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Extract album and artist from exported iTunes library Apps
Need to grab a list of artists and albums from your exported iTunes library or song list? You can use this ilp.pl script (view source) to do just that. You can also supply the -n option, which will skip "protected" files (.m4p) when parsing XML exported files (text files don't include that info).

You can cut and paste the script from the above link, or download a tarred version.

[robg adds: I tested the script on my exported Library file (a 4.6MB file), and it worked as described. Just export your iTunes library, then run the script as follows: ilp.pl < exported_library.xml > output_file.txt, where exported_library.xml is the name you chose when exporting from iTunes, and outputfile.txt is the desired name of the album/artist text file.]
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Extract album and artist from exported iTunes library
Authored by: PeterDie on Jan 19, '05 01:21:03PM

Or you can do it the non-geek way:

Just format the overview in itunes, including all the fields you need, select all (command-A) and copy (command-C), open an empty spreadsheet or text document and paste (command-V)

Jeezz, MacOSX hints is great, but sometimes you tally the cows by counting all the legs and dividing them by four.



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Extract album and artist from exported iTunes library
Authored by: zs on Jan 20, '05 09:02:28AM

Maybe you don't understand what the script does. It gives you a list in this format: "Artist: Album" which is useful for sharing a list of albums. Your method gives "Songname<tab>Whatever<tab>Else" which would require further editing to get the same information.

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Extract album and artist from exported iTunes library
Authored by: DougAdams on Jan 21, '05 03:27:29PM
I'm obliged to mention Exporting Info iTunes AppleScripts.

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