iTMS copy line submitting.

SeaFox · Nov 6, 2003, 12:02 AM

I notice when you right[control] click a song entry and choose Copy it copies the line from the iTMS catalog with the artist, album, time, price, in a tabbed format.

Given that correctly entering a submission exactly as it appears in the iTMS is so important, I do this and paste it into the song title blank, cutting and pasting the other pieces from the line to their respective blanks (and deleteing the rest).

But it would be nice if there was a blank to simply paste the whole line and the submission engine could just extract the pieces for the line it needs, given the tab delimiting.

arn · Nov 6, 2003, 12:31 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SeaFox
I notice when you right[control] click a song entry and choose Copy it copies the line from the iTMS catalog with the artist, album, time, price, in a tabbed format.

Given that correctly entering a submission exactly as it appears in the iTMS is so important, I do this and paste it into the song title blank, cutting and pasting the other pieces from the line to their respective blanks (and deleteing the rest).

But it would be nice if there was a blank to simply paste the whole line and the submission engine could just extract the pieces for the line it needs, given the tab delimiting.

huh... didn't realize it did this... yeah, should be doable.

arn

eyelikeart · Nov 6, 2003, 09:07 AM

How is it that your iTunes does this, but mine does not?

SeaFox · Nov 6, 2003, 03:10 PM

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Originally posted by eyelikeart
How is it that your iTunes does this, but mine does not?

Don't ask me. I am using the Windows version. I just know when I right-click and choose "Copy" I get the whole line and there are tabs between the artist, album, ect.

eyelikeart · Nov 7, 2003, 04:03 PM

Ah...weird.

I didn't realize the Windows version had any differences in the way it displayed links & such.

SeaFox · Nov 7, 2003, 04:46 PM

I didn't know the Mac version didn't do it. My Mac iTunes is 2.0.4, guess this doesn't make the line-copy submission thing so useful now.

But one nice side effect of this is if I want to export a playlist but don't want EVERY info column or the full filepath I can just select the files in the playlist (or library) and Copy the block. The list gets copied as tab-delimited but only with the displayed columns, like the iTMS entries.

Wardofsky · Nov 8, 2003, 09:11 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by eyelikeart
How is it that your iTunes does this, but mine does not?

Hmm, when you cntrl click the song (In iTMS) there should be "Copy" and "Copy iTMS Link".

Clicking just "Copy" copies the info.

eyelikeart · Nov 10, 2003, 06:46 PM

He was talking about the Windows version of iTunes though, not Mac.

arn · Nov 10, 2003, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by eyelikeart
He was talking about the Windows version of iTunes though, not Mac.

Works in Mac iTunes 4.1

arn

weefle · Nov 14, 2003, 12:20 PM

C'mon, make it easy on the user!

Nov 6, 2003, 12:02 AM	#1
SeaFox macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somewhere Else	iTMS copy line submitting. I notice when you right[control] click a song entry and choose Copy it copies the line from the iTMS catalog with the artist, album, time, price, in a tabbed format. Given that correctly entering a submission exactly as it appears in the iTMS is so important, I do this and paste it into the song title blank, cutting and pasting the other pieces from the line to their respective blanks (and deleteing the rest). But it would be nice if there was a blank to simply paste the whole line and the submission engine could just extract the pieces for the line it needs, given the tab delimiting. __________________ "In the room was the last person on Earth. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door..."

Nov 7, 2003, 04:46 PM	#6
SeaFox Thread Starter macrumors 65816 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Somewhere Else	I didn't know the Mac version didn't do it. My Mac iTunes is 2.0.4, guess this doesn't make the line-copy submission thing so useful now. But one nice side effect of this is if I want to export a playlist but don't want EVERY info column or the full filepath I can just select the files in the playlist (or library) and Copy the block. The list gets copied as tab-delimited but only with the displayed columns, like the iTMS entries. __________________ "In the room was the last person on Earth. Suddenly, there was a knock at the door..."

Nov 14, 2003, 12:20 PM	#10
weefle macrumors newbie Join Date: Oct 2003	There's an even better way to do this. C'mon, make it easy on the user!

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Nov 6, 2003, 09:07 AM	#3
eyelikeart Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Metairie, LA	How is it that your iTunes does this, but mine does not?

Nov 7, 2003, 04:03 PM	#5
eyelikeart Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Metairie, LA	Ah...weird. I didn't realize the Windows version had any differences in the way it displayed links & such.

Nov 10, 2003, 06:46 PM	#8
eyelikeart Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Metairie, LA	He was talking about the Windows version of iTunes though, not Mac.