How to play all songs in windows player in vbscript?

Question

Could you please help to write a script to play all songs in particular folder via vbscript.

Set wmp = CreateObject(\"WMPlayer.OCX\")
wmp.openPlayer(\"xxx.mp         


        

Answer 1

This Vbscript PlayListSongs.vbs scan into a folder and its subfolders for songs and create a playlist in a text file in order to play it in the background. So just give a try ;)

'***********************************Description*************************************
'This Vbscript scan into a folder and its subfolders for songs like .mp3 .wav .....
'And create a playlist in a text file in order to play it in the background.
'© Hackoo © 2015
'***********************************************************************************
Option Explicit
If AppPrevInstance() Then 
    MsgBox "There is an existing proceeding !" & VbCrLF &_
    CommandLineLike(WScript.ScriptName),VbExclamation,"There is an existing proceeding !"    
    WScript.Quit   
Else 
    Dim Folder,File,fso,MyPlayList,Temp,oExec,ws,Title,WaitingMsg
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set ws = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    Temp = ws.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%Temp%")
    Folder = Browse4Folder()
    MyPlayList = Folder & "\MyPlayList.txt"
    If fso.FileExists(MyPlayList) Then
        fso.DeleteFile(MyPlayList)
    End If
    Title = "Looking for songs in "& DblQuote(Folder) & " using Vbscript © Hackoo 2015"
    WaitingMsg = "Please wait... Searching for songs into : "& DblQuote(Folder) & " is in progress..."
    Call CreateProgressBar(Title,WaitingMsg)'Creation of Waiting Bar
    Call LancerProgressBar() 'Launch of the Waiting Bar
    Call Pause(10)
    Call Scan4Songs(Folder)
    Call FermerProgressBar()
    Call Play(MyPlayList)
End If
'*********************************************************
Sub Play(File)
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim Sound,Xwmp
    Dim fso,F,ReadME,PlayList,i,Ws,Copyright,Name,Duration
    Copyright = " © Hackoo © 2015"
    Set Ws = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set F = fso.OpenTextFile(File,1)
    If Err <> 0 Then
        Ws.popup Err.Description & VbCrlF &_
        "No media file found !","3",Err.Description & Copyright,VbCritical
        wscript.quit()
    End If
    ReadMe = F.ReadAll
    PlayList = split(ReadMe,vbcrlf)
    Set Sound = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX")
    Sound.settings.volume = 100
    Sound.currentPlaylist.Clear
    For i = Lbound(PlayList) to Ubound(PlayList)
        Set Xwmp = Sound.newMedia(PlayList(i))
        Sound.currentPlaylist.insertItem(i),Xwmp
        Sound.Controls.Play()   
        Do while Sound.currentmedia.duration = 0
            wscript.sleep 100
        Loop
        wscript.sleep(int(Sound.currentmedia.duration)+1)*1000
    Next    
End Sub
'*********************************************************************************************
Function AppPrevInstance()   
    With GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")   
        With .ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE CommandLine LIKE " & CommandLineLike(WScript.ScriptFullName) & _
            " AND CommandLine LIKE '%WScript%' OR CommandLine LIKE '%cscript%'")   
            AppPrevInstance = (.Count > 1)   
        End With   
    End With   
End Function    
'*********************************************************************************************
Function CommandLineLike(ProcessPath)   
    ProcessPath = Replace(ProcessPath, "\", "\\")   
    CommandLineLike = "'%" & ProcessPath & "%'"   
End Function
'*********************************************************************************************
Function Browse4Folder()
    Dim objShell,objFolder,Message
    Message = "Please select a folder in order to scan into it and its subfolders for songs"
    Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
    Set objFolder = objShell.BrowseForFolder(0,Message,1,"c:\Programs")
    If objFolder Is Nothing Then
        Wscript.Quit
    End If
    Browse4Folder = objFolder.self.path
end Function
'*********************************************************************************************
Function Scan4Songs(Folder)
    Dim File,Ext,i,SubFolder
    Set Folder = fso.GetFolder(Folder)
    For each File in Folder.Files
        Ext = Array("mp3","wav","ogg","asf","aa3","m3v","midi")
        For i = LBound(Ext) To UBound(Ext)
            If LCase(fso.GetExtensionName(File.name)) = LCase(Ext(i)) Then 
                Call MakePlayListFile(MyPlayList,File.Path)
            end if
        Next
    Next
    For each SubFolder in Folder.SubFolders
        Call Scan4Songs(SubFolder.Path)
    Next
End Function
'*********************************************************************************************
Sub MakePlayListFile(MyPlayList,strContents)
    Dim fso,ts
    Const ForAppending= 8
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set ts = fso.OpenTextFile(MyPlayList,ForAppending,True)
    ts.WriteLine strContents
    ts.Close
End Sub
'**********************************************************************************************
Sub CreateProgressBar(Title,WaitingMsg)
    Dim ws,fso,f,f2,ts,ts2,Ligne,i,fread,LireTout,NbLigneTotal,Temp,PathOutPutHTML,fhta,oExec
    Set ws = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Temp = WS.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%Temp%")
    PathOutPutHTML = Temp & "\Barre.hta"
    Set fhta = fso.OpenTextFile(PathOutPutHTML,2,True)
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine "" & WaitingMsg &""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.close
End Sub
'**********************************************************************************************
Sub LancerProgressBar()
    Set oExec = Ws.Exec("mshta.exe " & Temp & "\Barre.hta")
End Sub
'**********************************************************************************************
Sub FermerProgressBar()
    oExec.Terminate
End Sub
'**********************************************************************************************
Function DblQuote(Str)
    DblQuote = Chr(34) & Str & Chr(34)
End Function
'**********************************************************************************************
Sub Pause(Secs)    
    Wscript.Sleep(Secs * 1000)    
End Sub   
'**********************************************************************************************

EDIT : 19/08/2015 Another version

In this example, you can scan into a folder and its subfolders for songs like .mp3. And create a playlist (MyPlayList.m3u) file in order to play it with Windows Media Player.

