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rockNme2349 · Joined: 31 Aug 2007 Posts: 3

For anyone developing with iTunes in windows, i would definately look into iTunes COM Interface.

I used that to develop an itunes remote that allows me to remotely control itunes from any web broweser, even my phone, and gives me more controls such as typing in song names and playing them, and almost anything, even if there is no hotkey.
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benbenben · Guest

thanks for the scripts here, i used the first one and just mapped them to the media keys, since those only worked when itunes was the active window....

SWEET!!!

I'm very pleased.

ellipticaltable · Guest

If you want to be a bit fancier in talking to iTunes, you can do the following. It uses the iTunes SDK and ws4ahk (http://www.autohotkey.net/~easycom/). Basically, you get the full SDK functionality directly in your script.

This code doesn't do anything particularly useful at the moment. Instead, it shows how to do various things.

darkpaladin79 · Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Posts: 3

Well, I've been using this script happily for almost a year now (I think, don't really know), but every now and then it stops working. I think it has something to do with things inside iTunes being selected, because it works after I bring it up and down again. But, I took the examples from ellipticaltable and rewrote the whole thing with the COM and ws4ahk. You need that ws4ahk.ahk file that he specifies, and right now I have the keys set to my mouse. So change those and you should be good to go! No more random desyncs for me.

mashenden · Joined: 13 Mar 2008 Posts: 6

I need a AHK script using the iTunes COM. I have it in VBS and AutoIT, but am not real sure on how to convert either of them to AHK.

Here is what I have so far with your help:

erictheturtle · Joined: 27 Jun 2007 Posts: 90 Location: California

Hope this code isn't too late for you mashenden. It's untested, but this is basically how it could work.

jgerhat · Guest

would there be a way to make itunes skip to the last 3 seconds of a song, so that it still adds to the playcount of the song, as opposed to just skipping to the next song?

zozue49 · Guest

I know its been 3 years since you posted this but I have to thank you so much.I come from a Winamp world in which I had Global Hotkeys but this is missing in iTunes. Moreover, I tried iTunesKeys and it very unreliable in Vista.

Again, hats off Wink

oljomo · Guest

Hi

Been trying to figure out how to use the COM interface to activate/deactivate shuffle and cant figure out how...

Closest thing seems to be the property for a playlist to play shuffled or not, but that doesnt seem to work for the main library.

Any ideas as to how to do this?

Peter Johnston · Guest

Hey, got the iTunes COM interface working with Dell Media buttons. This can rate your current track too, with #1, #2, etc. As far as I can tell, this works no matter what status iTunes is in - maximised/minimised/toolbar.

I'm assuming I'm doing things correctly with the WS - all that's required for this script is for ws4ahk.ahk to be included somewhere.

The only thing is that once AHK takes control of your volume buttons, they don't get passed through to your system (or to other programs). There's probably some code that could be added that sorts that though.

I still need to change the volume control to use COM, but that'll happen soon I expect.

anon · Guest

Mattimeo84 · Guest

Hey there, i am very new to AHK.

in itunes 7, if you open itunes while holding the shift key, you can change libraries.

is there a way to have AHK do this when i hit F12?

Mattimeo84 · Guest

theKid · Guest

doarc's script is perfect, except it needs something to allow to you play the song w/ the keyboard once you've searched for it

TylerJames · Guest