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I have been trying to figure out how to get the iTunes artwork for the currently playing song with scripting bridge. I have gotten to a point where it works for some songs, but for others, I get a SIGABRT. I'm not sure what the issue could be, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is what I have so far:
iTunesApplication * iTunes = [SBApplication applicationWithBundleIdentifier:@"com.apple.iTunes"];
NSImage *songArtwork;
iTunesTrack *current = [iTunes currentTrack];
iTunesArtwork *artwork = (iTunesArtwork *)[[[current artworks] get] lastObject];
if(artwork != nil)
songArtwork = [artwork data];
else
songArtwork = [NSImage imageNamed:@"Image.tiff"];
NSMenuItem *artworkMenuItem = [[NSMenuItem alloc] initWithTitle:@"" action:NULL keyEquivalent:@""];
[songArtwork setSize:NSMakeSize(128, 128)];
[artworkMenuItem setImage:songArtwork];
[Menu insertItem:artworkMenuItem atIndex:0];
I for some songs it works, and displays the artwork nicely in the menu item, but for others I get a SIGABRT on the line:
[songArtwork setSize:NSMakeSize(128, 128)];
The output of the console is as follows:
2011-08-12 23:13:20.094 SongViewer[2146:707] -[NSAppleEventDescriptor setSize:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x102827f70
2011-08-12 23:13:20.095 SongViewer[2146:707] An uncaught exception was raised
2011-08-12 23:13:20.096 SongViewer[2146:707] -[NSAppleEventDescriptor setSize:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x102827f70
2011-08-12 23:13:20.097 SongViewer[2146:707] (
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86f11986 __exceptionPreprocess + 198
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff8b04cd5e objc_exception_throw + 43
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86f9d5ae -[NSObject doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 190
3 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86efe803 ___forwarding___ + 371
4 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86efe618 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 232
5 SongViewer 0x0000000100002a83 -[IPMenulet awakeFromNib] + 4483
6 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86f089e1 -[NSObject performSelector:] + 49
7 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86f08962 -[NSSet makeObjectsPerformSelector:] + 274
8 AppKit 0x00007fff8d9d9c27 -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1245
9 AppKit 0x00007fff8d9d01b9 loadNib + 322
10 AppKit 0x00007fff8d9cf6b6 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 217
11 AppKit 0x00007fff8d9cf5d1 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 141
12 AppKit 0x00007fff8d9cf514 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:] + 364
13 AppKit 0x00007fff8dc42355 NSApplicationMain + 398
14 SongViewer 0x0000000100001882 main + 34
15 SongViewer 0x0000000100001854 start + 52
)
2011-08-12 23:13:20.098 SongViewer[2146:707] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[NSAppleEventDescriptor setSize:]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x102827f70'
*** First throw call stack:
(
0 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86f11986 __exceptionPreprocess + 198
1 libobjc.A.dylib 0x00007fff8b04cd5e objc_exception_throw + 43
2 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86f9d5ae -[NSObject doesNotRecognizeSelector:] + 190
3 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86efe803 ___forwarding___ + 371
4 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86efe618 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 232
5 SongViewer 0x0000000100002a83 -[IPMenulet awakeFromNib] + 4483
6 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86f089e1 -[NSObject performSelector:] + 49
7 CoreFoundation 0x00007fff86f08962 -[NSSet makeObjectsPerformSelector:] + 274
8 AppKit 0x00007fff8d9d9c27 -[NSIBObjectData nibInstantiateWithOwner:topLevelObjects:] + 1245
9 AppKit 0x00007fff8d9d01b9 loadNib + 322
10 AppKit 0x00007fff8d9cf6b6 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) _loadNibFile:nameTable:withZone:ownerBundle:] + 217
11 AppKit 0x00007fff8d9cf5d1 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibFile:externalNameTable:withZone:] + 141
12 AppKit 0x00007fff8d9cf514 +[NSBundle(NSNibLoading) loadNibNamed:owner:] + 364
13 AppKit 0x00007fff8dc42355 NSApplicationMain + 398
14 SongViewer 0x0000000100001882 main + 34
15 SongViewer 0x0000000100001854 start + 52
)
terminate called throwing an exception(gdb)
If anyone has any idea what could be wrong, please let me know!!
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The first thing you can try to resolve your issue is to right-click on an album in iTunes that's missing artwork and choosing Get Album Artwork. In the popup menu, confirm by selecting Get Album Artwork. Repeat manually for every album in your collection that is missing artwork.
Unlike CD track names, which iTunes retrieves from the third party Gracenote, album art searches go to the iTunes Store. Generally it will only find the art if the artist and album name are identical to what the Store has, meaning every single character, punctuation, and space.
Click on the album folder (music, albums). Right click on the first track, and click "open in windows explorer". Highlight all the album tracks using the shift key, go to properties, and if the "read-only" box is checked, uncheck it, click apply, then OK. Then try to add the artwork in the usual way.
Songs, albums, and music videos you buy from the iTunes Store or download from Apple Music come with artwork. You can also add your own artwork to any song or other item in your library. You can add many types of still-image files, including JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, and Photoshop.
Ok so I figured it out. The solution is to use the NSData raw data provided by the API rather than the NSImage. So I used:
NSImage *songArtwork = [[NSImage alloc] initWithData:[artwork rawData]];
rather than
songArtwork = [artwork data];
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