0.3 ready for Mac testers

[Norman Lorrain]

Hi everyone,
this latest release (Mac only) addresses the following issues:

-memory leaks
-iTunes version is properly reported
-a real timestamp is put in the report
-password field now hides the text
-previously-rated programs are omitted from the report
-empty reports aren't sent.


You can download it from the Files section on our Google Groups page:
http://groups.google.com/group/spokenword-itunes/files?hl=en

(note: please let me know if you find any more memory leaks. I've
addressed the worst of the offenders, but suspect there may be more)

Cheers,

-Norm Lorrain

[Froosh]

Hi Norm,

I've grabbed the Mac 0.3 version and started trying it out, without
much success. From the syslog I can see that the utility is not
correctly locating my iTunes library (and this was also the case with
0.2 I've found).

The utility appears to presume or locate my library file at "/Users/
robin/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml" but this is not where I
store my main library.

It appears my current library file location can be derived from the
com.apple.iTunes.plist file (in ~/Library/Preferences), in the "alis:
1:iTunes Library Location" property. I had to use the plutil tool to
convert my plist to xml, and decode the property with a base64-like
function to see the path ... there's probably a nice API method, but
I'm more of a hacker than a programmer :)

I'd be happy to run specific test apps or info gathering tools if it
would help.

Some good news for the end: I removed my old ~/Music library file and
replaced it with a softlink to the correct library.xml in /Users/
Shared, and now Magic Happens! :D With the softlink work-around in
place, ratings are correctly uploaded to my SpokenWord.org
collection. I've had one successful deletion/uncollect but I'll need
to monitor it more to check its reliability.

Thanks,
Robin.

[Norman Lorrain]

Thanks for the detective work.  I'll address this in the next release.

-Norm.

[Froosh]

Excellent!

On the deletion/uncollect front, I don't appear to get reliable
deletes. Included below are two logs, 1st when deleting an item that
didnt get uncollected, 2nd one that did. The 2nd deleted file was
specifically chosen because it was appearing in the log list from the
1st excerpt. I don't know if that is relevant, it was just an
apparent correlation.

Thanks,
Robin.

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May 23 11:40:16 computer Spoken Word[9731]: File changed: modification
date: 2009-05-23 11:40:14 +1000
May 23 11:40:16 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Parsing iTunes library...
May 23 11:40:16 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/robin/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music Library.xml
May 23 11:40:19: --- last message repeated 1 time ---
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Got one
May 23 11:40:19: --- last message repeated 8 times ---
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: parsed!
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Scanning tracks for
tags...
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Turning
Caffeine Into Code.mp3
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=081808
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Kill Doctor
Lucky.mp3
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=071408
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/You.mp3
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=070708
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Sugarbottom
Lane.mp3
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=063008
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Freeloader.mp3
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=062308
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Who's Been
Looking At Porn On My New Computer_.mp3
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=090808
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Two Twenty-
Nine.mp3
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=090108
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Favoured Podcasts_ SpokenWord.org (Robin
Frousheger)/The Skeptic Zone #30 - 15.May.2009.mp3
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.spokenword.org/program/285970
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://rss.spokenword.org/playlist/1603
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Favoured Podcasts_ SpokenWord.org (Robin
Frousheger)/#145 - The Instance_ _Randydeluxe And Ding Pong Go To
Northrend_.mp3
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.spokenword.org/program/286347
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://rss.spokenword.org/playlist/1603
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Checking for deleted
podcasts
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Removing previously
reported podcasts
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Building report...
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Sending report...
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Continue monitoring...
May 23 11:40:19 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Dealloc HttpReport
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May 23 11:59:44 computer Spoken Word[9731]: File changed: modification
date: 2009-05-23 11:59:42 +1000
May 23 11:59:44 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Parsing iTunes library...
May 23 11:59:44 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/robin/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music Library.xml
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Got one
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: parsed!
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Scanning tracks for
tags...
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Turning
Caffeine Into Code.mp3
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=081808
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Kill Doctor
Lucky.mp3
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=071408
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/You.mp3
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=070708
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Sugarbottom
Lane.mp3
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=063008
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Freeloader.mp3
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=062308
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Who's Been
Looking At Porn On My New Computer_.mp3
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=090808
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Beatnik Turtle's Song of the Day/Two Twenty-
Nine.mp3
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/index.cgi?_d=090108
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.thesongoftheday.com/rss/rss_e.xml
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: /Users/Shared/Music/iTunes/
iTunes Music/Podcasts/Favoured Podcasts_ SpokenWord.org (Robin
Frousheger)/The Skeptic Zone #30 - 15.May.2009.mp3
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://www.spokenword.org/program/285970
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: http://rss.spokenword.org/playlist/1603
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Checking for deleted
podcasts
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Removing previously
reported podcasts
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Building report...
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Sending report...
May 23 11:59:47 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Continue monitoring...
May 23 11:59:50 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Received User-Agent:
Spoken2ord1.0 CFNetwork/438.12 Darwin/9.7.0 (i386) (iMac7穤1)\nReceived
Username:froosh, Password:xxxxxxxx\nFound <playlog> element\nVersion
1.0 is a match.\nTimestamp:2009-05-23T11:59:47+1000\nPlayer:iTunes
8.1.1 OS X Version 10.5.7 (Build 9J61) \nProgram\n GUID:
http://www.spokenword.org/program/286347\n ProgramId: 286347\n
Rating: 80\n Remove: 1
May 23 11:59:50 computer Spoken Word[9731]: Dealloc HttpReport
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