Using the iTunes SDK to Update Library Info
This is a continuing look at what we can accomplish with the iTunes SDK. If you have missed the previous articles in this series please take a look at An introduction to Apple’s iTunes SDK, Removing Duplicate Songs, and Removing Orphaned Songs.
The script I am going to introduce tonight is a simple one. A friend of mine was interested in a script that would update the information in the library from the tags in the file. He used a separate program to update the MP3 information in his library and needed a way to tell iTunes to update it’s info.
In this script I really only have one goal, update the song info with what is in the file.
Again.. the first part of the script will look very familiar if you have seen any of the scripts from the previous articles on Removing Duplicate Songs and Removing Orphaned Songs.
set objApp = CreateObject("iTunes.Application") set objLibrary = objApp.LibraryPlaylist set colTracks = objLibrary.Tracks
We next enter a loop through all the tracks and execute the command to update the library information from the file.
For Each objTrack in colTracks objTrack.UpdateInfoFromFile() next
After the loop through all the tracks is finished, we destroy our objects and free up memory.
set objApp = nothing set objLibrary = nothing set colTracks = nothing
All that is left is to let the user know that the process is done..
WScript.Echo("Finished updating library")
Please leave me a comment if you found this script useful or have any questions.
You can download the commented script using the following link:
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