[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #2030: iTunes playlist importer

[Frank Lynch]

On 7/7/06, Keith C <mythtv at keithandjill.com> wrote:
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>
> On Jul 6, 2006, at 9:17 PM, MythTV wrote:
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> > #2030: iTunes playlist importer
> > -----------------------------------
> > +----------------------------------------
> >  Reporter:  frank.lynch at gmail.com  |       Owner:  ijr
> >      Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new
> >  Priority:  minor                  |   Milestone:  0.20
> > Component:  mythmusic              |     Version:  head
> >  Severity:  low                    |
> > -----------------------------------
> > +----------------------------------------
> >  The attached patch depends on Colins update to mythmusic:
> >     http://svn.mythtv.org/trac/ticket/1919
> >  This patch imports itunes playlists into mythmuisc. Simply copy your
> >  itunes library file (iTunes Music Library.xml normally found under
> >  MyDocuments or MyMusic on Windows) into the mythmusic search path
> > and scan
> >  for new music.
>
> You're my hero.
>
> Any chance this keeps the playlists synchronized?  I'm using
> chronosync on the Mac to sync my whole itunes library to my Myth
> server.  Would be nice if the playlists would get updated on
> subsequent scans.
>
> Keith C



Hi Keith,This is currently a one-way import of the iTunes playlists into
mythmusic.  It doesn't export mythmusic playlists back out to the  iTunes
xml document.  I do agree that it would be really nice to have a playlist
exporting feature for mythmusic, but its not something that can be easily
done with my iTunes playlist importer. This importer uses SAX to parse the
iTunes xml document, SAX provides a memory-efficient and reasonably fast way
to parse xml,  but it does not offer an easy way of updating/modifying the
xml document. If QT had a StAX api it would have been very useful for
this...
Currently I would view a playlist exporter as a seperate story.
regards,
--Frank
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