Newbie here! After adding a folder item that is an mp3 file, I want to search for similar song titles in the iTunes main library and if there is a match, then delete the new file. Nobody sems to use the “Search” command and I can’t figure it out myself. Thanks
on adding folder items to this_folder after receiving added_items
repeat with i from 1 to number of items in added_items
tell application "Finder"
try
set this_file to (item i of added_items)
if kind of this_file is "mp3 Audio File" then
set song_name to name of this_file
copy (items 1 through -5 in song_name) as string to truncated_name --
--if any song title in my main library is the same as truncated_name then delete this_file
else
delete this_file
end if
end try
end tell
end repeat
end adding folder items to
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on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving addedItems
repeat with thisItem in addedItems
try
set {name:thisName, name extension:thisExtension} to (info for thisItem)
if thisExtension is "mp3" then
tell application "iTunes"
launch
get (tracks of library playlist 1 whose name is (text 1 thru -5 of thisName))
end tell
if result is {} then
tell application "iTunes"
add thisItem to library playlist 1
add thisItem to playlist "Tonight"
end tell
end if
else
tell application "Finder" to delete thisItem
end if
end try
end repeat
end adding folder items to
WOW you saved me a days worth of work this forum is awsome! One other thing, if there is a match, how can I copy the result (the track that was found as a match already in iTunes) to a playlist called “tonight”?
Thanks for your help Bruce!!
if result is {} then
tell application "iTunes"
add thisItem to library playlist 1
add thisItem to playlist "Tonight"
end tell
else
have read like this?
if result is {} then
tell application "iTunes"
add thisItem to library playlist 1
add thisItem to playlist "Tonight"
end tell
end if
On another note Im curious why you put multiple tell blocks for iTunes within the if statement? I haven’t acctually tested it, but this looks like it should work no?
if thisExtension is "mp3" then
tell application "iTunes"
launch
get (tracks of library playlist 1 whose name is (text 1 thru -5 of thisName))
if result is {} then
add thisItem to library playlist 1
add thisItem to playlist "Tonight"
end if
end tell
else
tell application "Finder" to delete thisItem
end if
Sorry Bruce, about your second version… I guess I wasn’t clear. I am trying to add that song that was found in the search to the playlist “Tonight”. So how do I take a “result” of the search and and take the name of the found song so that it must be added to the “Tonight” playlist. Im using this script as a sort of request Jupebox: If the song is already in the itunes library then just add it to the request folder called “Tonight”.
The first example was great.
Thanks Again!
Here is what Im working on right now;
on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving addedItems
repeat with thisItem in addedItems
try
set {name:thisName, name extension:thisExtension} to (info for thisItem)
if thisExtension is "mp3" then
tell application "iTunes"
launch
get (tracks of library playlist 1 whose name is (text 1 thru -5 of thisName))
end tell
--set existingTrack to result
if --existingTrack is {} then
tell application "iTunes" to add thisItem to library playlist 1
tell application "iTunes" to add thisItem to playlist "Tonight"
else
--set foundSong to existingTrack
--tell application "iTunes" to add a song with the name foundSong to playlist "Tonight"
tell application "Finder" to delete thisItem
end if
else
tell application "Finder" to delete thisItem
end if
end try
end repeat
end adding folder items to
if result is {} then
tell application "iTunes"
add thisItem to library playlist 1
add thisItem to playlist "Tonight"
end tell
else
tell application "Finder" to delete thisItem
end if
Sorry, DJWaldo, I didn’t quite catch that earlier. Try something like this:
on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving addedItems
repeat with thisItem in addedItems
try
set {name:thisName, name extension:thisExtension} to (info for thisItem)
if thisExtension is "mp3" then
tell application "iTunes"
launch
set existingTracks to (tracks of library playlist 1 whose name is (text 1 thru -5 of thisName))
if existingTracks is {} then
add thisItem to library playlist 1
add result to playlist "Tonight"
else
add existingTracks to playlist "Tonight"
end if
end tell
else
tell application "Finder" to delete thisItem
end if
end try
end repeat
end adding folder items to
on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving addedItems
repeat with thisItem in addedItems
try
set {name:thisName, name extension:thisExtension} to (info for thisItem)
if thisExtension is "mp3" then
tell application "iTunes"
launch
set existingTracks to (tracks of library playlist 1 whose name is (text 1 thru -5 of thisName))
if existingTracks is {} then
add thisItem to library playlist 1
add result to playlist "Tonight"
else
add existingTracks to playlist "Tonight"
end if
end tell
else
tell application "Finder" to delete thisItem
end if
end try
end repeat
end adding folder items to
Isn’t this a list of tracks rather than a single track? And what is it referring to… The track name or track file location? Thanks in advance and for the previous help
on adding folder items to thisFolder after receiving addedItems
repeat with thisItem in addedItems
try
set {name:thisName, name extension:thisExtension} to (info for thisItem)
if thisExtension is "mp3" then
tell application "iTunes"
launch
set existingTracks to (location of tracks of library playlist 1 whose name is (text 1 thru -5 of thisName))
if existingTracks is {} then
add thisItem to library playlist 1
add result to playlist "Tonight"
else
add existingTracks to playlist "Tonight"
end if
end tell
else
tell application "Finder" to delete thisItem
end if
end try
end repeat
end adding folder items to
Try something like this: