iTunes top 10 ... how to deal with boredom

... or basically a downtime of my 1st-tier ISP (bottom-up since I don't know how many tiers my traffic goes through). Did you ever want to export to your Top10 of all times from your iTunes library to show off on your homepage (for example) or are you just bored like me? 


#!/usr/bin/env ruby

LIBRARY_PATH = File.expand_path("~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml")

require 'rubygems'

require_gem 'plist'

class Plist

class PDate < PTag

def to_ruby

text

end

end

class PData < PTag

def to_ruby

text

end

end

end

d = Plist::parse_xml(LIBRARY_PATH)

top10=d['Tracks'].values.sort{|a,b| (a['Play Count'] ||= 0) <=> (b['Play Count'] ||= 0)}.reverse[0..10]

top10.each do |t|

puts "#{t['Name']} by #{t['Artist']}"

end

Just to be on the safe side, better first backup your "iTunes Music Library.xml" or operate on a backup to begin with ;)

As always: Use this at your own risk.