Itunes integration?

[jowaldo]

I don't like itunes all that much, but because of a few features, plus some special software I have for my car that only works with itunes, I have to use it to sync my ipod.

Digging through how itunes works, I realized it stores all the song info in a iTunes Music Library.xml file under "my documents\my music\itunes"

All of it looks pretty straightforward in the XML file.

It would be reallllllllly nice if xlobby could tie into the the "last played" "play count" and "ratings" database in itunes.

Here is a sample of what it looks like..

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<dict>
  <key>Track ID</key>
  <integer>2716</integer>
  <key>Name</key>
  <string>Universally Speaking</string>
  <key>Artist</key>
  <string>Red Hot Chili Peppers</string>
  <key>Album</key>
  <string>By The Way</string>
  <key>Genre</key>
  <string>Rock</string>
  <key>Kind</key>
  <string>MPEG audio file</string>
  <key>Size</key>
  <integer>6221667</integer>
  <key>Total Time</key>
  <integer>259160</integer>
  <key>Track Number</key>
  <integer>2</integer>
  <key>Date Modified</key>
  <date>2003-01-01T20:38:42Z</date>
  <key>Date Added</key>
  <date>2006-02-16T15:42:29Z</date>
  <key>Bit Rate</key>
  <integer>192</integer>
  <key>Sample Rate</key>
  <integer>44100</integer>
  <key>Play Count</key>
  <integer>1</integer>
  <key>Play Date</key>
  <integer>-1067977360</integer>
  <key>Play Date UTC</key>
  <date>2006-04-04T17:05:36Z</date>
  <key>Rating</key>
  <integer>80</integer>
  <key>Persistent ID</key>
  <string>B1465EB38990CE0B</string>
  <key>Track Type</key>
  <string>File</string>
  <key>Location</key>
  <string>file://localhost/C:/Media/Music/Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers%20-%20By%20The%20Way/02%20-%20Red%20Hot%20Chili%20Peppers%20-%20Universally%20Speaking.mp3</string>
  <key>File Folder Count</key>
  <integer>-1</integer>
  <key>Library Folder Count</key>
  <integer>-1</integer>
  </dict>



would it be possible to add this?