Using foo_run to play a song on another instance of foobar

2016-10-10 01:37:47

Hi everybody,

I'm close to making this work, but it's not working yet !
The command I'm using with foo_run is this one :
"C:\Program Files '('x86')'\foobar2000 '('instance 2')'\foobar2000.exe" /add /immediate /command:play "%path%"

Unfortunately it doesn't work completely when instance 2 of foobar isn't launched yet : it launches instance 2, it adds the song to the playlist, but it doesn't start playing it automatically. Seems to be 100% reproducible.

Any hints ? Thanks.

Re: Using foo_run to play a song on another instance of foobar

Reply #1 – 2016-10-10 07:41:18

Why not use just '/immediate "%path%"' as parameters?

Re: Using foo_run to play a song on another instance of foobar

Reply #2 – 2016-10-11 01:52:04

I'm not familiar with foobar command-line parameters : this syntax was suggested some time ago by a foobar forums member.

That being said, I have just tried your own syntax : "C:\Program Files '('x86')'\foobar2000 '('instance 2')'\foobar2000.exe" /immediate "%path%"
It doesn't work either : it launches instance 2, it adds the song to the playlist, but it doesn't start playing it automatically.

The difference with my previous command is that your command doesn't start playing the song even when instance 2 is active.
At least my previous command starts playing the song once instance 2 is active, which is better than nothing but not ideal.

So, is there a way to make this work completely or not ? Thank you.

Re: Using foo_run to play a song on another instance of foobar

Reply #3 – 2016-10-11 06:19:43

Untick 'Set "Enqueue" as the default action' under Preferences -> Shell Integration and my command plays the file.

Re: Using foo_run to play a song on another instance of foobar

Reply #4 – 2016-10-14 01:03:53

Works like a charm ! Thank you @Case, amazing job ! I would never have found that !
For future reference, the "Set Enqueue" must of course be unticked in instance 2, not in instance 1.