[VBS] PlayListSongsWMP.vbs

'***********************************Description*************************************
'This Vbscript scan into a folder and its subfolders for songs like .mp3
'And create a playlist file in order to play it with Windows Media Player.
'Created on 05/04/2015 © Hackoo © 2015
'***********************************************************************************
Option Explicit
If AppPrevInstance() Then 
    MsgBox "There is an existing proceeding !" & VbCrLF &_
    CommandLineLike(WScript.ScriptName),VbExclamation,"There is an existing proceeding !"    
    WScript.Quit   
Else 
    Dim Folder,File,fso,MyPlayList,Temp,oExec,ws,Title,WaitingMsg
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set ws = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
    Temp = ws.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%Temp%")
    Folder = Browse4Folder()
    MyPlayList = Folder & "\MyPlayList.m3u"
    If fso.FileExists(MyPlayList) Then
        fso.DeleteFile(MyPlayList)
    End If
    Title = "Looking for songs in "& DblQuote(Folder) & " using Vbscript © Hackoo 2015"
    WaitingMsg = "Please wait... Searching for songs into : "& DblQuote(Folder) & " is in progress..."
    Call CreateProgressBar(Title,WaitingMsg)'Creation of Waiting Bar
    Call LancerProgressBar() 'Launch of the Waiting Bar
    Call Pause(10)
    Call Scan4Songs(Folder)
    Call FermerProgressBar()
    Call Play(MyPlayList)
End If
'*********************************************************
Sub Play(File)
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim Sound,Ws,Copyright
    Copyright = " © Hackoo © 2015"
    Set Ws = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
    If Err <> 0 Then
        Ws.popup Err.Description & VbCrlF &_
        "No media file found !","3",Err.Description & Copyright,VbCritical
        wscript.quit()
    Else
    Set Sound = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX")
    Sound.settings.volume = 100
    Sound.OpenPlayer(File)
    End If
End Sub
'*********************************************************************************************
Function AppPrevInstance()   
    With GetObject("winmgmts:" & "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\.\root\cimv2")   
        With .ExecQuery("SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE CommandLine LIKE " & CommandLineLike(WScript.ScriptFullName) & _
            " AND CommandLine LIKE '%WScript%' OR CommandLine LIKE '%cscript%'")   
            AppPrevInstance = (.Count > 1)   
        End With   
    End With   
End Function    
'*********************************************************************************************
Function CommandLineLike(ProcessPath)   
    ProcessPath = Replace(ProcessPath, "\", "\\")   
    CommandLineLike = "'%" & ProcessPath & "%'"   
End Function
'*********************************************************************************************
Function Browse4Folder()
    Dim objShell,objFolder,Message
    Message = "Please select a folder in order to scan into it and its subfolders for songs"
    Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
    Set objFolder = objShell.BrowseForFolder(0,Message,1,"c:\Programs")
    If objFolder Is Nothing Then
        Wscript.Quit
    End If
    Browse4Folder = objFolder.self.path
end Function
'*********************************************************************************************
Function Scan4Songs(Folder)
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim File,Ext,item,SubFolder
    Set Folder = fso.GetFolder(Folder)
    For each File in Folder.Files
        Ext = Array("mp3")
        For each item in Ext
            If LCase(fso.GetExtensionName(File.name)) = LCase(item) Then 
                Call MakePlayListFile(MyPlayList,File.Path)
            end if
        Next
    Next
    For each SubFolder in Folder.SubFolders
        Call Scan4Songs(SubFolder.Path)
    Next
End Function
'*********************************************************************************************
Sub MakePlayListFile(MyPlayList,strContents)
    Dim fso,ts
    Const ForAppending = 8
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set ts = fso.OpenTextFile(MyPlayList,ForAppending,True)
    ts.WriteLine "#UTF8: "& strContents
    ts.WriteLine strContents
    ts.Close
End Sub
'**********************************************************************************************
Sub CreateProgressBar(Title,WaitingMsg)
    Dim ws,fso,f,f2,ts,ts2,Ligne,i,fread,LireTout,NbLigneTotal,Temp,PathOutPutHTML,fhta,oExec
    Set ws = CreateObject("wscript.Shell")
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Temp = WS.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%Temp%")
    PathOutPutHTML = Temp & "\Barre.hta"
    Set fhta = fso.OpenTextFile(PathOutPutHTML,2,True)
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine "" & WaitingMsg &""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.WriteLine ""
    fhta.close
End Sub
'**********************************************************************************************
Sub LancerProgressBar()
    Set oExec = Ws.Exec("mshta.exe " & Temp & "\Barre.hta")
End Sub
'**********************************************************************************************
Sub FermerProgressBar()
    oExec.Terminate
End Sub
'**********************************************************************************************
Function DblQuote(Str)
    DblQuote = Chr(34) & Str & Chr(34)
End Function
'**********************************************************************************************
Sub Pause(Secs)    
    Wscript.Sleep(Secs * 1000)    
End Sub   
'**********************************************************************************************