Record Spotify Tracks for Offline listening.
I have attached the Apple Script below that seems to work for me.
I have tested it using Audio Hijack Pro v2.10.6 and latest version of Spotify on OSX El Capitan.
I have attached the Apple Script below that seems to work for me.
I have tested it using Audio Hijack Pro v2.10.6 and latest version of Spotify on OSX El Capitan.
property update_delay : 1.0E-3
property output_folder : "~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Automatically Add to iTunes.localized"
tell application "Audio Hijack Pro"
activate
-- Create a new session "Spotify" if it doesn't already exist
try
set spotify_session to first session whose name is "Spotify"
if output name format of spotify_session is not "%tag_artist - %tag_title" then
display dialog "The existing profile for \"Spotify\" does not utilize %tag_artist and %tag_title in the output name format option. Please add this if you want your files to be named automatically or delete/rename your existing \"Spotify\" session."
end if
on error number -1719
tell application "Finder"
set spotify_path to POSIX path of (application file id "spty" as alias)
end tell
set spotify_session to make new application session at end of sessions
set targeted application of spotify_session to spotify_path
set output folder of spotify_session to output_folder
set output name format of spotify_session to "%tag_artist - %tag_title"
set recording format of spotify_session to {encoding:MP3, bit rate:320, channels:Stereo, style:CBR}
end try
set name of spotify_session to "Spotify"
-- (Re-)start hijacking and recording on the spotify session
if hijacked of spotify_session is true then
stop hijacking spotify_session
end if
start hijacking spotify_session relaunch yes
end tell
tell application "Spotify"
if not running then activate
if player state is playing then pause
-- display dialog "Start playing the tracks that you want to rip with Audio Hijack, quit spotify when done."
if repeating then display dialog "Please notice that you have repeating enabled in Spotify!"
set has_started to false -- Whether spotify have been playing yet
-- Check for changes to current track until spotify exits
repeat until application "Spotify" is not running or (has_started is true and player state is not playing)
-- Changed track
try
set current_id to id of current track
on error number -1728
set current_id to ""
end try
if has_started and current_id is not recording_id then
tell application "Audio Hijack Pro" to stop recording spotify_session
set has_started to false
end if
-- Started playing
if has_started is not true and player state is playing then
set has_started to true
set recording_id to id of current track
-- Get the metadata
set track_name to name of current track
set track_artist to artist of current track
set track_album to album of current track
set track_album_artist to album artist of current track
set track_disc to disc number of current track
set track_number to track number of current track
set track_spotify to spotify url of current track
tell application "Audio Hijack Pro"
set title tag of spotify_session to track_name
set artist tag of spotify_session to track_artist
set album tag of spotify_session to track_album
set track number tag of spotify_session to track_number
set comment tag of spotify_session to track_spotify
set album artist tag of spotify_session to track_album_artist
if track_disc is not 0 then set disc number tag of spotify_session to track_disc
start recording spotify_session
end tell
end if
-- Stopped playing
if has_started and player state is not playing then
tell application "Audio Hijack Pro" to stop recording spotify_session
set has_started to false
end if
delay update_delay
end repeat
try
tell application "Audio Hijack Pro" to stop recording spotify_session
on error number -609
end try
end tell
