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Play Media File or PC beep - 7/9/2007 11:44:56 PM

Rischip

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This script will play a pc beep, or a media file. Many scripts use sound recorder to play back .wav's. This script will play anything that windows media player can play.
Command line arguments are (in any combination):
pcbeep                 'plays pcbeep
visible                   'makes media player open visible
mediafilename      'the full url to the file to be played



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RE: Play Media File or PC beep - 8/6/2007 8:33:45 AM

daluu

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Thanx 4 the script.

Is it dependant on WM player version? I'm assuming the script is written for version 7? What if I have version 6.x, 8, 9, or 10? Will it still work fine for those or will I have to tweak the script a bit?

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RE: Play Media File or PC beep - 8/6/2007 8:52:47 AM

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7 and above use the same control.

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RE: Play Media File or PC beep - 8/6/2007 10:19:06 AM

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Ok, thanks.

FYI - I just found out you can use command line parameters for Windows Media Player as well. There are some for WMP 11, but they have ones I'm not concerned about. And there are some for WMP 6.x, which will suffice for playing WAV and MP3 files. You'll only run into trouble for WMP 6.x if you play WMA or WMV files for which you can't get an updated WM codec for WMP 6.x. The simple command parameter to play 1 file and close the player is this:

mplayer2.exe /play /close pathToFile

You may have to supply the path to mplayer2.exe which is C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\, since it's not in the environment path variable. mplayer2.exe is WMP 6.x, whereas wmplayer.exe is for WMP 7+.

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RE: Play Media File or PC beep - 8/6/2007 10:27:38 AM

Rischip

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The idea behind the script is to be able to embed standardized functionality, and have no visible application, except of course if you need to play a video.

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