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Python script to export tagged albums purchased in iTunes on an iPhone to PC. The script will rename purchased tracks from the strange 4837260613109701064.m4a format to human-readable filenames in the form: album artist/album title (year)/trackno - artist - track title.m4a (e.g. 01 - Rammstein - Sonne.m4a). It will also embed the cover art and a…
OUT_DIR = './out'
GROUP_KEY = 'playlistName' # playlistName -> Album Title
# get list of plist files:
import os
import glob
import shutil
import biplist
import mutagen
from mutagen import mp4
albums = dict() # Grouping files by album title
for plist_file in glob.glob("*.plist"):
plist_data = biplist.readPlist(plist_file)
if not plist_data.has_key(GROUP_KEY):
continue
key = plist_data[GROUP_KEY]
albums.setdefault(key, []).append(plist_data)
# Create output directory
if not os.path.exists(OUT_DIR):
os.makedirs(OUT_DIR)
def export_track(plist_data):
# Relevant info:
# - Files
m4a_filename = plist_data['com.apple.iTunesStore.downloadInfo']['mediaAssetFilename']
art_filename = plist_data['com.apple.iTunesStore.downloadInfo']['artworkAssetFilename']
# - Tags
release_date = plist_data['releaseDate']
album_title = plist_data['playlistName']
album_artist = plist_data['playlistArtistName']
album_year = plist_data['year']
copyright = plist_data.get('copyright','')
track_title = plist_data['itemName']
track_artist = plist_data['artistName']
track_comment = plist_data.get('comments','')
track_number = plist_data['trackNumber']
track_count = plist_data['trackCount']
track_genre = plist_data['genre']
disc_number = plist_data['discNumber']
disc_count = plist_data['discCount']
# Copy the audio track to output directory
album_directory = "%s/%s/%s (%s)" % (OUT_DIR, album_artist, album_title, album_year)
if not os.path.exists(album_directory):
os.makedirs(album_directory)
new_file = album_directory+"/%02d - %s - %s.m4a" % (track_number, track_artist, track_title) # eg. 01 - Rammstein - Sonne
shutil.copyfile(m4a_filename, new_file)
# Add MP4 tags:
audio_file = mp4.MP4(new_file)
# Embed album art if it exists
if os.path.isfile(art_filename):
image_data = None
with open(art_filename, 'rb') as f:
image_data = f.read()
if image_data != None:
image_format = mp4.MP4Cover.FORMAT_PNG if art_filename.endswith('png') else mp4.MP4Cover.FORMAT_JPEG
covr = [mp4.MP4Cover(image_data, image_format)] # Must be array, can have multiple elements
audio_file.tags['covr'] = covr
# Set other tags
# track
audio_file.tags['\xa9nam'] = track_title
audio_file.tags['\xa9ART'] = track_artist
audio_file.tags['\xa9alb'] = album_title
audio_file.tags['aART'] = album_artist
audio_file.tags['\xa9day'] = release_date
audio_file.tags['\xa9cmt'] = track_comment
audio_file.tags['\xa9gen'] = track_genre
audio_file.tags['cprt'] = copyright
audio_file.tags['trkn'] = [(track_number, track_count)]
if disc_count > 1:
audio_file.tags['disk'] = [(disc_number, disc_count)]
audio_file.save()
for album in albums.keys():
for track in albums[album]:
export_track(track)
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arcadas commented Oct 28, 2014

Thank You for this awesome script! Have you any idea, that how can I implement the new iTunes plist file format in this script? Because the "mediaAssetFilename" key does not exists.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/jl6994deo29xq5k/1749832100114107262.text.plist?dl=0

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