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Here is a small script that can export details from your TV library in macOS 15 Catalina or later and was prompted by this thread: Export library list with file location from tv app - Apple Community. This is in lieu of an XML export option and in particular captures location which is not included when copying items from the screen and pasting elsewhere. It should be relatively easy to add additional details to the output if required.
Copy the text below the line and paste it into the Script Editor. which you can find in /Applications/Utilities. Save as Export TV Info in say ~/Documents/Scripts then run it using the Play button in the Script Editor. The script will save a text file on your desktop called TV Details.txt.
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-- Export TV Info - V1.01 - © Steve MacGuire - 2021-04-05
tell application "TV"
set mySelection to tracks
set d to (date string of (current date))
set t to (time string of (current date))
set output to "<#>TV Details - Exported " & d & " " & t & return & return
repeat with aVideo in mySelection
set theName to name of aVideo
if exists location of aVideo then
set theLoc to location of aVideo
if theLoc is not missing value then
set thePath to POSIX path of theLoc
else
set thePath to "<Missing Location>"
end if
else
set thePath to "iCloud"
end if
set theName to name of aVideo
set theShow to show of aVideo
if theShow is not "" then
set seas to season number of aVideo
set epNum to episode number of aVideo
set epID to episode ID of aVideo
set seas to season number of aVideo
set epNum to episode number of aVideo
set output to output & "<Show>" & theShow & return
set output to output & "<Season>" & seas & return
set output to output & "<Episode #>" & epNum & return
set output to output & "<Episode ID>" & epID & return
end if
set output to output & "<Name>" & theName & return
set output to output & "<Location>" & thePath & return
set output to output & return
end repeat
my make_the_file(output)
display dialog "Output file created on the desktop" with title "Export TV Info"
end tell
-- ================================
-- create the text file, will overwrite unless file in use
-- ================================
to make_the_file(newContents)
tell application "Finder"
set file_name to (home as string) & "Desktop:TV Details.txt"
if (exists file file_name) then
do shell script "rm " & quoted form of POSIX path of file_name
end if
end tell
try
set fileRefr to (open for access file_name with write permission)
write newContents to fileRefr
close access fileRefr
on error errx number errNum from badObj
try
close access fileRefr
end try
if (errNum is equal to -48) then
do shell script "rm " & quoted form of POSIX path of file_name
my make_the_file(newContents)
else
display dialog "There has been an error creating the file:" & nlurn & nlurn & (badObj as string) & errx & nlurn & "error number: " & errNum buttons {"Cancel"}
end if
end try
end make_the_file
