playback

Control the iTunes transport on OS X and Windows and receive track change events

example

If you are in public, plug in some headphones or lower your volume, then:

var itunes = require('playback');
itunes.on('playing', function(data){ console.dir(data);} );
itunes.on('paused', function(data){ console.log('paused');} );
itunes.play();

Pause, play, and change tracks in iTunes and watch the Node console.

methods

var itunes = require('playback')

itunes.play([callback])

Start playing the current track. If callback is not defined emits a playing event with an object argument representing the current track:

{
    name: 'Dance Yrself Clean',
    artist: 'LCD Soundsystem',
    album: 'This Is Happening'
}

If callback is defined it is called with the same object.

itunes.pause([callback])

Pause playback. If callback is not defined emits a paused event with the following object:

{ ok: "true" }

If callback is defined it is called with the same object.

itunes.stop([callback])

Stop playback. If callback is not defined emits a stopped event with the following object:

{ ok: "true" }

If callback is defined it is called with the same object.

itunes.currentTrack([callback])

Get information about the currently playing track. If callback is not defined emits a playing event with an object argument representing the current track:

{
    name: 'Lizzy',
    artist: 'Melvins',
    album: 'Houdini'
}

If callback is defined it is called with the same object.

itunes.next([callback])

Skip to the next song in the current playlist. Start playing if iTunes is paused or stopped. If callback is not defined emits a playing event with an object argument representing the current track:

{
    name: 'Going Blind',
    artist: 'Melvins',
    album: 'Houdini'
}

If callback is defined it is called with the same object.

itunes.previous([callback])

Skip to the previous song in the current playlist. Start playing if iTunes is paused or stopped. If callback is not defined emits a playing event with an object argument representing the current track:

{
    name: 'Night Goat',
    artist: 'Melvins',
    album: 'Houdini'
}

If callback is defined it is called with the same object.

itunes.fadeOut([callback])

Slowly decrease the iTunes volume to zero, stop playback, then return the volume to the level at which it was set before the fade out began.

itunes.fadeIn([callback])

Set the iTunes volume to zero, start playback, then slowly return the volume to the original level.

install

With npm do:

npm install playback

release notes

0.2.0

Add setVolume command (Windows only)

0.1.0

Windows support

0.0.1

Initial release