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Re: Get the latest song pathname played by iTunes
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Re: Get the latest song pathname played by iTunes


  • Subject: Re: Get the latest song pathname played by iTunes
  • From: Mario Diana <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2004 14:43:09 -0400

On Sunday, July 18, 2004, at 12:05 PM, Finlay Dobbie <email@hidden> wrote:

Uh, it's a property list.

NSDictionary *dict = [NSDictionary
dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:[@"~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music
Library.xml" stringByExpandingTildeInPath]];

I don't see how it could possibly be any easier to parse.

Uh, I just prototyped the whole thing, going as far as getting the track ID of every song in which I'm interested. It will take a while for the dent in my head -- gotten from banging it against the side of my desk -- to work its way out.

As to my parsing the XML in Java: I guess its one of those "If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail" things. I guess I shouldn't have been seduced by Apple's attempt at being sexy by appending ".xml" on the end of what's essentially a plist file.

As much as it hurts to see how easily I could have accomplished what I did, I have to thank you ;-)

Mario

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