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Start playing a playlist on start up?

Hi folks!

Wondering whether there's a way of getting a playlist to start playing automatically upon opening?

Also--is there a way of using keyboard shortcuts without having the foobar window active? Say, if I was working in another program and wanted to skip a track without alt+tab'ing to foobar?

Any ideas appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Start playing a playlist on start up?

Reply #1 –
1) you can get foobar to resume from where it left off when you last closed it. look under file>preferences>playback.

2) yes, you just need to make sure you tick the box global hotkey (file>preferences>keyboard shortcuts)

Start playing a playlist on start up?

Reply #2 –
You could also create a playlist file, set foobar as the default application and use that playlist to open foobar.

Or maybe...
To avoid having to update playlists constantly, i use batch files which i leave in each folder of my collection. They open foobar and tell it to play that folder. Depending on your needs, you might be able to do something similar.

Start playing a playlist on start up?

Reply #3 –
Global hotkeys! How did I miss that

Thanks for that guys. I think creating a batch file would be the route to go down.

@andrew_berge: Is there any chance you would mine sharing an example of the code you use to accomplish this? I'm not all au fait with batch files. No worries if not.

Start playing a playlist on start up?

Reply #4 –
Okay. I made this a while ago, so i don't actually remember what everything does, but it's this:

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start "Play Folder" /d "%cd%" /b "C:\Program Files (x86)\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe" "%cd%"


If i remember correctly, %cd% is the batch file's location, so if you want to open a specific folder i think all you have to do is replace that with the new path.
If you want something more complicated than just opening a folder, this may come in handy.

Start playing a playlist on start up?

Reply #5 –
Quote from: andrew_berge on
Okay. I made this a while ago, so i don't actually remember what everything does, but it's this:

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start "Play Folder" /d "%cd%" /b "C:\Program Files (x86)\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe" "%cd%"


If i remember correctly, %cd% is the batch file's location, so if you want to open a specific folder i think all you have to do is replace that with the new path.
If you want something more complicated than just opening a folder, this may come in handy.


Thanks Andrew! That's just what the doctor ordered

Start playing a playlist on start up?

Reply #6 –
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start "Play Library" /d "C:\Users\hgxrrbcx\Desktop" /b "C:\Users\hgxrrbcx\Desktop\foobar2000\foobar2000.exe" "/command:New Playlist" "library.fpl"


Worked a treat! Thanks again!

Start playing a playlist on start up?

Reply #7 –
Glad i could help