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smarty
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I have a WinAmp playlist called "allfiles.m3u" located in my "c:\program files\winamp\" directory.
When I run the formula ph_winampctrl("playfile", 0, "c:\program files\winamp\allfiles.m3u") it evaluates to zero (seems OK). But, WinAmp doesn't play the playlist.
When I open the same playlist from Winamp, the playlist opens and plays fine. What am I doing wrong?
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Maybe this...
This function relies upon the data in the [Winamp] section of the pwrhome.ini file.
If you upgraded, you may not have the entry in your ini file.
[WinAmp]
Class=
Path=c:\program files\winamp\winamp.exe
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Tony,
That is exactly what I have in my .ini file for the [WinAmp] section.
When I try the above formula, Winamp is already open. It is usually stopped or paused from the radio station that it was previosly streaming.
Should I somehow clear the station from it before I try to run this fomula?
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I had a similar issue when I implimented the WinAmp controls recently. Strangely enough, moving the .m3u file from "c:\program files\winamp\" to "c:\waves\" solved the issue for me.
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Thanks owl, that did it.
I moved the playlist into a different directory and now the formula works PERFECTLY. I guess this is a WinAMp quirk.
Dave,
Maybe the documentation on ph_winampctrl should include a note concerning where the playlists are kept?
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Smarty,
It would appear that Winamp is hanging on path/filenames that contain a space. Im not around a machine where I could test at the moment but I betcha the following code would fix it:
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ph_winampctrl("playfile", 0, '"c:\program files\winamp\allfiles.m3u"')
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Oftimes in Windows, if a filename path contains a path, you must enclose that path within double quotes. So you can see from the above what I did was take your string and wrap it with single quotes. This way the filename path will be passed to Winamp including the double quotes.
Let me know if this fixes it or not and I'll make a note stating this for the help file.
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Tested on one of my playlists and it works!
Thanks Dave
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Yep,
Winamp was just having trouble interpreting the spaces without the double quotes to delimit the entire string.
Glad to hear it works,
Dave.
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