What's the command line to Winamp run specific M3U playlist ??

[dihelson]

Hello, fellows,

I run 2 Shoutcast/Peercast stations on the same computer.
So, I use two instances of winamp 2.91 in order to play different playlists.

Now, I want to automate the process, when Win-XP starts.
I use a software called Automate.

But I need to know what's the Winamp command line (If there's one...) in order that I can open specific playlists with it. M3U is already associated with winamp.

I tried kind of:

C:\winamp\winamp.exe C:\playlists\playlist01.m3u

as the parameters, but didn't work...

In order to get 2 stations with 2 winamps, I need that each of them open diffferent playlists.

Thanks in advance,
Dihelson Mendonça

[djSpinnerCee]

If WinAMP is the default "open" app for m3u files in Windows, the load command would be start drive:\path\playlist001.m3u. This would cause WinAMP to open the m3u file -- if you run it a second time, with start drive:\path\playlist002.m3u, another instance of WinAMP should start the second playlist.

If that works for you, the next thing would be how to get each DSP to open a different stream -- WinAMP instances share the same config, so if you set each to connect automatically they will likely try to connect to the same DNAS.

All I can say is it's more diffiucult to automate two streams on the same PC.

[bingo]

It should work : Try to create a shortcut and add this command line :

"C:\Winamp\winamp.exe" "C:\playlists\playlist01.m3u"

[dihelson]

Originally posted by bingo
It should work : Try to create a shortcut and add this command line :

IT WORKED!
Thank you so much, Bingooooo!!!

Perhaps the problem was due to I was not using " on the shortcuts.

Now, I only need to put these 2 different playlist/shortcuts on my automation software and ... voila!
Even after a power failure, the system can inicialize all different stations without me, I can even program certain times for Up and DOWN the stations...

Now, I have two different stations running on the same machine, different winamps, different DSPs, different folders...

Indeed, with this method of different folders, I solved many problems. For instance, I can use multiples instances of SAM encoders on the same machine, each one with it's own parameters tottally different without any conflict, even using OGG or MP3...

Using so, I can run unlimited stations, limited only by the machine processor and bandwidth.

Thank you so much for your help, bingo.

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Dihelson mendonça

[bingo]

I am very happy. Even more, you are now able to use the Windows Tasks Scheduler to load different playlists, etc