private IEnumerable<Album> getAlbumsByArtist(Artist artist, bool isAlbumArtist)
{
List<Album> returnedAlbums = new List<Album>();
List<string> albumNames = new List<string>();
iTunesApp iTunes = null;
try
{
iTunes = new iTunesApp();
if(isAlbumArtist)
{
foreach (IITFileOrCDTrack track in iTunes.LibraryPlaylist.Tracks)
{
// If the artist doesn't match, or if we already have the album,
// just keep going
if (!string.Equals(track.AlbumArtist, artist.Name) || albumNames.Contains(track.Album))
{
continue;
}
Album album = track.GetAlbum();
albumNames.Add(album.Title);
returnedAlbums.Add(album);
}
}
else
{
foreach(IITFileOrCDTrack track in iTunes.LibraryPlaylist.Search(artist.Name, ITPlaylistSearchField.ITPlaylistSearchFieldArtists))
{
if (!string.Equals(track.Artist, artist.Name) || albumNames.Contains(track.Album))
{
continue;
}
Album album = track.GetAlbum();
albumNames.Add(album.Title);
returnedAlbums.Add(album);
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
LogUtility.LogException(ex);
throw;
}
finally
{
// Marshall.ReleaseComObject?
}
return returnedAlbums;
}
public MediaState PlayArtist(Artist artist, bool enqueue)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
public IEnumerable<Album> GetAlbumsByArtist(Artist artist)
{
return getAlbumsByArtist(artist, false);
}
public IEnumerable<Track> GetTracksByArtist(Artist artist)
{
return getTracksByArtist(artist.Name, false);
}
public MediaState PlayArtist(Artist artist, bool enqueue)
{
MediaLibraryService service = new MediaLibraryService();
return PlayTracks(service.GetTracksByArtist(artist), enqueue);
}
private static void CacheArtists(WindowsMediaPlayer mediaPlayer)
{
// Get the album titles
IWMPStringCollection artistNames = mediaPlayer.mediaCollection
.getAttributeStringCollection(MediaAttributes.DisplayArtist, MediaType.Audio);
for (int i = 0; i < artistNames.count; i++)
{
if (!_artistCache.ContainsKey(artistNames.Item(i).ToLower()))
{
string artistName = artistNames.Item(i);
if (artistName != null && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(artistName))
{
Artist artist = new Artist()
{
Name = artistName
};
_artistCache.Add(artist.Name.ToLower(), artist);
}
}
}
}
public static Artist GetArtist(this IITFileOrCDTrack track)
{
Artist artist = new Artist();
artist.Name = track.Artist;
return artist;
}
public IEnumerable<Track> GetTracksByArtist(Artist artist)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}
public IEnumerable<Album> GetAlbumsByArtist(Artist artist)
{
throw new NotImplementedException();
}