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Sun, 11/24/2024 - 09:22
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It's weird how janky Shortcuts is at getting what you are currently listening to. I've never gotten the actual Music shortcuts to work on desktop. There is an option for getting what is currently playing with a Shazam shortcut but that doesn't give you the album name.
Shortcuts does run Applescript though. I did a little searching and found the script for getting what you are listening to. Very cool how quickly it grabs the result.
tell application "Music"
if player state is playing then
set currentTrack to current track
set albumName to album of currentTrack
set artistName to artist of currentTrack
set albumYear to year of currentTrack
set albumGenre to genre of currentTrack
return "Currently listening to: \"" & albumName & "\" by " & artistName & " (" & albumYear & ", " & albumGenre & ")"
else
return "Music is not currently playing."
end if
end tell
Getting this working is inspiring me to use Applescript more with Shortcuts in the future.
Today's Albums
Title | Artist | Release Date | Genre |
---|---|---|---|
Love Changes Everything | Dirty Three | Indie | |
The Toshiko Trio | Toshiko Akiyoshi | Jazz |