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CreateAlbumPlaylists.js
Tags: Album | Playlist
Added On: 17th Jan 08
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Build a playlist for each album in your library, as a User Playlist (not an autoplaylist) in the format “Artist – Album”.
var iTunesApp = WScript.CreateObject("iTunes.Application");
var mainLibrary = iTunesApp.LibraryPlaylist;
var mainLibrarySource = iTunesApp.LibrarySource;
var tracks = mainLibrary.Tracks;
var numTracks = tracks.Count;
var numPlaylistsCreated = 0;
var i;
// FIXME take a -v parameter eventually
var verbose = false;
// first, make an array indexed by album name
var albumArray = new Array();
for (i = 1; i < = numTracks; i++)
{
var currTrack = tracks.Item(i);
var album = currTrack.Album;
if ((album != undefined) && (album != ""))
{
if (albumArray[album] == undefined)
{
if (verbose)
WScript.Echo("Adding album " + album);
albumArray[album] = new Array();
}
// add the track to the entry for this album
albumArray[album].push(currTrack);
}
}
for (var albumNameKey in albumArray)
{
var albumPlayList;
var trackArray = albumArray[albumNameKey];
if (verbose)
WScript.Echo("Creating playlist " + albumNameKey);
numPlaylistsCreated++;
albumPlaylist = iTunesApp.CreatePlaylist(albumNameKey);
for (var trackIndex in trackArray)
{
var currTrack = trackArray[trackIndex];
if (verbose)
WScript.Echo(" Adding " + currTrack.Name);
albumPlaylist.AddTrack(currTrack);
}
}
if (numPlaylistsCreated == 0)
{
WScript.Echo("No playlists created.");
}
else if (numPlaylistsCreated == 1)
{
WScript.Echo("Created 1 playlist.");
}
else
{
WScript.Echo("Created " + numPlaylistsCreated + " playlists.");
}
