Play Windows Media Player song or playlist

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posted by Tobias Weltner

01-09-2009

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Play Windows Media Player song or playlist

$name = read-host "Enter media name/song name/playlist name"   
$player = new-object -com WMPLAYER.OCX   
$item = $player.mediacollection.getByName($name)   
if ($item.Count -gt 0) {   
    $filename = $item.item(0).sourceurl   
    "Playing $filename"   
    $player.openplayer($filename)   
} else {   
    "'$name' not found."   
} 

Filed under: play, Playlist, Windows Media Player, New-Object, COM, Song

Asks for a song name or playlist name and then asks Windows Media Player to play this for you. Excellent way to start your day with the right mood and song when added to your PS profile...

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Karl Snooks wrote re: Play Windows Media Player song or playlist

on 01-26-2009 12:58 PM

Tobias,

You might want to "test-drive" this script.

Karl