Saturday, 12. August 2006, 22:09:59
AppleScript, DS, iTunes, iTunes remote
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Requirements
Macintosh v.10.4
Ability to configure Apache as outlined here: iTunes Web Based Remote Control
CORRECTED:
This software is currently not recommended for use!
A more secure (and multi user friendly) version is in the works.
And by "in the works" I mean my brain has formed an idea that doesn't require running Apache as a user other than www. The exec(osascript "foo") portions need to be scrapped and a stay open AppleScript app still needs to be written.
Stay tuned.
Saturday, 12. August 2006, 07:42:33
AppleScript, DS, iTunes, iTunes remote
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One obstacle is in the way and it involves AppleScript and
do shell script.
The screenshot (
StrawHousePig - iTunesDSremote_screen2.png) is the current visual state of the project.
Features
- Album art display
- Refresh at track change
- (semi) Faithful iTunes like interface *
- Included AppleScript for extracting artwork
to do
- Playlist "browser" **
- Sort by (track, artist, album) **
- Search **
- EQ selection **
* The play button turns to a pause button depending on the state of iTunes, just as iTunes. The volume "slider" displays current volume. Though a method to change volume is included, actual sliding of the slider is not. It is for display purposes, only.
** These features have not been tested or even written. Osascript's ability to execute such AppleScript commands without the approval of windowmanager or loginwindow is unknown (and unlikely) at this time.
Once a solution or decision regarding the check for existence of already extracted artwork is reached, a pre-release will be made.
Friday, 11. August 2006, 02:28:04
iTunes remote, Opera DS, Nintendo DS, DS
This Opera DS just keeps getting better and better.
Of course, I'm basing this on a post in the Opera DS forum.
Though I'm bewildered by the lack of PNG support, for this project it's not that bad. Image Events creates PNG files about 4x the size as it does JPEG. More justification to run the script as a one off application.
Thursday, 10. August 2006, 05:12:30
OS X, AppleScript, PHP, Mac
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I intended the PHP script to exec() a call to osascript (
Manual Page For osascript(1)) which in turn calls an
AppleScript to wrangle the photos from iTunes.
Though I'd swear it was working at first, it doesn't seem to be now. The PHP can still call for current track info as that is returned to stdout, but calling for modifications to the file system, saving the artwork data, doesn't. It runs without error, and without output.
But, here's the *real* gotcha: Even though it runs as expected from within Script Editor, the AppleScript that retrieves and saves the artwork data will not work from the AppleScript menuextra!
In the immortal words of Han Solo, "That's not fair."
Next step: Test running the AppleScript as an application that saves all album art in one pass, instead of as they're asked for by the PHP script.
Thursday, 10. August 2006, 04:47:40
DS, Nintendo DS, Opera DS
At first I thought it must be due to hardware limitations, but now I believe it to be a security/privacy measure. Imagine having an ultra-portable web browser with login information or other sensitive data saved for it.
Now imagine it gets lost or stolen.
Given the size of the DS and especially the carts, not saving such info onto them makes a lot of sense to me.
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