Esther your the best,
are these apple scripts functional with SL?
I would like to thank you for all of your postings they have become a
Mac bible for me. Best wishes for the new year and thanks in advance for any
upcoming posts.
Pete
On Dec 27, 2009, at 8:49 PM, Esther wrote:
> Hi Lynn,
>
> The easiest way to do what you want is to download the "RestartAt"
> AppleScript from Tim Kilburn's VoiceOver Downloads page:
>
> http://homepage.mac.com/kilburns/voiceover/downloads.html
>
> I'm going to shortcut my explanation and point you to the last
> detailed description I wrote of how to use this from the
> macvisionaries archive:
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries%40googlegroups.com/msg09299.html
> (Re: finding playback position in ituens, was creating ringtones)
>
> Skip the first 3 paragraphs (which were about setting start and stop
> times for making ringtones), and start reading at paragraph 4, which
> begins, "An easier way to make these adjustments is to get a copy of
> the "RestartAt" AppleScript from Tim Kilburn's VoiceOver Downloads
> page…"
>
> The rest of the post describes how AppleScripts work, and how you can
> set this up. Basically, for any track that you start playing in
> iTunes (whether podcast, audiobook, music, movie, etc.), if you select
> the track, and then run "RestartAt" (which will appear as a menu
> option in an AppleScript menu on your iTunes menu bar once you
> download the AppleScript and put it in your Library/iTunes/Scripts
> folder), you'll be prompted for the time at which you want to start
> playing the track. If you carriage return, it will use your current
> position (which you'll also be informed of in the dialog window).
>
> HTH. Just make sure that you actually started the track playing and
> paused it before you run the script. There's a shortcut sequence that
> used to guarantee the track was selected, but with all the recent
> tweaks in iTunes behavior, I wouldn't want to try running down the
> sequence and checking the circumstances under which that works right
> now -- simpler to just tell you to make sure the track is "active".
>
> Cheers,
>
> Esther
>
> Lynn Schneider wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone. Is there a way to do a time jump in iTunes? I like to
>> put on a podcast to relax myself before I fall asleep, and many
>> times I will have listened to an hour or so of the podcast before
>> drifting off, so the next day, I want to skip ahead to a specific
>> time. I know about command-option-right and left arrows, but that
>> is very slow. I did see something while poking around in the
>> information menu that says start time and end time, but I can't
>> quite get that to work. Any assistance with this would be most
>> appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> Lynn Schneider
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