Auto start windows media player - with url

boost06 · 10. Feb 2010, 12:58 PM

Howdy folks

I want to have my xp computer wake me up, with my favorite internet radio station.
The wake me up, got that figured.
The auto start windows media player, via scheduler, done.

Getting the url to play thats the stumbling block.
cant hear a thing.
I can manualy click on the url and its works fine

Any tips and tricks i wouls love to hear about.
cheers
boost06

whocares · 15. Feb 2010, 08:44 PM

you're probably not passing the command parameter correctly to wmp or the path specified to wmp is incorrect..normally:
@ProgramfilesDir & "\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"

i.e
"c:\program files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe"

the double quotes is important in paths where folder names include space or use dos short 8.3 path

the final string in the shortcut should be like that:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" radiochannellink

e.g.:
"C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r5l.asx

there should be a space between the wmp path string and the url parameter
the URL parameter is not a local path and should not be contained in double quotes.

10. Feb 2010, 12:58 PM	#1 (permalink)
boost06 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 1	Auto start windows media player - with url Howdy folks I want to have my xp computer wake me up, with my favorite internet radio station. The wake me up, got that figured. The auto start windows media player, via scheduler, done. Getting the url to play thats the stumbling block. cant hear a thing. I can manualy click on the url and its works fine Any tips and tricks i wouls love to hear about. cheers boost06

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15. Feb 2010, 08:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
whocares Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 14	you're probably not passing the command parameter correctly to wmp or the path specified to wmp is incorrect..normally: @ProgramfilesDir & "\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" i.e "c:\program files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" the double quotes is important in paths where folder names include space or use dos short 8.3 path the final string in the shortcut should be like that: "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" radiochannellink e.g.: "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe" http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/listen/live/r5l.asx there should be a space between the wmp path string and the url parameter the URL parameter is not a local path and should not be contained in double quotes.