Esther, thank you so much for your help with this. I tried this script this morning and it does exactly what I have been wanting for so long. I put on an episode of the Mac Break Weekly podcast last night and fell asleep after about a half hour. This morning, I was able to use the script to advance forward 30 minutes very quickly. This is just great! Thanks again. 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 >> MSN Messenger canepri...@hotmail.com >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en >> . >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
