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Get the path names for all iTunes albums that I have with a total track play count of zero, where the album has between 3 and 50 tracks. This is so I can remove albums I don't care about to free up disk space
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#!/usr/bin/python | |
import os | |
from appscript import app | |
itunes = app('iTunes') | |
# get all your tracks, takes a while | |
tracks = itunes.file_tracks() | |
# index all tracks by album name | |
tracks_by_album = {} | |
for track in tracks: | |
album = track.album() | |
if album not in tracks_by_album: | |
tracks_by_album[album] = [] | |
tracks_by_album[album].append(track) | |
# calculate total number of track play counts per album | |
album_playcounts = {} | |
for album, album_tracks in tracks_by_album.iteritems(): | |
if album not in album_playcounts: | |
album_playcounts[album] = 0 | |
for track in album_tracks: | |
album_playcounts[album] += track.played_count() | |
# sort albums by the play count descending | |
albums_sorted_by_playcount = sorted(album_playcounts.items(), key=lambda item: item[1], reverse=True) | |
# get album names that have total track play count of 0, and have between 3 and 50 tracks | |
albums_with_zero_play_count_and_reasonable_amount_of_tracks = [(album, playcount) for (album, playcount) in albums_sorted_by_playcount if len(tracks_by_album[album]) >= 3 and len(tracks_by_album[album]) <= 50 and playcount == 0] | |
# store the album directory paths to remove in a set | |
dirs_to_remove = set() | |
for album, playcount in albums_with_zero_play_count_and_reasonable_amount_of_tracks: | |
for track in tracks_by_album[album]: | |
try: | |
dirs_to_remove.add(os.path.dirname(track.location().path)) | |
except AttributeError,e: | |
pass | |
for dir in dirs_to_remove: | |
print dir |
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