#!/bin/powershell <# .SYNTAX ./play-mp3.ps1 [] .DESCRIPTION plays the given sound file (MP3 file format) .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz / License: CC0 #> param($Filename = "") try { if ($Filename -eq "" ) { $Filename = read-host "Enter the MP3 filename" } add-type -assemblyName presentationCore $MediaPlayer = new-object system.windows.media.mediaplayer $MediaPlayer.open("$Filename") $MediaPlayer.play() exit 0 } catch { write-error "ERROR: line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }