From: cypher.dp@...
Date: 2007-07-21T20:05:34+09:00
Subject: Re: parsing iTunes Libary

Thanks a lot everybody !

I tried plist but it didn't work. Don't ask me why.
Know I'm using regexp similar to Ryan.
Maybe I'll also have another look at libxml and so on.

Dominik



2007/7/21, hengist podd <has.temp3@virgin.net>:
> Dominik wrote:
> > I thought about writing something like that:
> > http://code.google.com/p/itunes-to-rhythmbox-ratings/
> >
> > I wanted to parse the library with REXML but the file is quite big.
>
> You could look into using libxml:
>
> http://libxml.rubyforge.org/
> http://raa.ruby-lang.org/search.rhtml?search=libxml
>
>
> Another option would be to access iTunes via its COM (Windows) or Apple
> event (OS X) API. e.g. Using rb-appscript
> <http://rb-appscript.rubyforge.org> on OS X:
>
> #!/usr/bin/env ruby
>
> require 'appscript'
> include Appscript
>
> t = app('iTunes').library_playlists[1].tracks
>
> t.name.get.zip(t.artist.get, t.rating.get).each do |name, artist,
> rating|
>     p name, artist, rating
> end
>
>
> There's also a project to provide a common cross-platform API, although
> I don't know how far on it is yet:
>
> http://rubyforge.org/projects/rb-itunes/
>
>
> HTH
>
> has
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