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// Crative Commons License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
// Do whatever you like with the code, but I want credit (if you copy&paste, include these lines)
// Or you could always modify it until I dont recognise it, thats cool with me :)
// - Denis Lukianov
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#include <string>

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#include "iTunesCOMInterface.h" // Get this from the iTunes SDK
// Remember to add "iTunesCOMInterface_i.c" to your project to avoid linker errors

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std::string GetCurrentSongTitle_iTunes()
{
	using std::string;
	using std::wstring;

	IiTunes *iITunes = 0;
	IITTrack *iITrack = 0;

	// String operations done in a wstring, then converted for return
	wstring wstrRet;
	string strRet;

	CoInitialize(0);

	try
	{
		HRESULT hRes;

		BSTR bstrURL = 0;

		// Create itunes interface
		hRes = ::CoCreateInstance(CLSID_iTunesApp, NULL, CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER, IID_IiTunes, (PVOID *)&iITunes);

		if(hRes == S_OK && iITunes)
		{
			ITPlayerState iIPlayerState;

			iITunes->get_CurrentTrack(&iITrack);
			iITunes->get_CurrentStreamURL((BSTR *)&bstrURL);

			if(iITrack)
			{
				BSTR bstrTrack = 0;

				iITrack->get_Name((BSTR *)&bstrTrack);
				
				// Add song title
				if(bstrTrack)
					wstrRet += bstrTrack;

				iITrack->Release();
			}
			else
			{
				// Couldn't get track name
			}

			// Add url, if present
			if(bstrURL)
			{
				wstrRet += L" ";
				wstrRet += bstrURL;
			}

			iITunes->get_PlayerState(&iIPlayerState);

			// Add player state, if special
			switch(iIPlayerState)
			{
			case ITPlayerStatePlaying:
			default:
				break;
			case ITPlayerStateStopped:
				wstrRet += L" [stopped]";
				break;
			case ITPlayerStateFastForward:
				wstrRet += L" [fast]";
				break;
			case ITPlayerStateRewind:
				wstrRet += L" [rewind]";
				break;
			}

			iITunes->Release();
		}
		else
		{
			// iTunes interface not found/failed
			wstrRet = L"";
		}

	}
	catch(...)
	{
		try
		{
			if(iITunes)
				iITunes->Release();
					
			if(iITrack)
				iITrack->Release();
		}
		catch(...)
		{
		}
	}

	CoUninitialize();

	// Convert the result from wstring to string
	size_t len = wstrRet.size();
	strRet.resize(len);
	for(size_t i = 0; i < len; i++)
		strRet[i] = static_cast<char>(wstrRet[i]);

	return strRet;
}

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