#!/bin/powershell <# .SYNTAX ./play-m3u.ps1 [] .DESCRIPTION plays the given playlist (M3U file format) .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param($Filename = "") if ($Filename -eq "" ) { $Filename = read-host "Enter the M3U playlist filename" } try { write-progress "Reading playlist '$Filename' ..." $Lines = get-content $Filename add-type -assemblyName presentationCore $MediaPlayer = new-object system.windows.media.mediaplayer for ([int]$i=0; $i -lt $Lines.Count; $i++) { $Line = $Lines[$i] if ($Line[0] -ne "#") { write-output "Playing '$Line' ..." $FullPath = (get-childItem "$Line").fullname do { $MediaPlayer.open($FullPath) $Duration = $MediaPlayer.NaturalDuration.TimeSpan.TotalMilliseconds } until ($Duration) $MediaPlayer.Volume = 1 $MediaPlayer.play() start-sleep -milliseconds $Duration $MediaPlayer.stop() $MediaPlayer.close() } } exit 0 } catch { write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }