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On Jan 3, 11:00 pm, sujiong <[email protected]> wrote: > 'Scuse my ignorance - how exactly do you go about running this > applescript? I'd resigned myself to individually finding all the > artwork on the net. > > On Dec 28 2008, 11:20 pm, jflo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Honestly, it's probably easier to just run an applescript like this > > one on your entire music collection, and it'll copy the artwork from > > iTunes internal store into the id3 tag: > > > (* > > "Embed Artwork" for iTunes 7 or better > > written by Brian Webster > > > - v1.1 sept 25 2006 > > - added routine to check for a selection, account for de-selection of > > tracks (D.A.) > > > - v1.0 sept 25 2006 > > - initial release > > *) > > > tell application "iTunes" > > if selection is not {} then > > set sel to selection > > with timeout of 300000 seconds > > repeat with aTrack in sel > > repeat with anArtwork in artworks of aTrack > > if downloaded of anArtwork is true > > then > > set theData to data of > > anArtwork > > set data of anArtwork to > > theData > > end if > > end repeat > > end repeat > > end timeout > > else > > display dialog "Select some tracks first..." buttons > > {"Cancel"} > > default button 1 with icon 2 giving up after 15 > > end if > > end tell > > > On Dec 27, 4:25 am, Gavin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I've always wondered this too and thought it would be something that > > > would have a bit of a higher priority(!) > > > > On Dec 16, 9:21 pm, devburke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > To be honest, I don't know what the other programs are, I don't use > > > > them. I was just under the impression (I think I read somewhere) that > > > > since iTunes started using non-embedded artwork, updated coding has > > > > allowed plug-ins and programs to access the non-embedded artwork.. > > > > Then again, I could be wrong. Just wondering. > > > > > By the way, what's Alchemy? > > > > > On Dec 13, 11:39 pm, Eris <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > I'm not sure what these nebulous "other programs" are; care to > > > > > explain? > > > > > > On the other hand, in the immediate future I see this as highly > > > > > unlikely. Current Quicksilver development (at least, what is available > > > > > to the public—I don't know if Alcor is still working on Alchemy in > > > > > private) is purely bug fixes, and I don't know if the iTunes plugin's > > > > > source has even been released, because not all of them have. > > > > > > On Dec 13, 11:36 pm, devburke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Is the iTunes plugin ever going to be updated to be able to display > > > > > > album art that is not embedded in the tracks themselves? As I > > > > > > understand it, other programs are able to do it, so it seems to me > > > > > > that QS should be able to as well.
