mm_rating_to_itunes plus playcount

[newkie]

I am in the process of migrating from MM to iTunes after purchasing an
iPod. I found your script for moving ratings over invaluable
(although I did have to sort by type and avoid AAC files which caused
a fatal error).

I was wondering if you could also copy over playcount?

A simple utility which could sync the id3 tag to iTunes (either way)
is all I need but your script got me most of the way there.

[Robert Jacobson]

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 10:47 AM, newkie<newki...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am in the process of migrating from MM to iTunes after purchasing an
> iPod.  I found your script for moving ratings over invaluable
> (although I did have to sort by type and avoid AAC files which caused
> a fatal error).

Yeah, that only works for MP3s. I haven't tried to add other formats like AAC.

>
> I was wondering if you could also copy over playcount?

I looked into this. I'd have to interface with the MM database, which
is new to me. It'll take me a while to learn how to do it, but I'll
see what I can do.

> A simple utility which could sync the id3 tag to iTunes (either way)
> is all I need but your script got me most of the way there.

Simple, eh? Simple for the user, maybe. Try programming that :-P

--
Rob

[Christopher Green]

Rob,

Hmm, I thought playcount was also stored in the id3 tag. Didn't realize that info was tucked away in MM db. Was only pointing out AAC because script fails and stops rather than skip AAC files.

Thanks again for the script.

Cheers,
Chris

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[Robert Jacobson]

On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 6:13 AM, Christopher Green<cgr...@storm.ie> wrote:
> Hmm, I thought playcount was also stored in the id3 tag.  Didn't realize that info was tucked away in MM db.

Yep, for both MM and iTunes, the playcount is in their respective
databases. There isn't a standard tag for play count -- and IMO
there shouldn't be. Updating the ID3 tag every time you play the file
would be massive overkill.

> Was only pointing out AAC because script fails and stops rather than skip AAC files.

I might add some error checking :)

--
Rob