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30 Most Recent RSS FeedRequired Resources Error -192
Lately, I have been getting an unusual number of emails from users who are receiving a "Could not run this script because the required resources were not found. -192" error. According to Apple's Error Numbers and Error Messages: Operating System Errors page, this is an operating system error which "occurs when AppleScript or an application requests services from the Mac OS. They are rare, and more important, there's usually nothing you can do about them in a script." This means that the script can't do much to work around the error. However, I am concerned because I am seeing this error reported much more frequently now than I ever have before.
It also appears that users with Intel Macs are getting the error. The error happens with a wide variety of scripts, many of which have been quite reliable in the past, so it is difficult to pinpoint what the problem may be.
I have posted this query at Macscripter's forum hoping that others may have seen this. If you are getting this error I would be interested in hearing from you.
Here's What We're Mixing This Weekend
Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Muswell Hillbillies, Exile on Main Street.
NEW: Batch Trim Start or Stop Time (Seconds)
Correspondent Chris Habig submitted a script which trimmed :15 seconds from the start of selected tracks (he wanted to skip over superfluous material from the beginning of a few podcasts). I added a routine that allows the user to enter any number of seconds, and another that allowed those seconds to be used as the new Start Time or to be subtracted from the Stop Time. Result: Batch Trim Start or Stop Time (Seconds).
Apple's AppleScripts for iTunes
Apple's AppleScripts for iTunes are dismally out of date. I do not believe these scripts have been updated since iTunes 2.0.3 (which was released December 14, 2001)! While they contain some useful routines, many of them are hampered by a subroutine that calls Internet Explorer--whatever that is. Far be it from me to alter these scripts, but perhaps I should put together a matrix that correlates Apple's Ancient AppleScripts with modern ones from this site?
Semi-Annual Advisements
A new year, same old reminders (clip 'n' save):
- 1. AppleScripts are for Macintosh computers only.
- 2. AppleScripts are for Macintosh computers only.
- 3. AppleScripts are for Macintosh computers only.
- 4. Do not bookmark scripts from your address bar. To spread the word about a particular script, right-click or Control-click its green "link to this entry" button and choose your option.
- 5. iPod AppleScripts will not work if your iPod is formatted for Windows.
- 6. The 30 Most Recent AppleScript postings are available via this RSS feed.
- 7. Before emailing me, check the FAQ.
- 8. Yes, I am very familiar with the other Douglas Adams (and my poor old elderly mother curses him because I have had to use the diminutive "Doug" in order to avoid the obvious; best joke: at bookstores I tell salespeople my name used to be Emily Bronte but I had to change it because...).
- 9. I do not much respond to custom script-writing requests. However, if you have an interesting idea, I'm all ears.
- 10. I think it's great that you have modified scripts from this site for your own use! BUT PLEASE, unless you have created something unique, do not send me script mods. They probably won't get posted.
Thanks for making this site a popular stop on the internet. And thank you very much for any monetary donations you have made, I really appreciate it, and it makes it easier for me to take the time to work on it. Six years, 417 scripts, and counting!
Join Together Trouble-Shoot
A very few users have written to me over the past few months regarding an error that appears when using Join Together v5.1. The error is "The variable m is not defined. (-2753)". This will occur after QuickTime exports the final joined file. I'm trying to track down some of the reasons for this error. It occurs when Join Together is unable to successfully change the file type and creator of the final joined file. If you have seen this error, or have reported it in the past, would you mind letting me know some details: Does the error, indeed, occur after QT export? Is the final joined file very large--say, over two or three hours? I'd like to try and fix this soon and your help is appreciated.
