just in case you're interested. I wrote a ruby script to start itunes
download the podcasts and close. I got my inspiration (read code
plagiarism) from a couple of different sites doing it in a couple
different languages.
require 'win32ole'
TIMEOUT = 120 #run for a total of 120 minutes before forcing a shutdown.
BUSYPATH = ENV['homedrive'] + ENV['homepath'] + '\\My Documents\\My
Music\\iTunes\\iTunes Music\\Downloads\\Podcasts'
iTunes = WIN32OLE.new('iTunes.Application')
begin
puts 'iTunes Started'
timeout = Time.now + (TIMEOUT * 60)
puts 'forcing update of podcast feeds'
iTunes.UpdatePodcastFeeds
sleep(30)
while Time.now < timeout && File.exists?(BUSYPATH)
puts 'still downloading stuff'
sleep(60)
end
puts 'forcing a shutdown do to timeout' unless Time.now < timeout
puts 'quitting iTunes'
sleep(30)
iTunes.quit
iTunes = nil
end unless iTunes.nil?
On 5/29/07, Marlon Moyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess iTunes doesn't like to listen to the scheduler. iTunes will
> open on command, but it won't close. Damnable software!
>
> On 5/29/07, Nick McClure <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > In the task scheduler you can tell it to end the task after a certain amount
> > of time if it is still running
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Zaphod Beeblebrox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 9:19 AM
> > > To: CF-Community
> > > Subject: Scheduling iTunes
> > >
> > > I use iTunes to do all of my music management and podcast downloading.
> > > It irritates me that I cannot schedule iTunes to download only in off
> > > peak times since my internet connection basically sucks. I'd like to
> > > set up something where I can start iTunes around 2am and have it run
> > > for a couple of hours downloading the latest podcasts and then
> > > automatically close. I figure I can use the built in windows
> > > scheduler to do the start up, but I don't think it'll be useful for
> > > the closing. Any suggestions?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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