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File type and encoding rates

  • Subject: File type and encoding rates
  • From: Ronan O Ciosoig <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:27:53 +0100
hi, my first post.

i am trying to create a simple script to copy a playlist to an iPod Shuffle - the problem being that AIFF files are not copied, so it is necessary to convert them. I generally keep files on the HD as aiff and I only want to convert them when moving to the Shuffle, otherwise the operation could be avoided by simply converting all the files to mp3. But I don't want to loose any audio quality.

So in AppleScript, how can I call finder to know the file type?- a command like the 'file' command in Terminal.app.

And second, is there a way to choose the encoding rate in mp3s. I looked though the dictionary in iTunes but i don't see it. Quite possibly you can't, only the file type like ACC or MP3, but not the encoding rate.

I am using Doug's scripts as a starting point and adapting.

TIA.
Ronan.


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Today's Topics:

   1. Re: Help with moving folders via applescript (Mark J. Reed)
   2. Re: Help with moving folders via applescript (Axel Luttgens)
   3. path names separators (Bob Cuilla)
   4. Re: Help with moving folders via applescript (Jim Hankins)
   5. Re: Help with moving folders via applescript (Neil Faiman)


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Message: 1
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 13:56:57 -0500
From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Help with moving folders via applescript
To: Jim Hankins <email@hidden>
Cc: AppleScript Users <email@hidden>
Message-ID:
	<email@hidden>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

On 12/18/05, Jim Hankins <email@hidden> wrote: 

I get this
Finder got an error: Can't get every folder whose class = folder of
desktop.


Yeah, you need to rearrange. It thinks that you're asking for every folder
whose class is (folder of the desktop), which isn't a valid class.

Try this:

move (every folder of desktop whose class is folder) to folder...


When I try this:

*tell* application "Finder"
*if* *not* (*the* folder "Old Desktop" *of* home exists) *then*
make new folder at home with properties {name:"Old Desktop"}
*end* *if*
move *every* file *of* *the* desktop to *the* folder "Old Desktop" *of*
home
move (*every* folder *whose* class *is* folder *of* *the* desktop) to *the
* folder "Old Desktop" *of* home
*end* *tell*
*
*
*
*

On Dec 18, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Jim Hankins wrote:

Ah ha, yes and I confirmed if the disks were not there (by turning off
that preference is Finder) the previous script worked as well. Thanks!!!

On Dec 18, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:

On 12/18/05, Axel Luttgens <email@hidden> wrote: 

Jim Hankins wrote:

[...]

move *every* folder *of* *the* desktop to *the* folder "Old Desktop" *
of* home <<<<<<it errors on this line

 *[...]*


Doesn't "every folder of the desktop" return a list with every disk
showing on the desktop as well as the destination folder too?


The destination folder isn't on the Desktop; it's in the user's home
directory. The disk thing looks like it's the problem, though. "every
folder whose class is folder" looks redundant but works fine.


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Message: 2
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 20:16:09 +0100
From: Axel Luttgens <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Help with moving folders via applescript
To: AppleScript Users <email@hidden>
Message-ID: <email@hidden>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

Mark J. Reed wrote:

On 12/18/05, Axel Luttgens <email@hidden
<mailto:email@hidden>> wrote:

    Jim Hankins wrote:

    [...]



    move every folder of the desktop to the folder "Old Desktop" of
    home  <<<<<<it errors on this line

[...] 


    Doesn't "every folder of the desktop" return a list with every
    disk showing on the desktop as well as the destination folder too?


The destination folder isn't on the Desktop; it's in the user's home
directory.


Oops... sorry!
It seems that while reading Jim's code, I mentally translated "home" by
"desktop".
Time to have some holidays?

Axel
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Message: 3
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:33:13 -0500
From: Bob Cuilla <email@hidden>
Subject: path names separators
To: email@hidden
Message-ID: <email@hidden>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed

I am using some native AS inside of Filemaker Pro 8.  When I use the
FM Get Desktop Path function it returns a path that uses  "/"
separators for files/folders etc.  AS doesn't seem to like these
separators.  If I replace the "/" with ":" AS handles them just fine.

Can I assume from this the AS doesn't like the "/" in path names?

Bob Cuilla



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Message: 4
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:34:45 -0500
From: Jim Hankins <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Help with moving folders via applescript
To: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
Cc: AppleScript Users <email@hidden>
Message-ID: <email@hidden>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

That did it! Thanks for the help! I'm forever cleaning up my desktop,
this is a real timesaver and I'm enjoying the discovery of apple
script's ability to save me time.

Cheers!

Jim


On Dec 18, 2005, at 1:56 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:

On 12/18/05, Jim Hankins <email@hidden> wrote:
I get this

Finder got an error: Can't get every folder whose class = folder of
desktop.

Yeah, you need to rearrange.  It thinks that you're asking for
every folder whose class is (folder of the desktop), which isn't a
valid class.

Try this:

move (every folder of desktop whose class is folder) to folder...


When I try this:

tell application "Finder"
	if not (the folder "Old Desktop" of home exists) then
 		make new folder at home with properties {name:"Old Desktop"}
 	end if
 	move every file of the desktop to the folder "Old Desktop" of home
	move (every folder whose class is folder of the desktop) to the
folder "Old Desktop" of home
end tell



On Dec 18, 2005, at 1:33 PM, Jim Hankins wrote:

Ah ha, yes and I confirmed if the disks were not there (by turning
off that preference is Finder) the previous script worked as well.
Thanks!!!


On Dec 18, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Mark J. Reed wrote:

On 12/18/05, Axel Luttgens < email@hidden> wrote:
Jim Hankins wrote:

[...]


   move every folder of the desktop to the folder "Old Desktop"
of home  <<<<<<it errors on this line

[...] 

Doesn't "every folder of the desktop" return a list with every
disk showing on the desktop as well as the destination folder too?

The destination folder isn't on the Desktop; it's in the user's
home directory.  The disk thing looks like it's the problem,
though.  "every folder whose class is folder" looks redundant but
works fine.


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Message: 5
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 14:46:07 -0500
From: Neil Faiman <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Help with moving folders via applescript
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On Dec 18, 2005, at 1:22 PM, Jim Hankins wrote:

I got the following:

"Finder got an error: Illegal comparison or logical."


When I tried this:

tell application "Finder"
	if not (the folder "Old Desktop" of home exists) then
		make new folder at home with properties {name:"Old Desktop"}
	end if
	move every file of the desktop to the folder "Old Desktop" of home
	move (every folder of the desktop whose (name is not "Macintosh
HD" or "HD 2")) to the folder "Old Desktop" of home
end tell


"HD 2" is not a valid operand of the or operator, even in a whose
clause. I believe that you want

	whose (name is not "Macintosh HD" and name is not "HD 2")

Regards,

Neil Faiman
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