Copying files from AppleTV back to my mac

I'm going to synch my entire itunes library to my AppleTV. Just curious if anything were to ever happen to my mac's hardrive, is there a way to copy my itunes library from my AppleTV back to my mac?
Thanks.

Actually, it's very possible. In fact I just did it. You do have to either have AFP access active or you have to pull the AppleTV drive and mount the "Media" volume on your Mac.
I was able to copy the entire "Media Files" directory to my Mac and then import it all back into iTunes. Not sure how, but even though in the AppleTV all the files are named oddly, like "BHCL.mp3" they all show up fine in iTunes and mostly got renamed from the embedded id3 tag info.
I've not figured out how to reconstitute the playlists, as I haven't found how they are stored on the AppleTV, but at least I got all my music back.
And, YES you should backup your music, but failing that, the AppleTV isn't a bad emergency repository... provided it's fully synced at the time of the HD crash.
Good luck!
-mpm

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I have a problem with the following script:
var xmlfile = File.openDialog("Choose XML");
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ts1402
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