Working with folders and iTunes

Question

Trying to solve the problem that I can't use iTunes to manage my mp3 library because I've got other hardware and apps that use it. So I've got to do it manually...which then leads to iTunes being out of sync.
The mp3's are on my NAS device.
I've gotten so far with an AppleScript to do it but it falls over on a folder with an '&' in the name.
I'm fairly sure its related to posix and properly referencing the folder.
Any guides or tutorials on writing scripts that use network folders?

Answer 1

-- iTunes Folder Sync.applescript
-- iTunes Folder Sync
-- Created by Chris Beach on 28/06/2006.
-- Copyright 2006 All rights reserved.
-- addToLib v 1.1 - An AppleScipt application that adds all files in a given folder to the
-- iTunes Music Library and then (optionally) deletes the files from the source folder
-- Modified from the Add to iTunes Library Desktop Droplet Script by Apple Computer, Inc.
-- Copyright 2004 Ken Barnt <[email protected]>
-- Change Log
-- v 1.0 - original release
-- v 1.1 - fixed bug where sub directories would not be recursed
-- - added support for AAC and Protected AAC files
-- This software is distributed under the Apple Public Source Licence
property myFiletypes : {".mp3", ".aiff", ".aac", ".wav", ".mov"}
global counter, playlist_status, this_playlist
on run
-- set the following variable to the path to the folder whose contents
-- you want to add to the iTunes Music Library
set temp_folder to "MEDIA:Music"
display dialog "Import Folder is: " & temp_folder & " Continue?" buttons {"Cancel", "Ok"} default button 2 with icon 2
if the button returned of the result is "ok" then
processfolder(tempfolder)
--display dialog counter & " items added!"
end if
end run
-- this sub-routine processes folders
on processfolder(thisfolder)
display alert POSIX path of this_folder
set this_folder to the POSIX path of this_folder
set these_items to list folder this_folder without invisibles
repeat with i from 1 to the count of these_items
-- try
set myItem to ((this_folder as string) & ":" & (item i of these_items) as alias)
tell application "Finder" to set IsFolder to (kind of myItem = "Folder")
if IsFolder is true then
processfolder(thisfolder & ":" & (item i of these_items))
else
--check extension
tell application "Finder" to set myExtension to "." & (name extension of myItem) as string
if myFiletypes contains myExtension then
set this_item to myItem as alias
--display alert (myItem as string)
--processitem(thisitem, (path to myItem) as string)
end if
end if
-- end try
end repeat
end process_folder
-- this sub-routine processes files
on processitem(thisitem, item_folder)
try
tell application "iTunes"
launch
set this_track to add this_item to playlist "Library" of source "Library"
if "_Compilations" is in item_folder then set this_track's category to "Compilation"
if "_SoundTracks" is in item_folder then set this_track's category to "Soundtrack"
if "_Classical" is in item_folder then set this_tracks's category to "Classical"
if "_Games" is in item_folder then set this_track's category to "Game"
if "_Singles" is in item_folder then set this_tracks's category to "Single"
if the playlist_status is "OK" then
duplicate this_track to this_playlist
end if
end tell
set counter to counter + 1
end try
end process_item
you can see where i've been playing with posix!