PowerShell/docs/play-mp3.md

Script: play-mp3.ps1

This PowerShell script plays the given sound file (MPEG-1 audio layer-3 file format).

Parameters

PS> ./play-mp3.ps1 [[-path] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-path <String>
    Specifies the file path to the .MP3 file
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./play-mp3.ps1 C:\thunder.mp3

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Plays a .MP3 sound file 
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script plays the given sound file (MPEG-1 audio layer-3 file format).
.PARAMETER path
	Specifies the file path to the .MP3 file
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./play-mp3.ps1 C:\thunder.mp3
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$path = "")

try {
	if ($path -eq "" ) { $path = Read-Host "Enter the file path to the MP3 sound file" }

	if (-not(Test-Path "$path" -pathType leaf)) { throw "Can't access sound file: $path" }
	$fullPath = (Get-ChildItem $path).fullname
	$filename = (Get-Item "$fullPath").name

	Add-Type -assemblyName PresentationCore
	$mediaPlayer = New-Object System.Windows.Media.MediaPlayer

	do {
		$mediaPlayer.open($fullPath)
		$milliseconds = $mediaPlayer.NaturalDuration.TimeSpan.TotalMilliseconds
	} until ($milliseconds)

	[int]$minutes = $milliseconds / 60000
	[int]$seconds = ($milliseconds / 1000) % 60
	Write-Host "   ▶️" -noNewline -foregroundColor green
	Write-Host "Playing $filename for $($minutes.ToString('00')):$($seconds.ToString('00'))s..."

	$previousTitle = $host.ui.RawUI.WindowTitle 
	$host.ui.RawUI.WindowTitle = "▶️ $filename"
	$mediaPlayer.Volume = 1
	$mediaPlayer.play()
	Start-Sleep -milliseconds $milliseconds

	$mediaPlayer.stop()
	$mediaPlayer.close()
	$host.ui.RawUI.WindowTitle = $previousTitle
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error in line $($_.InvocationInfo.ScriptLineNumber): $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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