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Recent Tunes - 2.0

Displays recently played iTunes songs in menu bar

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All Time:	(4.8)
This Version:	Not rated (0.0)
Current Version:	2.0
Release Date:	2004-01-28
License:	Freeware
Downloads (this version):	3,836
Downloads (all versions):	6,266

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Product Description:

Recent Tunes stores a list of recently played iTunes songs in your menu bar for quick access. Choosing a recently played tune from the list immediately plays the song in iTunes. With the combination of Recent Tunes and the iTunes dock menu, nearly all the stuff you want to do with iTunes is at your fingertips and out of your way.

What's new in this version:

Recent tunes now uploads a file to your server for the tune currently playing and a file for the recently played tunes using either FTP, SSH, or HTTP GET. By default the files are named currentune.html and recenttunes.html. Both names are configurable in the Preference Panel. To configure the server, open the Uploads pane in Recent Tunes' Preferences. Select the upload type you wish to use and then enter the server information. Once the server info is set. Open the Templates pane. In it you can define the layout for each of the files.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or later

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I think development has stopped - Version: 2.0, 7/19/2006 06:27AM PST

monkeymojo--2008

I've tried contacting two people associated with this product (which I've used in the past, pre-Tiger) and I can't get an answer out of anyone about the status of a Tiger compatible version. One of the gentlemen even wrote that the Tiger problem has been isolated. I thought this was a great little app, but it looks like it hit the wall.

I'd recommend this to peopl running systems earlier than 10.4.

Love it - Version: 2.0, 2/7/2006 07:59PM PST

kunalbhat

I use the HTTP GET feature and it works great, but It does make much sense for the program to upload data everytime I pause the song and restart it. Maybe this could be remedied if the program used the same system that iTunes used for tracking recently played songs and wait until the song has played through.

Also, is there any way to grab variables and make sure songs or artist names with "&" (ampersand) don't get cut up? Is this something that happens from the program sending it, or when I am receiving the data?

Quick Fix.. - Version: 2.0, 7/19/2005 10:20PM PST

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iamdw

Quit Recent Tunes from the menu bar
Open up Apples “Property List Editor.” (you must have Apples Developers Tools installed - Link for more info)
In Property List Editor open up the Recent Tunes pref file, com.freshsqueeze.recenttunes.plist , located in your home pref folder.
once open, look for “RT2.0SongList”. This is an Array. Click the drop down triang;e to expand this array and notice the “Dictionary” entries which are listed as 0,1,2,3 … etc
DELETE all of these “dictionary” sub-elements.
Quit Property List Editor and Re-Launch Recent Tunes Start Pumping some iTune’s and hopefully you’re good to go!

Note:

This has worked for me now numerous times no for me, so hope fully it will for others. I’ve also noted in my experimenting that the failure of Recent Tunes seems to occur after the App itself has been Quit. I;ve Also noted that the here forementioned preference file is only written to (ie new tracks written to file) after Recent Tunes quiting…