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[polyphenol]

Just a little script for controlling iTunes from any window using keyboard shortcuts. Feel free to change them to your liking, of course. Changed it to use winkey[#]. You could change it to ctrl[^] or ctrl-alt[^!] or ctrl-shift[^+],etc. . Man, I love AutoHotkey.

Let me know of any problems or ideas. I am just getting aquainted with an app called 'Winspector Spy', mentioned somewhere in these here forums.


Hotkey List
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winkey + \ = launch iTunes or hide/show
winkey + . = next song
winkey + , = previous song
winkey + / = play/pause toggle
winkey + ; = volume up
winkey + ' = volume down
winkey + = = preview song every 10 sec
winkey + - = stop preview mode

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Peace, Dave

[gbo]

Thank you, I was looking for that and you've done it
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[Szara]

I quit using iTunes in Windows solely because I couldn't figure out how to do this. Thank you much!

[johnnysoko]

I'm wanting to use AutoHotkey to create a small device that I can use to remotely control itunes. One of the features I really want is to be able to rate songs while I'm 20 ft from the computer. Is there a way to include 'rate current song' and choose between 1 and 5 stars usings hotkeys?

Thanks.

[Sivoev]

umm not very likely. unless there already is a hotkey for it (and there isnt as far as i know) it would be difficult at best, involving some kind of advanded control mouse click (if possible)

[johnnysoko]

If anyone else is looking for a way to rate songs using hotkeys, I found this free program for windows...

http://www.mattberube.com/software/ituneskeys/

[Niiklas]

These commands doesn't work when I minimize iTunes to the traybar. Do you think you can fix that?

[Ivan]

Foobar2000 supports global key shortcuts in case anyone would like to switch to a media player that doesn't suck (on Windows, at least)

[sun818]

Try iTunesKeys - It will let you rate songs. http://www.mattberube.com/software/ituneskeys/

[Rob H]

Ok ,so this works great for me, but I'm wondering if its possible to send the imput to a different computer on a network using global hotkeys and how hard that would be to do.

Also if thats too hard I have an alternative, I run a program that simulates multiple monitors, maybe i could make a script that would in effect move the cursor to the left say 1500 pixles or whatever, sends an imput, then goes back to the original position. Then on the client computer i would have the above script.

if anyone feels ambitious or just wants to help or give advice you can email me at:
Rob[*dot*]Hyman[*at*]gmail[*dot*]com

[Veovis]

Here is my script for controlling iTunes:

Infortunately, it does not work when iTunes is minimized or chilling in the tray, but if you just have it hiding behing whatever your working on, it works fine. Enjoy!

[cooza]

i bet you could get it to work when minimized or in tray by using part of the previous script.

[brandon_r87]

Hi,

I'm making a simple GlovePie script so I can control iTunes with my Wii remote, mind if I include this script or link here so people can see what they need for the global shortcuts?

[Veovis]

of course! go ahead! the whole point of autohotkey is that its open source, and everyone helps each other out. If we wanted to not share our source, we could compile it, but here everyone helps each other out! Just make sure to say where you got your code from.
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[jonny]

Just a small note, AutoHotkey itself is open-source, but it's at the scripter's discretion as to whether their creation will also be open-source. You could even distribute a commercial application written in AutoHotkey.