Schedual my song to Wake me

micmi · 13th March 2002, 00:08

Hi
I know how to schedual winamp to run at a certain time,
but how do I configure it to play a certain song when it starts?
I Really wanna wake up with my favorite song

thanks

DJ Egg · 13th March 2002, 07:50

Are you using Windows Task Scheduler?
If so, just schedule the song of your choice.
You can link directly to the mp3 (as long as Winamp is the default player)
or you can change the command line to, eg.
"C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.exe" "c:\My Music\MP3\Artist\title.mp3"

More tips, plus links to autoplay/alarm plugins here:
http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=38085

LENZ.NET · 18th March 2002, 14:43

This was actually moved from a Winamp3 forum I thought, and there is an alarm script by WillFisher, just take a quick look around the stickies on WA3/Skins and Scripting.

DJ Egg · 18th March 2002, 20:52

Hmm . . . so why was it moved to a WA2 Tech Forum then?

This kinda renders my first reply pretty much useless . . .

Note to mods:
Move WA3 related topics to WA3 Tech Forum . . . not here!

Fillepe · 18th March 2002, 22:55

OK so can i get winamp 2 to load and start playing a playlist from a floppy disk using command line parameters.

what i am trying to do is get a computer without a monitor to boot of a floppy disk and run winamp and start playing the playlist on the disk.

DJ Egg · 18th March 2002, 23:17

A playlist on a 1.44MB floppy disk ?!?!

And where are the actual music files located which this playlist refers to?
On the hard drive?
Or are they just a few small files on the floppy? (eg. MIDI files).

Anyway, as explained in the link I provided above, the command line would be something like:
"C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.exe" A:\Playlist.m3u
or
C:\Progra~1\Winamp\Winamp.exe "A:\Music Playlist.m3u"
or
"C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.exe" "A:\Music Playlist.m3u"

(basically, quotation marks are required if there's any spaces in either/both of the two paths)

Just create a new shortcut with the relevant command line and place it in the startup folder @ c:\windows\start menu\programs\startup

Naturally you'll need to include the correct paths to Winamp and your floppy drive if they're different to my above examples.....

Then again, I'm still not sure if I even understood your question

So, errmm, this floppy is actually a system boot disk then?

Fillepe · 19th March 2002, 02:32

Yeah the floppy tells the machine to boot windows off it's hard drive and then tells it to load winamp and playlist etc and yes the mp3's are also on the hard drive.

but thanks for your help i have figured out a slightly different way of doing it.

13th March 2002, 00:08	#1
micmi Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Posts: 1	Schedual my song to Wake me Hi I know how to schedual winamp to run at a certain time, but how do I configure it to play a certain song when it starts? I Really wanna wake up with my favorite song thanks

13th March 2002, 07:50	#2
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Are you using Windows Task Scheduler? If so, just schedule the song of your choice. You can link directly to the mp3 (as long as Winamp is the default player) or you can change the command line to, eg. "C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.exe" "c:\My Music\MP3\Artist\title.mp3" More tips, plus links to autoplay/alarm plugins here: http://forums.winamp.com/showthread.php?threadid=38085 Playlist -\|- Twitter

18th March 2002, 14:43	#3
LENZ.NET Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 291	This was actually moved from a Winamp3 forum I thought, and there is an alarm script by WillFisher, just take a quick look around the stickies on WA3/Skins and Scripting. "Some dance to remember, Some dance to forget." Spacer \| Previewer \|

18th March 2002, 20:52	#4
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	Hmm . . . so why was it moved to a WA2 Tech Forum then? This kinda renders my first reply pretty much useless . . . Note to mods: Move WA3 related topics to WA3 Tech Forum . . . not here! Playlist -\|- Twitter

18th March 2002, 23:17	#6
DJ Egg Techorator Winamp & Shoutcast Team Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 35,894	A playlist on a 1.44MB floppy disk ?!?! And where are the actual music files located which this playlist refers to? On the hard drive? Or are they just a few small files on the floppy? (eg. MIDI files). Anyway, as explained in the link I provided above, the command line would be something like: "C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.exe" A:\Playlist.m3u or C:\Progra~1\Winamp\Winamp.exe "A:\Music Playlist.m3u" or "C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.exe" "A:\Music Playlist.m3u" (basically, quotation marks are required if there's any spaces in either/both of the two paths) Just create a new shortcut with the relevant command line and place it in the startup folder @ c:\windows\start menu\programs\startup Naturally you'll need to include the correct paths to Winamp and your floppy drive if they're different to my above examples..... Then again, I'm still not sure if I even understood your question So, errmm, this floppy is actually a system boot disk then? Playlist -\|- Twitter

18th March 2002, 22:55	#5
Fillepe Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Over there, NO left a bit Posts: 19	OK so can i get winamp 2 to load and start playing a playlist from a floppy disk using command line parameters. what i am trying to do is get a computer without a monitor to boot of a floppy disk and run winamp and start playing the playlist on the disk.

19th March 2002, 02:32	#7
Fillepe Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Over there, NO left a bit Posts: 19	Yeah the floppy tells the machine to boot windows off it's hard drive and then tells it to load winamp and playlist etc and yes the mp3's are also on the hard drive. but thanks for your help i have figured out a slightly different way of doing it.

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