How to Applescript BlitzMax App?
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| I'd like to receive notifications from Itunes about Current song and song position etc. It seems this is possible via Applescript, but how do I send the notifications to my Blitzmax App? An alternative would be polling Itunes directly, but I have no clue how to to that. Any input appreciated |
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| Why on Earth would you want to do that? :-p |
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| Why on Earth would you want to do that? :-p Why I want to query Itunes? |
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| Indeed :-) |
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| Will you help me if I tell you? |
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| I might :-) |
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| I could lie and say it was for a karaoke thingy... |
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| How do you get the words to match the tune? Will this help at all? |
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| I'm planing to write down the time-code for each line, and show them at the appropriate time. Your Scripting Bridge API Module seems like *exactly* what I'm looking for, and I'm head over heels testing it. I simply can't thank you enough for your help and BlitzMax dedication. I'll be reporting progress soon in that other thread. |
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| I've added a more integrated example, which might help you get your head around it better. |
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| One thing to note about iTunes. It only appears to report second-accuracy track position, which may not be a high enough resolution for what you need. You may find you'll need to go for something more low-level to get that resolution - like FMOD or BASS, for example. (BASS can also playback unlocked .m4a files). Just a thought :-) |
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| Yes, I noticed the second resolution limit, but I think I'll use a "spline" interpolation method for the local app time and that should be ok. |
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