Posted by Paul Soderman on 06/03/07 22:24

I suppose that such a script would be what I'm looking to use or
compile. As I've never written one before, any help that could be
offered would be much appreciated!


On Jun 3, 5:55 pm, sbt <dogbre...@chaseabone.com.invalid> wrote:
> In article <1180903038.153695.20...@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>, Paul
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> Soderman <kidpoc...@aol.com> wrote:
> > I have a batch of self-made CD-Rs which I'd like to import toiTunes
> > for use on an iPod. I know how to do the import work, but I'd like to
> > avoid having to manually input the song/artist info. Since these are
> > all compilation CDs with multiple different artist/year of recording
> > information, it would not really help me to do a "multiple" input of
> > info manually (using the "Get Info" menu/window), as I would not be
> > saving any time since I'd have to type in the name of the song and
> > then artist and year, from scratch. (ie. even a multiple field like
> > "artist" would not be used, since each song has a different artist).
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> > If the CD had been something that would be found online, this would
> > not be a problem, since theiTunessoftware would search Gracenote or
> > whatever internet database and then permit the easy import of the
> > music files and the accompanying information. I don't have that
> > option, since I made these CDs myself; however, I do have database
> > files for the CDs which have tab-delineated fields for the song/artist/
> > year etc. Ideally, I'd like to use these files to either haveiTunes
> > grab the information or use a copy/paste action to have the entire
> > information input intoiTunesbefore the CD is imported/ripped. The
> > databases I have exist in either FileMaker Pro, Excel or Appleworks
> > applications.
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> > Hopefully, I've described what I'm looking to do with sufficient
> > clarity to get some help. Is there any way I can do this? I'm running
> >iTunes7.2 on a Mac with OS 10.4.9. Much thanks for any help!
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> I'm not aware of any "pre-canned" method for accomplishing what you
> request; however, you say that you have a tab-delimited text file with
> the information. You should be able to write an AppleScript that takes
> the information from the tab-delimited file and tellsiTunesto place
> the data in the corresponding fields (the trick will be having the
> songs in the correct order so that the data maps across properly).
>
> --
> Spenser

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