iTunes actions (iPod?)
I want the ability to control iTunes WITHOUT having to bring the app up OR use the mouse AT ALL. I want to, just like a real CD player, be able to go to the next song, change the volume (we can already do this), and pause the current song. The PERFECT way to do this is to use the iPod when it is plugged in as a remote... I mean what do you use it for when it is charging? nothing. so you may as well make it useful.
I also think that users w/o iPods should have this option as well (ESPECIALLY for laptops) I have seen TONS of PC keyboards (both desktop and laptop, even wireless ones) that have these controls built in... how come my "top of the line" TiBook doesnt have them?
Using the iPod is a decent solution, but not the ideal one...
thoughts?
I also think that users w/o iPods should have this option as well (ESPECIALLY for laptops) I have seen TONS of PC keyboards (both desktop and laptop, even wireless ones) that have these controls built in... how come my "top of the line" TiBook doesnt have them?
Using the iPod is a decent solution, but not the ideal one...
thoughts?
Comments
<a href="http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/remote/"; target="_blank">http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/remote/</a>;
That's a great piece of handy hardware, and you can find it for like <a href="http://www.2buystore.com/shopdisplaydetail.asp?id=114449&Ref=CNET"; target="_blank">$40</a>
Hope this helps
ciao,
michael
another thing they should add to iTunes is the ability to ignore artists, songs, and albums that begin with "The" or "A" WRT organization... right now all of the songs that have the relevant prefixes are changed by me into suffixes (for example, "The Beatles"::"Beatles, The" It would be nice if I didn't have to do this and iTunes just "ignored" them automatically....
I doubt its going to happen tho <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
i got one a couple weeks back and i love it. the buttons all work w/ mac osx, and the only thing is that when pushing the buttons for skipping songs, there is a very small lag between when you push a button and when it does somthing, this will vary depending on what u r doing w/ ur cpu. the volume wheel works flawlessley too. i love it
<strong>another thing they should add to iTunes is the ability to ignore artists, songs, and albums that begin with "The" or "A" WRT organization... right now all of the songs that have the relevant prefixes are changed by me into suffixes (for example, "The Beatles"::"Beatles, The" It would be nice if I didn't have to do this and iTunes just "ignored" them automatically....
I doubt its going to happen tho <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" /> </strong><hr></blockquote>
Since iTunes 3 'The Beatles' have been listed under 'B'. I remember because I had just ran an applescript from Doug Adam's site that changed all my 'The Somethings' into 'Somethings, The' and then had to hack the applescript to change them all back.
I don't think it does it for song or album titles though (and I'm not sure that I want it to).
<strong>I want the ability to control iTunes WITHOUT having to bring the app up OR use the mouse AT ALL. I want to, just like a real CD player, be able to go to the next song, change the volume (we can already do this), and pause the current song.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Using the iPod as a remote is a cool idea that you should certainly submit to Apple.
For a cheaper, software only solution, I know that you can write simple applescripts to do all of these things and more. All you need then is some way of triggering these scripts.
I'm a total newbie to applescript but I'd be surprised if you couldn't map them to function keys or something similar.
Any applescript ninjas want to step up to the plate?
<strong>
Since iTunes 3 'The Beatles' have been listed under 'B'. I remember because I had just ran an applescript from Doug Adam's site that changed all my 'The Somethings' into 'Somethings, The' and then had to hack the applescript to change them all back.
I don't think it does it for song or album titles though (and I'm not sure that I want it to).</strong><hr></blockquote>
woah cool... mind linking to the applescript? i ahve a lot of work to do <img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
The Somethings -> Somethings, The
and
Firstname Lastname -> Lastname, Firstname
should be found at <a href="http://www.malcolmadams.com/itunes/scripts/scripts09.shtml#artisttolastfirst"; target="_blank">http://www.malcolmadams.com/itunes/scripts/scripts09.shtml#artisttolastfirst</a>;
but currently there is an error on the page.
edit: seems OK now
my version to reverse the above (no promises, it's just a quick hack but it works for me)
property required_version : "2.0.3"
global item_counter
tell application "iTunes"
\tactivate
\ttry
\t\t-- VERSION CHECK
\t\tset this_version to the version as string
\t\tif this_version is not greater than or equal to the required_version then
\t\t\tbeep
\t\t\tdisplay dialog "This script requires iTunes version: " & required_version & ¬
\t\t\t\treturn & return & ¬
\t\t\t\t"Current version of iTunes: " & this_version buttons {"Update", "Cancel"} default button 2 with icon 2
\t\t\tif the button returned of the result is "Update" then
\t\t\t\tmy access_website("http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/"
\t\t\t\treturn "incorrect version"
\t\t\tend if
\t\tend if
\t\t
\t\tset these_tracks to the selection of browser window 1
\t\tif these_tracks is {} then error "No tracks are selected in the front window."
\t\t
\t\tset the original_setting to fixed indexing
\t\tset fixed indexing to true
\t\tset the track_count to the count of these_tracks
\t\tset the item_counter to 0
\t\trepeat with this_track in these_tracks
\t\t\tset this_name to the artist of this_track
\t\t\tset theOffset to the offset of " " in this_name
\t\t\tset commaOffset to the offset of "," in this_name
\t\t\tif (commaOffset > 0) then
\t\t\t\tset theOffset to the offset of "," in this_name
\t\t\t\tset first_string to characters 1 thru (theOffset - 1) of this_name as string
\t\t\t\tset last_string to characters (theOffset + 2) thru (the number of characters of this_name) of this_name as string
\t\t\t\tset new_name to last_string & " " & first_string
\t\t\t\tset the artist of this_track to new_name
\t\t\tend if
\t\tend repeat
\t\t
\t\tset the fixed indexing to the original_setting
\t\t
\ton error error_message number error_number
\t\tif the error_number is not -128 then
\t\t\tbeep
\t\t\tdisplay dialog error_message buttons {"Cancel"} default button 1
\t\tend if
\tend try
end tell
[ 10-11-2002: Message edited by: stupider...likeafox ]</p>