Editing Mavericks Tags Through AppleScript/Automator

Hi,
I am trying to edit the tags of a folder on my computer though a folder action so that I do not have to manually edit tags I use frequently. Is there any way to set up Automator or AppleScript to edit them for me?

The old Finder labels and the new tags overlap a little bit; the new tags can be set by using the xattr utility. A decent description is in this Ask Different topic.
You don't necessarily need Cocoa-AppleScript to manipulate Spotlight tags and extended attributes, but ff you are just wanting a starting spot for Cocoa-AppleScript in general, you might take a look at Mac OS X Automation - they have several tutorials and sample projects there.

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Hey list,
I'm a nubie in all things Applescript / Automator related. Does Final Cut Express support commands from these? For example, can I tell it to go pick up a batch of photos I created, put them in a seqeunce, and export them as an MOV? If so, it would make my life a lot easier
-Chris
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Hi(Bonjour)!
If you want to drive an appication by applescript or automator, this application has to be "driveable" by script.
If you open Applescript editor, select dictionnary and look if the application appears. If not, it cannot be driven by scripts.
FCE is not scriptable. You can automate the lauching of the app itself (from finder scripts) but no more.
But with select all command, you can drag all your stills (they will be inserted in the same order as they appear in column list view) in timeline.
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Michel Boissonneault
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I have read many posts, and read the Tech Specs about iTunes several times. Yes, it is a great resource as far as giving you combinations of tags and code to fix problems.
My question remains. Specifically, how do I edit tags or XML to make changes and implement those fixes to my podcast? I understand that I can use the text editor, but then what do I do with that file? Where do I put it? Upload it?
I guess another way to put it is by saying I am grasping the idea of how to fix the engine, so how do I pop the hood? Where are the tools?
I have my video(s) posted on Blip.tv and have used Feed Burner to create the feed. I have gotten far enough to actually post something on iTunes, but changes need to be made.
Thanks so much for your help!!

Is there anyway to know that what I changed is correct quicker than waiting for iTunes?
You can see changes immediately by putting the URL of your feed into a browser like Safari or Firefox (2.0 or up) - they will display the newest info they are getting from your feed. iTunes works, too, though, it just takes longer.
Is this where Feed Validater comes into play?
Feed Validator is used to see whether your feed is readable by aggregators (e.g. iTunes, Juice, MyYahoo, etc.) or not (broken code that cannot be read). It will either show you where you need to fix your code, or give you a "Congrats!" message. If it displays your code, then you can see if your changes have made it online, but it also means that there is something wrong with your feed, so this is not the best method to check if you feed has been updated.
So to make sure I understand, I may want to copy my raw feed from feedburner into a text edit document and make the changes there. . . I looked all over the place and couldn't find where to upload or overwrite an existing feed.
No, not exactly. FeedBurner is a blog-to-feed generator and also a stats tool. FeedBurner is not "hosting" any files that you can edit. When you put your content through FB, you remember that URL they wanted, the one that got you started? That is what they are getting their info from, and that is the file that you have to edit. You can't edit your feed by copying FB's code, modifying it, and then uploading to FB. That is not the way it works; you can add some iTunes tags through their "SmartCast" feature, but that's about as far as you can edit your feed through them.
So, where is your "burned" URL? Is that through Blip.tv? Or are you posting the Blip.tv videos to a blog, and then you "burned" the blog? (Like I said, it would be really great if you could post all URLs related to your feed, so I can get an idea of how you are putting it together.)
Is there a better resource to use than Blip.tv or Feed Burner?
I don't know much about video hosts; I host my own files. But if Blip.tv is free, doesn't put ads in your videos, and claims minimal rights over your content, it's probably fine. There are others on this board that can probably make good recommendations - there are tons of hosts out there, with varying degrees of usability and freedom. For stats, I don't think you are going to get much better than FeedBurner, especially for a free service.
In the mean time, I picked up a copy of the "Podcaster's Bible". I'm a pretty technical guy (with aircraft at least) and I would really like to know this stuff inside and out.
I know there are a lot of sources out there, and I'm glad you have been reading them - that is how I learned. But obviously some of them are conflicting (especially online), and don't apply in all cases. I hope the "Bible" is a good resource; I've never looked at it.
Just to give you a real simple breakdown of how this stuff works, I'm going to give you a list of what I think you've done:
1. Generate media - through GarageBand, iMovie, etc. -> video, audio, whatever. Make sure it is properly formated, per the Podcast Tech Spec.
2. Upload the media to a server - in your case, Blip.tv
3. Generate or hand-code an RSS/XML feed - I'm not sure how you are doing that at this point, but there are many generators and methods, and this link tells you what the code all means. Or you could copy from an example feed and then hand-edit it. You also might have blog space that you are telling FB to generate a feed from - in that case ignore the next two steps.
4. Upload your XML file to a server - again, you will need somewhere to host the file.
5. Sign up for an account with FeedBurner, and "burn" the URL you got in the previous step.
6. Submit the new URL you get with FeedBurner to iTunes, and publicize the URL wherever you can.
If you have submitted a URL to iTunes that isn't your FB URL, don't resubmit the new one. That will cause you problems.
Here are some resources that I've found useful in the past: (some of them are real jargon-filled, so watch yourself)
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/
http://www.podcast411.com/page5.html
http://catalyst.washington.edu/help/web/podcasting/xml.html
http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcaststechspecs.html
http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcastsfaq.html
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html
Try to keep in mind that there are many ways to do this, so not all instructions will apply in all cases. You'll run into specific problems if you use a specific generator. If you read a tutorial talking about code, but you set up your feed without ever touching any code, it probably doesn't apply to you.
This got to be a really long post, and I apologize for that. If you post your links, I promise to reply with something shorter
Peach

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Hello
I'm trying to get to a point where information about the content of my show appears on the iPod, in iTunes and any other podcatching application/mp3 player. In my case that would be a artist/track listing of the music featured on my podcast.
I tried editing the ID3 tags under the 'media' tab in Libsyn by inserting the artist/track listing into the comments box but that didn't work. I then read about how to edit the ID3 tags using iTunes but that seemed to refer to editing the tags in a dowloaded podcast and not the tags on a podcast uploaded to Libsyn's server.
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I tried editing the ID3 tags under the 'media' tab in
Libsyn by inserting the artist/track listing into the
comments box but that didn't work. I then read about
how to edit the ID3 tags using iTunes but that seemed
to refer to editing the tags in a dowloaded podcast
and not the tags on a podcast uploaded to Libsyn's
server.
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Hope this helps,
Greg.

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