User

23.03.2007 16:17:01

Yes, absolutely. The AppleScript & iTunes combo can be incredibly 
slow. And locating a single track or playlist from the info in the 
XML file is .. erm .. very painful at best because the iTunes APIs 
you'd usually want to use for this turn out to be unusable because 
AppleScript has an criticial bug / error in design in *exactly* that 
area (also confirmed by Apple engineers).

However, and this is the good news: RC2 will not only use the XML 
file for artists and albums, but also for playlists. And it's blazing 
fast. The only thing that will remain slow - due to the lack of any 
possibilities to work around AppleScript here - is access to remote/ 
shared playlists streamed from other computers running iTunes. 
There's more new features in the itunes library browsing in RC2, 
too .. but I won't spill those beans, yet ;-)

Best regards, 
Felix