<# .SYNOPSIS Plays a playlist (.M3U format) .DESCRIPTION This PowerShell script plays the given playlist (in .M3U file format) .PARAMETER filename Specifies the path to the playlist .EXAMPLE PS> ./play-m3u 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 # success } catch { "⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])" exit 1 }