Ok, so I'm now thinking of this scenario; Music Library stored as FLAC files as it is now. One of the excellent scripts for automagically converting them to MP3 in another location on the same server.
Itunes Library on my Laptop with a script to scan the MP3 location on my server and add the tracks that are new to itself. If Squeezecenter reads the XML file only to integrate with Itunes; Sync my itunes library XML file to the windows server (as my laptop is not always running. Run some kind of Find and Replace on the copied XML file to point strip mention of the MP3 files and replace with FLAC Then tell Squeezecenter about this XML file and the true location of the music folder. The FLAC to MP3 conversion is straightforward once I can get the FLAC2MP3 Scripts working. Hopefully the Itunes adding script works ok (from Doug's applescripts for Itunes) Then I need to find a way of automating the find-replace function, I'm thinking Autohotkey on my windows server might be a place to start. That would mean I have data (playlists, playcounts?) going from Itunes to my squeezebox, but how would it work the other way round. I know Itunes only reads the XML file if it's Library is damaged, so if Squeezecenter manipulates the XML file, it wouldn't work. I notice there's a plugin to adjust playcount at least from Squeezebox back into Itunes. How does that work I wonder? -- sdevans ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sdevans's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1867 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53003 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
