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Winamp to Enqueue a Directory

Well, I was having an MSN conversation with a mate of mine (The names have been changed to protect the guilty).....

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Person A says:
how do I get my computer to "Enqueue in Winamp D:\Directory Name\*.*" upon start up
Person A says:
I can put an m3u in the startup
Person A says:
but that is a static list
Person A says:
as opposed to "Whatever is in the directory"
Person B says:
i've been wanting to know how to do that for a long time
Person A says:
I'll post on HA, I think
Person B says:
ask how it's done in foobar too
Person B says:
i want foobar to automatically check if there is new stuff in my directory
Person B says:
if so add it to list and save


Be great to hear any ideas

Thanks,

Person A

Winamp to Enqueue a Directory

Reply #1 –
"Quick and dirty" suggestion:

via batch file (save the following into a file with the extension "bat" and put it into your startup folder):

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@dir [directory]\*.mp3 /b >[directory]\playlist.m3u
@dir [directory]\*.[extension] /b >>[directory]\playlist.m3u
@dir [directory]\*.[extension] /b >>[directory]\playlist.m3u
[...]
@start [directory]\playlist.m3u


The line with [extension] can be repeated as often as you need it ...

... should do it  I'm 100% sure there are "more beautiful" solutions though...

Winamp to Enqueue a Directory

Reply #2 –
Perhaps something escapes me, but doesn't a shortcut to C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe "C:\music_dir" do what you describe?

This works for foobar as well, AFAIK.

Winamp to Enqueue a Directory

Reply #3 –
This may be helpful.
WINAMP.COM  Forums - How do I get winamp to begin playing on startup

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Perhaps something escapes me, but doesn't a shortcut to C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe "C:\music_dir" do what you describe?

I did a quick test using Winamp 2.95 and it did for me. Untested with recursiveness.

tec

Winamp to Enqueue a Directory

Reply #4 –
*lol* I thought he had tested this already...  Nevermind... Oh and recursiveness could easily be added by the "/s" switch in the first line of the batch file

Winamp to Enqueue a Directory

Reply #6 –
Heh, Person A and Person B...

Ruairi
rc55.com - nothing going on
 

Winamp to Enqueue a Directory

Reply #7 –
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Perhaps something escapes me, but doesn't a shortcut to C:\Program Files\Winamp\winamp.exe "C:\music_dir" do what you describe?

This works for foobar as well, AFAIK.
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It seems doing that with Foobar just forces the new files into a playlist, meaning a 12 minute wait for me  Is there a way of scanning every directory whilst comparing against the database, only adding new things and deleting old ones?
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