion to not quit till finished encoding
scripting audion to not quit till finished encoding
- Subject: scripting audion to not quit till finished encoding
- From: Kate Jenkins <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 20:43:47 -0500 (EST)
Hi fellow scripters,
I'm writing an applescript to
1. launch audion
2. rip the cd in the drive to mp3
then 3. shut down the computer when finished.
--my basic script thus far
tell application "Audion 2"
activate
make new playlist
add file "Audio CD 1:" to playlist 1
encode from playlist 1
quit
end tell
This works fine except the script doesn't know to wait for the items to
encode before quitting; it just goes rapidfire through the instructions
and quits Audion only a few seconds into the encoding process.
I've tried various things like:
repeat while application "Audion 2" is busy
--do nothing
end repeat
(the audion dictionary doesn't know the meaning of "busy" - thinks it's an
undefined variable)
but I've had no luck. Any suggestions?
Kate
I'd also like to improve the "add file Audio CD 1:" because this only
works if it's the first CD I've inserted since restart. Is there a way to
specify "the CD currently in the drive?" Any help will be greatly
appreciated. Thanks.