AppleScript Help Please

[IceCreamMan]

Is anyone familiar with AppleScripts? I'm using one for a now-playing for xchat... I use an alias to execute the script and output it into the active channel...


Here's my script:

tell application "iTunes"
	"Now playing: " & artist of current track ¬
		& " - " & name of current track
end tell

Pretty simple, right? It works excellent for tracks ON my computer... When I play the iTunes radio it outputs something like this

"Now playing: missing value - Alt X Radio"

How could I make it output the track title and artist? It clearly shows them in iTunes...neye:

 

[giulio]

Because "Artist" does not exist in streams. Try:

tell application "iTunes"
    "Now playing: " & address of current track ¬
        & " - " & name of current track
end tell

Result:
"Now playing: http://pri.kts-af.net/redir/index.p...68efed4d03ec7e45fd3978262c107180&clicksrc=xml - 1House.FM"

 

[giulio]

So I guess you'd have to wrap the artist query in a conditional statement. If artist not bank then display artist & " - ".
After that, continue with name of current track.

I'm no script expert... so dont follow that exactly. It's the english logic, no the correct syntax.

 

[giulio]

GOT IT!

tell application "iTunes"
    current stream title
end tell

 

[giulio]

This was fun!!

tell application "iTunes"
    set myinfo to ""
    if kind of the current track does not contain "file" then set myinfo to "Now streaming: " & current stream title & " - " & name of current track & " (" & current stream URL & ")"
    if kind of the current track contains "file" then set myinfo to "Now playing: " & artist of current track & " - " & name of current track
    myinfo
end tell

 

[IceCreamMan]

Thanks! Works perfectly.