iTunes (for Mac) support

[Glavin001]

See https://github.com/reduxd/atom-itunes for example. However, use https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-iTunes

[ddaws]

We could support iTunes on any platform rather than only Mac because iTunes is cross platform.

[Frozenfire92]

We could support iTunes on any platform rather than only Mac because iTunes is cross platform.

+1

[Glavin001]

Scripting to iTunes is not. It uses AppleScript.

[ddaws]

Rather than interface / control iTunes, why not use the iTunes music library on the machine and still have Atom play the music. This way iTunes support may be platform independent.

[Glavin001]

Sure, we could play the raw files however:

• We could not search tracks / extract meta data (name, artist, etc) from just the file.
• The user could have multiple iTunes libraries or an iTunes library installed in a non-standard location (as do I at home on my network drive), and in fact the standard locations are platform specific

[ddaws]

Maybe we need to make a platform independant iTunes library for node?

[Glavin001]

Maybe we need to make a platform independant iTunes library for node?

+1

[Glavin001]

For now, we will stick with Mac support with AppleScript. Using https://github.com/TooTallNate/node-applescript instead of node-itunes.

[Glavin001]

@dreid93 please publish https://github.com/dreid93/atom-playlist/tree/glavin as it is the only working version of this package -- with iTunes support and completed code foundation. And/or of course transfer ownership to someone who will maintain this repository if you are no longer interested and have other focuses. Hope to see you contributing sometime in the future! :)

[ddaws]

@Glavin001 I shall be contributing some more though if I don't follow through on that statement I will be transferring ownership. Sorry I have been AFK.

[Glavin001]

No worries :).