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beets plugin to automatically add all moved files to iTunes (Mac only using Applescript and PyObjC, should handle unicode correctly)
# The MIT License (MIT)
#
# Copyright (c) 2014 Nicholas A. Knouf
#
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# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
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# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
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# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
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# THE SOFTWARE.
from beets.plugins import BeetsPlugin
from Foundation import *
import unicodedata
class AddToiTunesPlugin(BeetsPlugin):
def __init__(self):
super(AddToiTunesPlugin, self).__init__()
@AddToiTunesPlugin.listen('item_moved')
def handle_move(item = None, source = None, destination = None):
normalizedDestination = unicodedata.normalize("NFKD", unicode(destination, "UTF-8"))
script = """tell application "iTunes"
set macPath to (POSIX file "%s") as Unicode text
add macPath to playlist "Library" of source "Library"
end tell""" % normalizedDestination
s = NSAppleScript.alloc().initWithSource_(script)
res = s.executeAndReturnError_(None)
if res[1]:
print "addtoitunes: ERROR adding to iTunes" + str(res[1])
#print res
#print("Item %s moved to %s" % (item, destination))
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