<# .SYNOPSIS play-m3u.ps1 [] .DESCRIPTION Plays the given playlist (in .M3U file format) .EXAMPLE PS> .\play-m3u.ps1 C:\MyPlaylist.m3u .LINK https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell .NOTES Author: Markus Fleschutz License: CC0 #> param([string]$Filename = "") try { if ($Filename -eq "" ) { $Filename = read-host "Enter the M3U playlist filename" } if (-not(test-path "$Filename" -pathType leaf)) { throw "Can't access playlist file: $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 ($Line[0] -eq "#") { continue } if (-not(test-path "$Line" -pathType leaf)) { throw "Can't access audio file: $Line" } $FullPath = (get-childItem "$Line").fullname $Filename = (get-item "$FullPath").name do { $MediaPlayer.open("$FullPath") $Milliseconds = $MediaPlayer.NaturalDuration.TimeSpan.TotalMilliseconds } until ($Milliseconds) [int]$Minutes = $Milliseconds / 60000 [int]$Seconds = ($Milliseconds / 1000) % 60 "▶️Playing 🎵$Filename ($($Minutes.ToString('00')):$($Seconds.ToString('00'))) ..." $MediaPlayer.Volume = 1 $MediaPlayer.play() start-sleep -milliseconds $Milliseconds $MediaPlayer.stop() $MediaPlayer.close() } exit 0 } catch { write-error "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }