Winamp Ms Dos arguments

FenixDarkstar · 15th August 2004, 18:41

Hi All.
I 'd like to know if it were possible to send commands to winamp thru a Ms Dos command line (or a "Wdos - R" dialog). I would also like to know how could i do this.

Thx 4 ur answers.

JonnyMac · 15th August 2004, 19:32

Winamp Application Programming Interface, includes command line switches.

There is also /BOOKMARK
Places file in Winamp's bookmarks

example
C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.exe /BOOKMARK C:\Media Files\Cool Sound.WAV
__________________________________________________________

Or, you may want to try a command line app/"plug-in"...
WACommand (DrO's update)
-or-
CLEveR
-or-
CLAmp

[edit 02 July 05 > JonnyMac]added CLAmp link [/edit]

cyfrus · 18th January 2006, 18:46

Or, you may want to try a command line plug-in...
WACommand
-or-
CLEveR
-or-
CLAmp

I tried all 3 of these and found huge flaws in all of them.

WACommand worked the best, but its missing the ability to load files/playlists. A shame really since the program works flawlessly.

CLEveR is poorly designed from the get-go. You MUST have winamp loaded before using command line. Why couldn't the author make the program call the winamp.exe on option execution is beyond me.

CLAmp is loaded in features, but has the winamp install path hard coded. So if you've installed winamp into any other folder but default, you get the "can't start winamp" error when program is executed.

Can someone out there point me to a command driven plugin which allows for playlist/file loading but doesn't have the winamp path hardcoded?

RMSe17 · 18th January 2006, 19:33

As far as the inability to start winamp from CLEveR, it's really easy to fix with a script, even a simple batch file can do it, just start winamp and then CLEveR from your script...

I am not really sure about CLAmp, but I wonder if the static location of winamp can be faked through use of shortcuts... basically, if you made a shortcut to winamp.exe and called it winamp.exe, and shoved it into the folder where CLAmp wants it... maybe make shortcuts for anything else that it expects. This is just a guess though, and might not work.

DrO · 18th January 2006, 19:42

you said WACommand worked the best well... you just need to find someone who can code who'll add that feature in for you seeing as the source code is available and in all honesty it's a simple addition to add in a /loadfile option

-daz

cyfrus · 18th January 2006, 20:41

Quote:

Originally posted by DrO
you said WACommand worked the best well... you just need to find someone who can code who'll add that feature in for you seeing as the source code is available and in all honesty it's a simple addition to add in a /loadfile option

-daz

Great idea Dr.O!

Might you know of a resource that contains other winamp options including the /loadfile one?

DrO · 18th January 2006, 21:10

WACommand v2.3.0.0

Added /load <file or playlist> option
Added /clear option
Tweaked compiler options to cut the exe size to 7k
Repackaged the source and files into a full installer

cyfrus: the 'resource' is known as the Winamp sdk

anyway this should do what you need

-daz

cyfrus · 18th January 2006, 22:15

Thank you Dr.O for going out of your way and programming that in for me. Though I must say this is proving more difficult then I had originally anticipated.

It seems that while Winamp is loading, it will not parse any commands, so the configuration below will not work.

play.bat
wacommand /start
<needs to be a delay here, batches don't have delays, least I don't know of any>
wacommand /clear
wacommand /load test.m3u
wacommand /play

How does anyone get any of these Command Prompt plugins to work through batch files? Any help would be appriciated as all I want to do is the following...

Load up Winamp
Clear Current Play List
Load Playlist
Play
...all by running 1 batch file (though I don't care how many batches that 1 batch has to call)

DrO · 18th January 2006, 22:21

ah... is the playlist you're trying to load always going to be the same? if so then you'd really want to look at this and the option to specify a file/playlist to be loaded

-daz

cyfrus · 18th January 2006, 22:40

I tried the plugin above, and though it has the feature I want, it doesn't give me any flexibility. Everytime I load up winamp, it will start w/ that playlist file. Hence my interest in command driven winamp and batch files, which would allow me to set various parameters for different batches without affecting my original winamp launch shortcut and settings. This way I could have WinampRock.bat, WinampMix.bat with certain options and playlist file.

DrO · 18th January 2006, 22:51

the only other way i can think of is if using the plugin it's set to a given name but with the bat files you create, you can have a copy command in place to copy the given playlist you want to play to the one defined with the plugin. but that would hinder things for normal use possibly.

i'm having a thought of seeing if the /start could be altered/expanded on to only return once winamp has started (which would fix the delay issue that you need). i'm trying to finish an initial release for another project that's been on the back burner for a while so i'll have a look at the /start alteration possibly tomorrow

-daz

cyfrus · 18th January 2006, 22:59

Judging from your plugin expertise, if there's anyone that could make this work it'd be you. Thank you Dr.O and good luck!

billyvnilly · 19th January 2006, 00:20

i found these batch delays

cyfrus · 19th January 2006, 02:02

Quote:

Originally posted by billyvnilly
i found these batch delays

What a TERRIFIC find!!! With Dr.O's updated WACommand.exe and the link I was able to get it going just like I had originally planned. Thank you both for all the speedy support.

Here's the batch in case someone's looking to do the same one day...

WAall.bat
@ECHO OFF
wacommand /start
ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 500

wacommand /clear
wacommand /random=1
wacommand /repeat=1

wacommand /load WAall.m3u
wacommand /next
wacommand /play

This will start Winamp, toss in a long enough delay so commands will be parsed, clear the playlist, set random and repeat to on, load the m3u file, change the song (so your not always stuck listneing to the first track) and play.

Also helps when you change the properites of the bat to "run minimized" so that you don't see the box pop up.

Case closed

DrO · 19th January 2006, 02:09

cool

-daz

billyvnilly · 19th January 2006, 02:14

dro is up late...must be coding

[edit] and there it is:http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=235871

DrO · 19th January 2006, 02:16

dro has bad insomnia of late and yes, doing some coding as well but you've saved me some time of having to do extra work on WACommand so i'm happy

-daz

billyvnilly · 19th January 2006, 02:19

well between you making jfte & +++ plugins vs. me googling "batch wait", id say we are even

DrO · 19th January 2006, 02:21

hehe, well as long as cyfrus has a good solution then i think we're all happy
/me trundles off to try and see if he can sleep now...

-daz

cyfrus · 19th January 2006, 02:24

And the final score...

Us 1, Machine 0

15th August 2004, 18:41	#1
FenixDarkstar Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1	Winamp Ms Dos arguments Hi All. I 'd like to know if it were possible to send commands to winamp thru a Ms Dos command line (or a "Wdos - R" dialog). I would also like to know how could i do this. Thx 4 ur answers.

18th January 2006, 21:10	#7
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,277	WACommand v2.3.0.0 Added /load <file or playlist> option Added /clear option Tweaked compiler options to cut the exe size to 7k Repackaged the source and files into a full installer cyfrus: the 'resource' is known as the Winamp sdk anyway this should do what you need -daz

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15th August 2004, 19:32	#2
JonnyMac Moderator Join Date: Dec 2000 Posts: 14,344	Winamp Application Programming Interface, includes command line switches. There is also /BOOKMARK Places file in Winamp's bookmarks example C:\Program Files\Winamp\Winamp.exe /BOOKMARK C:\Media Files\Cool Sound.WAV __________________________________________________________ Or, you may want to try a command line app/"plug-in"... WACommand (DrO's update) -or- CLEveR -or- CLAmp [edit 02 July 05 > JonnyMac]added CLAmp link [/edit]

18th January 2006, 18:46	#3
cyfrus Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Robot Hell Posts: 13	Or, you may want to try a command line plug-in... WACommand -or- CLEveR -or- CLAmp I tried all 3 of these and found huge flaws in all of them. WACommand worked the best, but its missing the ability to load files/playlists. A shame really since the program works flawlessly. CLEveR is poorly designed from the get-go. You MUST have winamp loaded before using command line. Why couldn't the author make the program call the winamp.exe on option execution is beyond me. CLAmp is loaded in features, but has the winamp install path hard coded. So if you've installed winamp into any other folder but default, you get the "can't start winamp" error when program is executed. Can someone out there point me to a command driven plugin which allows for playlist/file loading but doesn't have the winamp path hardcoded?

