macOS AppleScript Help Needed: Delete Watched TV Shows in iTunes

[AustinMatherne]

First off, I'm extremely new to AppleScripting, I've only read a few beginners guides and I'm just starting to understand how it all works. But you gotta start somewhere right?

What I'm trying to create is an AppleScript that will delete any watched TV Show from both the iTunes database and the physical video files. I figure that if I create a smart playlist in iTunes that pulls in every TV Show with a play count greater than 0 it should make deleting the shows a bit easer.

If anyone knows how to do this and could point me in the right direction, I would truly appreciate it.

Thanks,

 

[AustinMatherne]

I've got the script below which seems to work perfectly, but I'm stuck on adding an error check so that if it doesn't find anything to delete it won't display an error. If anyone knows how to do this, I'd truly appreciate the help.

tell application "iTunes"
 	set filesToDelete to location of (file tracks whose (video kind is TV show) and (unplayed is false))
 	delete (tracks whose (video kind is TV show) and (unplayed is false))
 end tell
 tell application "Finder"
 	repeat with theFile in filesToDelete
 		delete theFile
 	end repeat
 end tell

Thanks,

 

[mysterytramp]

I've got the script below which seems to work perfectly, but I'm stuck on adding an error check so that if it doesn't find anything to delete it won't display an error.

What line is giving you the error? The delete lines? You might try something like this:

tell application "iTunes"
	set filesToDelete to location of (file tracks whose (video kind is TV show) and (unplayed is false))
	try
		delete (tracks whose (video kind is TV show) and (unplayed is false))
	on error errMsg number errNum
		display dialog (errNum as string) & ":" & return & errMsg
	end try
end tell
tell application "Finder"
	repeat with theFile in filesToDelete
		try
			delete theFile
		on error errMsg number errNum
			display dialog (errNum as string) & ":" & return & errMsg
		end try
		
	end repeat
end tell

You could leave out the "display dialogs" and the error will pass with no interaction. Or you could trap the error like this:

	try
		delete (tracks whose (video kind is TV show) and (unplayed is false))
	on error errMsg number errNum
		if errNum ≠ 1 then -- assumes you want to ignore error 1
			display dialog (errNum as string) & ":" & return & errMsg -- other errors reported
		end if
	end try

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