macOS Applescript: how to tell if iTunes is paused

sammich · May 25, 2009

I can get iTunes to give me the player state, it will give me a string like <constant ****kPS#>, where # is "p" for paused, "P" for playing, and "S" for stopped.

This should be cake:

Code:

set thechar to character 18 of (player state)
if thechar is equal to "p" then set ispaused to true

Now I discover AS is more or less case-blind/insensitive. Is there a way I can do this?

mrzeve · May 25, 2009

I'm not entirely sure what it is you are asking..but here is how I used Applescript to check if iTunes was paused. It works without any issues..

Code:

tell application "iTunes"
	try
		set whatshappening to (get player state as string)
	end try
	
	if whatshappening = "paused" then
		return "its paused"
	end if
	
end tell

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