Yes a CSV or a plain text file using the import text file patch. Not sure if that is a stock patch but cvs is definitely not stock. Will post when in front of my mac. Someone might beat me too it. Dead easy when you know how :-)
Best Alastair Alastair I Leith Useful Design 0432 889 821 03 9480 5506 30 Birch Street West Preston VIC 3072 .AU > On 3 Nov 2013, at 11:11 am, nick <nickharam...@me.com> wrote: > > Hi Alastair, > > Thanks for your message. I can get the title, artist, album and duration > using the Track info patch. I was hoping that somehow the patch could be > edited to pull the composer field too, but perhaps this isn’t something that > is editable. If so, your solution may be the best I can hope for. > > If I have understood you correctly I need a CSV file with a line for each > track in my iTunes library, and then there would be a way of finding a match > based on the fields in the track info patch - based on this match I could > return the composer field. Do you have an example of a composition that does > something like this, as I may struggle to put this together without an > example? > > Best Wishes, > > Nick > >> On 2 Nov 2013, at 23:45, Alastair Leith <usefuldesign...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> It's ages since I looked at the Track info patch so can help with that. >> However if you can get the track title >> still how about making a look up table in excel or a DB and importing it as >> a CSV (free plugin available but I'm on my phone so can't link) or as text >> file and use the strong components patch to make a structure. You can >> perform a search on a structure in QC inside an iterative patch and then >> publish the hit/constructed filepath. >> >> >> Best >> Alastair >> >> Alastair I Leith >> Useful Design >> 0432 889 821 >> 03 9480 5506 >> 30 Birch Street >> West Preston >> VIC 3072 .AU >> >> >>> On 3 Nov 2013, at 6:11 am, nick <nickharam...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am trying to redo a QC composition that I have been using with >>> iVisualize. As iVisualize is not being developed anymore and only runs >>> with iTunes in 32 bit mode, which has been discontinued in Mavericks, I >>> need to find another way. >>> >>> I am having some success with a Music Visualizer composition, but can’t do >>> what I need with the information that is included in the Track Info Input. >>> With iVisualize I could use the information in the ‘Composer’ field in >>> iTunes, but this doesn’t appear to be included in the Track Info Input. >>> >>> Essentially I need the composition to look for images in the folder of the >>> currently playing song in iTunes. I have my Music folder set up as follows. >>> >>> Single artist albums are in the structure - Album Artist/Album >>> Compilations - Compilations/Album >>> >>> What I did with the iVisualize composition is that I copied the text from >>> the Album Artist or ‘Compilations’ fields in iTunes to the Composer field, >>> and then in the QC compilation I could use the Composer and Album fields to >>> build the URL string used by the Directory Scanner Patch. >>> >>> Without being able to access the Composer field though, or another field, >>> such as ‘Grouping’, I can’t see what I can do to get the composition >>> working. >>> >>> I’d be glad of any help. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Nick >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >>> Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list (Quartzcomposer-dev@lists.apple.com) >>> Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >>> https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/usefuldesign.au%40gmail.com >>> >>> This email sent to usefuldesign...@gmail.com > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Quartzcomposer-dev mailing list (Quartzcomposer-dev@lists.apple.com) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/quartzcomposer-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
