Hi,
Try this AppleScript.
-- "Automatic Restart at specific time setting:
----------------------------------------------------
-- the default playhead position displayed in the input
-- dialog will be "set at the designated location. So, if you
-- enter 1:12 as a setting, you can be sent to that position just by
-- hitting the OK button.
property kRewindSecs : 0
-- (Use 0 [zero] to have the dialog display the actual playhead position)
----------------------------------------------------
property kUserCancelled : -128
property kInvalidTime : -1002
property kTimeDelimiter : ":"
on run
try
tell application "iTunes"
set this_track to current track
set maxTime to ((duration of this_track) div 1)
set curTime to player position
if (curTime is greater than kRewindSecs) and ¬
(curTime is less than finish of this_track) then
set curTime to (curTime - kRewindSecs)
end if
end tell
-- convert the time to strings
set newTimeStr to ConvertTimeToString(curTime)
set minTimeStr to ConvertTimeToString(0)
set maxTimeStr to ConvertTimeToString(maxTime)
-- prompt user for new playhead time
set msgStr to "Enter Time between " & minTimeStr & " and " &
maxTimeStr
set timeStr to PromptUser(msgStr, newTimeStr)
-- get the time out of the user string
set theTime to ConvertStringToTime(timeStr)
-- set the playhead
tell application "iTunes"
-- just to prevent funny things...
if this_track is current track then
activate
set player position to theTime
play
end if
end tell
on error number errNumber
if (errNumber is equal to kInvalidTime) then
AdviseUser("An invalid time was entered.")
else if (errNumber is not equal to kUserCancelled) then
AdviseUser("There was an error: " & errNumber)
end if
end try
end run
----------------------------------------------------
on ConvertTimeToString(inTime)
-- break the time up into hours, minutes, and seconds
set timeVal to inTime
set numHours to (timeVal div hours)
set timeVal to timeVal - (numHours * hours)
set numMinutes to (timeVal div minutes)
set numSeconds to timeVal - (numMinutes * minutes)
-- build a zero-padded string
set timeStr to "" as string
-- hours
if (numHours < 10) then set timeStr to "0"
set timeStr to (timeStr & numHours)
-- minutes
set timeStr to (timeStr & ":")
if (numMinutes < 10) then set timeStr to (timeStr & "0")
set timeStr to (timeStr & numMinutes)
-- seconds
set timeStr to (timeStr & ":")
if (numSeconds < 10) then set timeStr to (timeStr & "0")
set timeStr to (timeStr & numSeconds)
return (timeStr as string)
end ConvertTimeToString
----------------------------------------------------
on ConvertStringToTime(inStr)
try
set numHours to 0
set numMinutes to 0
set numSeconds to 0
-- store off the old delimiter
set oldDelimiters to AppleScript's text item delimiters
-- set the delimiter to ":"
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to kTimeDelimiter
set numItems to count of (text item of inStr)
if (numItems is equal to 1) then
set numSeconds to (text item 1 of inStr)
else if (numItems is equal to 2) then
set numMinutes to (text item 1 of inStr)
set numSeconds to (text item 2 of inStr)
else if (numItems is equal to 3) then
set numHours to (text item 1 of inStr)
set numMinutes to (text item 2 of inStr)
set numSeconds to (text item 3 of inStr)
else
error number kInvalidTime
end if
-- convert the time to secs
set numSecs to (numHours * hours) + (numMinutes * minutes) +
numSeconds
-- reset the delimiter
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldDelimiters
on error errNum
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to oldDelimiters
error number kInvalidTime
end try
return (numSecs)
end ConvertStringToTime
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on PromptUser(inMsgStr, inDefaultTimeStr)
set dialogResult to display dialog inMsgStr default answer
inDefaultTimeStr buttons {"Cancel", "OK"} default button "OK"
-- if the user canceled then bail
if button returned of dialogResult is equal to "Cancel" then error
number kUserCancelled
set newTimeStr to text returned of dialogResult
return (newTimeStr)
end PromptUser
----------------------------------------------------
on AdviseUser(inMsg)
display dialog inMsg buttons {"OK"} default button "OK" with icon 2
end AdviseUser
This script adds that functionality to iTunes. When set up properly, there
will be a Scripts menu added to the far right of the main iTunes menu items.
You can access it from there and/or set up a Keyboard Shortcut like cmd-shift-r
to activate the dialog. I haven’t used it in a while, but it worked great for
me in the past. If you’re not familiar with creating AppleScripts in Script
Editor, let me know and I’ll try to send you the compiled script off-list with
some further instructions.
HTH.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Mar 28, 2015, at 18:45, Anouk Radix <[email protected]> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have a rather long audio file that i have to play within itunes, but i cant
play it all at once. I noticed that, although you can rewind and fast forward
with option+command+left/right arrow it somehow does not seem to work as well
as with vlc. So I was wondering if its possible to timejump to a specefic time
in the file? I do see the time elapsed and time left just not a command in the
menus to jump to a specefic segment.
Thanks in advance for any info,
Greetings, Anouk,
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