18th January 2006, 19:33	#4
RMSe17 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 8	As far as the inability to start winamp from CLEveR, it's really easy to fix with a script, even a simple batch file can do it, just start winamp and then CLEveR from your script... I am not really sure about CLAmp, but I wonder if the static location of winamp can be faked through use of shortcuts... basically, if you made a shortcut to winamp.exe and called it winamp.exe, and shoved it into the folder where CLAmp wants it... maybe make shortcuts for anything else that it expects. This is just a guess though, and might not work.

18th January 2006, 19:42	#5
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,277	you said WACommand worked the best well... you just need to find someone who can code who'll add that feature in for you seeing as the source code is available and in all honesty it's a simple addition to add in a /loadfile option -daz

18th January 2006, 22:15	#8
cyfrus Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Robot Hell Posts: 13	Thank you Dr.O for going out of your way and programming that in for me. Though I must say this is proving more difficult then I had originally anticipated. It seems that while Winamp is loading, it will not parse any commands, so the configuration below will not work. play.bat wacommand /start <needs to be a delay here, batches don't have delays, least I don't know of any> wacommand /clear wacommand /load test.m3u wacommand /play How does anyone get any of these Command Prompt plugins to work through batch files? Any help would be appriciated as all I want to do is the following... Load up Winamp Clear Current Play List Load Playlist Play ...all by running 1 batch file (though I don't care how many batches that 1 batch has to call)

18th January 2006, 22:21	#9
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,277	ah... is the playlist you're trying to load always going to be the same? if so then you'd really want to look at this and the option to specify a file/playlist to be loaded -daz

18th January 2006, 22:40	#10
cyfrus Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Robot Hell Posts: 13	I tried the plugin above, and though it has the feature I want, it doesn't give me any flexibility. Everytime I load up winamp, it will start w/ that playlist file. Hence my interest in command driven winamp and batch files, which would allow me to set various parameters for different batches without affecting my original winamp launch shortcut and settings. This way I could have WinampRock.bat, WinampMix.bat with certain options and playlist file.

18th January 2006, 22:51	#11
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,277	the only other way i can think of is if using the plugin it's set to a given name but with the bat files you create, you can have a copy command in place to copy the given playlist you want to play to the one defined with the plugin. but that would hinder things for normal use possibly. i'm having a thought of seeing if the /start could be altered/expanded on to only return once winamp has started (which would fix the delay issue that you need). i'm trying to finish an initial release for another project that's been on the back burner for a while so i'll have a look at the /start alteration possibly tomorrow -daz

18th January 2006, 22:59	#12
cyfrus Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Robot Hell Posts: 13	Judging from your plugin expertise, if there's anyone that could make this work it'd be you. Thank you Dr.O and good luck!

19th January 2006, 00:20	#13
billyvnilly Forum King, M.D. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Detroit burbs Posts: 3,378	i found these batch delays

19th January 2006, 02:09	#15
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,277	cool -daz

19th January 2006, 02:14	#16
billyvnilly Forum King, M.D. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Detroit burbs Posts: 3,378	dro is up late...must be coding [edit] and there it is:http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....hreadid=235871

19th January 2006, 02:16	#17
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,277	dro has bad insomnia of late and yes, doing some coding as well but you've saved me some time of having to do extra work on WACommand so i'm happy -daz

19th January 2006, 02:19	#18
billyvnilly Forum King, M.D. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Detroit burbs Posts: 3,378	well between you making jfte & +++ plugins vs. me googling "batch wait", id say we are even

19th January 2006, 02:21	#19
DrO - Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: UK Posts: 22,277	hehe, well as long as cyfrus has a good solution then i think we're all happy /me trundles off to try and see if he can sleep now... -daz

19th January 2006, 02:24	#20
cyfrus Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Robot Hell Posts: 13	And the final score... Us 1, Machine 0