External HD as device in iTunes

The script I'm trying to write at the moment is triggered by a certain volume beeing mounted.
I allready got that part.
Now I want the mounted drive to be shown as a device in iTunes (like an iPod)
Any suggestions?

Are you able to add the disk as a device in iTunes without AppleScript? I've never seen it done, although I don't do much with iTunes.
Unless you're sure that such a thing is actually possible, I think it is likely that iTunes is actually written to add only certain types of media to its list, and you won't be able to make this work.
I know that iPods, thanks to the custom drivers built into the Mac OS (and iTunes for Windows) identify themselves as a special, custom type of drive instead of just a plain hard drive. And CD/DVD drives must report themselves as "special" (or else they wouldn't have distinct icons in the Finder). Since the information is available, it wouldn't be surprising at all if iTunes uses it to filter its connections.

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