JT, since you are working on a new release I have another improvement suggestion. How about replacing the eye3D library with mutagen? The mutagen library handles tag reading on many file types (not just mp3's). I adapted a demo program to show the equivalent of the eye3D calls that you currently have in file2item:
#!/usr/bin/env python
# Full tag list for any given file.
import os
import sys
from optparse import OptionParser
def main(argv):
from mutagen import File
parser = OptionParser()
(options, args) = parser.parse_args(argv[1:])
if not args:
raise SystemExit(parser.print_help() or 1)
for filename in args:
print
print "--", filename
print
try: audio = File(filename, easy=True)
except AttributeError: print "Unknown file type"
except KeyboardInterrupt: raise
except Exception, err: print str(err)
try: print "Title = ", audio["title"][0]
except Exception: print
try: print "Description = ", audio["artist"][0]
except Exception: print
try: print "Album = ", audio["album"][0]
except Exception: print
try: print "Playtime = ", audio.info.length
except Exception: print
try: print "Bitrate = ", audio.info.bitrate
except Exception: print
try: print "Filetype = ", os.path.splitext(filename)[1][1:]
except Exception: print
try: print "Mimetype = ", audio.mime[0]
except Exception: print
try: print "Tracknum = ", audio["tracknumber"][0]
except Exception: print
try: print "Release Date = ", audio["date"][0]
except Exception: print
if __name__ == "__main__":
try: import mutagen
except ImportError:
# Run out of tools/
sys.path.append(os.path.abspath("../"))
import mutagen
main(sys.argv)
Here is sample output for both a .m4a and a .mp3 file. As you can see the library figures out the file type, so no need to have code branches:
-- C:\Documents and Settings\bis63083\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\ADELE\21\01 Rolling In the Deep.m4a
Title = Rolling In the Deep
Description = ADELE
Album = 21
Playtime = 228.345034014
Bitrate = 256000
Filetype = m4a
Mimetype = audio/mp4
Tracknum = 1/12
Release Date = 2011-02-22T08:00:00Z
-- C:\Documents and Settings\bis63083\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Media\Music\Air Supply\Greatest Hits Live Now & Forever\01 Making Love Out of Nothing at All.mp3
Title = Making Love Out of Nothing at All
Description = Air Supply
Album = Greatest Hits Live Now & Forever
Playtime = 346.446854799
Bitrate = 128000
Filetype = mp3
Mimetype = audio/mp3
Tracknum = 1
Release Date =
I won't be offended if you think the change is too drastic to incorporate (especially since I am probably in the minority with my .m4a collection).
Cheers
-JB
