iTunes Autobooker

[scott997]

I’m trying to figure out why I am getting a timeout error when I run this script. The original script came from Doug’s Applescripts for iTunes http://www.malcolmadams.com/itunes/index.php. It was also getting a timeout error. In my script it gives the error at the point where it would import the tracks. But it does still import the tracks. It just kills the rest of the script.

I did notice some interesting behavior when working on it. From the script menu in iTunes it runs much faster than from Script Editor. I don’t know if that has an effect on timout.

– Get the current state of the script, initializing the metadata if necessary
set data_dir to (path to application support from user domain)
set pd to ((quoted form of POSIX path of data_dir) as string) & “iTunes\ Scripts/”
do shell script "mkdir -p " & pd
set cd_file to pd & “current_cd”
do shell script "touch " & cd_file & "; cat " & cd_file
set current_cd to the result
if current_cd = “” then
set current_cd to “Some Author, Some Book, 0”
do shell script "echo " & current_cd & " > " & cd_file
end if

– Loop through multiple CD’s
–repeat
– with timeout of 31000 seconds – i.e. with infinite timeout

– Read the current CD description
do shell script "cat " & cd_file
set current_cd to the result

– Give user a chance to correct the current status
display dialog "Importing - correct this information if necessary " default answer current_cd buttons {“OK”, “Cancel”} default button “OK”
set R to the result
set ok to button returned of R
set current_cd to (text returned of R) as string
if ok = “Cancel” then return

– The author, title, and CD number are separated by commas
set AppleScript’s text item delimiters to “,”

– Extract author and disk number
set author_name to the text item 1 of current_cd

– Compute disk id
set disk_number to the text item 3 of current_cd as integer
if disk_number < 10 then
set diskID to “0” & disk_number
else
set diskID to disk_number
end if

– Compute album name and playlist name
set album_name to the text item 2 of current_cd
set AppleScript’s text item delimiters to {}
set c_count to count of characters of album_name
set album_name to (characters 2 thru c_count of album_name) as string
set playlist_name to album_name

– Save the status, incrementing the disk number
do shell script "echo " & author_name & ", " & album_name & ", " & disk_number + 1 & " > " & cd_file

– Add disk number to album name
set album_name to album_name & " " & disk_number

– Now rip the current CD
tell application “iTunes”

 --[i][color=olive] Get the library[/color][/i]
 [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [color=green]the_library[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] ([b][color=blue]get[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]a reference[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [color=blue]library playlist[/color] 1)
 
 --[i][color=olive] Create a playlist for the book if it doesn't exist[/color][/i]
 [b][color=blue]if[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]not[/color][/b] ([color=blue]exists[/color] [color=blue]playlist[/color] [color=green]playlist_name[/color]) [b][color=blue]then[/color][/b]
      [color=blue]make[/color] [color=blue]new[/color] [color=blue]user playlist[/color] [color=blue]with properties[/color] {[color=blue]name[/color]:[color=green]playlist_name[/color]}
 [b][color=blue]end[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]if[/color][/b]
 
 --[i][color=olive] Initialize track number[/color][/i]
 [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [color=green]trackNum[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] 1
 
 --[i][color=olive] Get the list of tracks on the CD[/color][/i]
 [b][color=blue]repeat[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]with[/color][/b] [color=green]i[/color] [b][color=blue]from[/color][/b] 1 [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]the[/color][/b] [color=blue]count[/color] [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=blue]sources[/color]
      [b][color=blue]if[/color][/b] [color=blue]kind[/color] [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=blue]source[/color] [color=green]i[/color] [b][color=blue]is[/color][/b] [color=blue]audio CD[/color] [b][color=blue]then[/color][/b]
           [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [color=green]AudioPlaylist[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] ([b][color=blue]a reference[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [color=blue]audio CD playlist[/color] 1 [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=blue]source[/color] [color=green]i[/color])
      [b][color=blue]end[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]if[/color][/b]
 [b][color=blue]end[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]repeat[/color][/b]
 
 --[i][color=olive] Rename the tracks[/color][/i]
 [b][color=blue]repeat[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]with[/color][/b] [color=green]the_track[/color] [b][color=blue]in[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]every[/color][/b] [color=blue]track[/color] [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=green]AudioPlaylist[/color]
      [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]the[/color][/b] [color=blue]artist[/color] [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=green]the_track[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [color=green]author_name[/color]
      [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]the[/color][/b] [color=blue]album[/color] [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=green]the_track[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [color=green]album_name[/color]
      [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]the[/color][/b] [color=blue]genre[/color] [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=green]the_track[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] "Books & Spoken"
      [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [color=green]first_word[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]the[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]first[/color][/b] [color=blue]word[/color] [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=green]album_name[/color]
      [b][color=blue]if[/color][/b] [color=green]trackNum[/color] < 10 [b][color=blue]then[/color][/b]
           [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [color=green]trackID[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] "0" & [color=green]trackNum[/color]
      [b][color=blue]else[/color][/b]
           [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [color=green]trackID[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [color=green]trackNum[/color]
      [b][color=blue]end[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]if[/color][/b]
      [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [color=green]new_name[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [color=green]first_word[/color] & "-" & [color=green]diskID[/color] & "-" & [color=green]trackID[/color]
      [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]the[/color][/b] [color=blue]name[/color] [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=green]the_track[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [color=green]new_name[/color]
      [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [color=green]trackNum[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [color=green]trackNum[/color] + 1
 [b][color=blue]end[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]repeat[/color][/b]
 
 --[i][color=olive] Import the tracks

–
– This is where it is giving the timeout error
–[/color][/i]
with timeout of (1 * hours) seconds
convert the tracks of AudioPlaylist
end timeout

 --[i][color=olive] Copy the tracks into the book's playlist[/color][/i]
 [b][color=blue]repeat[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]with[/color][/b] [color=green]the_track[/color] [b][color=blue]in[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]every[/color][/b] [color=blue]track[/color] [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=green]AudioPlaylist[/color]
      [b][color=blue]set[/color][/b] [color=green]the_track_ref[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] ([b][color=blue]get[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]a reference[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [color=blue]track[/color] ([color=blue]name[/color] [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=green]the_track[/color]) [b][color=blue]of[/color][/b] [color=green]the_library[/color])
      [b][color=blue]copy[/color][/b] [color=green]the_track_ref[/color] [b][color=blue]to[/color][/b] [color=blue]user playlist[/color] [color=green]playlist_name[/color]
 [b][color=blue]end[/color][/b] [b][color=blue]repeat[/color][/b]
 
 --[i][color=olive] Eject the CD[/color][/i]
 «[color=blue]event[/color] aevtejct»
 
 --[i][color=olive] Wait until another CD is inserted[/color][/i]
 (*[i][color=olive]               set disk_inserted to false[/color][/i]

repeat until disk_inserted
delay 5.0
repeat with i from 1 to the count of sources
if kind of source i is audio CD then
set disk_inserted to true
end if
end repeat
end repeat
*)
end tell
– end timeout
–end repeat

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[This script was automatically tagged for color coded syntax by Convert Script to Markup Code]

Thanks for any help.

Scott

[scott997]

I’ve been playing with this script. It does not timeout when run from the script menu (the system one), but it does timeout when run from the iTunes script menu.

Scott

[DougAdams]

Have you emailed the author?

I forget if this is an applet or a compiled script. It may run better when saved as an applet. There’s something funny about importing and converting in a compiled script.