Topic: Stacking mjextman commands (Read 2256 times)

Scronch · « **on:** July 17, 2002, 11:23:48 pm »

Under Win2k with MJ not running, I put this in a shell script:

mjextman.exe /Clear
mjextman.exe /Play "TREEPATH=Playlists\listname"

The first command starts MJ and clears PN. But the list from the second command never gets played. So I tried this:

start /w mjextman.exe /Clear
mjextman.exe /Play "TREEPATH=Playlists\listname"

But still no joy.

So then I inserted a short sleep-type loop between the commands:

start /w mjextman.exe /Clear

echo Do >%TEMP%.\~tmp.vbs
echo Loop Until True = False>>%TEMP%.\~tmp.vbs
CSCRIPT //B //Nologo //T:5 %TEMP%.\~tmp.vbs
del %TEMP%.\~tmp.vbs

mjextman.exe /Play "TREEPATH=Playlists\listname"

STILL no joy.

Please, what am I doing wrong?

Scronch

Raymond · « **Reply #1 on:** July 18, 2002, 07:09:58 am »

Is there a reason you need to use /Clear? Since /Play "TREEPATH=Playlists\listname" will replace the existing list.

Ray

Scronch · « **Reply #2 on:** July 18, 2002, 11:31:51 am »

Yeah, I've had a lot of threads going on this. The lines I listed are for when MJ is not running. When MJ is running, I don't want to clear the whole playlist, because I don't want to kill the current song. Instead I use the DontRemoveCurrent option followed by an Append:

cd C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox
start /w mjextman.exe /Clear DontRemoveCurrent
mjextman.exe /Append "TREEPATH=Playlists\listname"

But I have the exact same problem, namely that the Append doesn't happen. There is some sort of process completion or timing issue going on here.

HELP!

Scronch

JimH · « **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2002, 11:34:19 am »

Nice use of emoticons. Can you do a flag next time?

Scronch · « **Reply #4 on:** July 18, 2002, 12:02:28 pm »

Sure...

But now Matt or Nikolay have to help me!

Scronch

Scronch · « **Reply #5 on:** July 18, 2002, 11:27:17 pm »

...bump in honor of patriotism...

Poison Dan · « **Reply #6 on:** July 18, 2002, 11:33:08 pm »

Scronch,

You Da Man.

Scronch · « **Reply #7 on:** July 19, 2002, 12:48:47 pm »

t'anks, dude.

I think I have a complaint for JimH--too many people are using MJ! Interact has become so busy, my posts get bounced back a few pages in half a day...

Scronch

JimH · « **Reply #8 on:** July 19, 2002, 12:55:27 pm »

Scronch! I think you've got real talent. Can you draw a cat?

(I'm not stalling. Really. Just trying to help you keep this on the front burner so somebody finally gives in and does something for you.)

Nikolay · « **Reply #9 on:** July 19, 2002, 01:20:39 pm »

Scronch,

It works,

Here is the contents of BAT file I created:

"C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\mjextman.exe" /Clear DontRemoveCurrent
"C:\Program Files\J River\Media Jukebox\mjextman.exe" /Append "TREEPATH=Media Library\Artist/Album\Demo"

Nikolay

Scronch · « **Reply #10 on:** July 20, 2002, 01:57:02 pm »

Hey folks -

Gotta head over to Minnesota on short notice for a funeral. I'll check this out when I return. Thanks for looking into it.

Scronch

JimH · « **Reply #11 on:** July 20, 2002, 02:27:59 pm »

Sorry to hear it Scronch. Stop by if you have time.

Scronch · « **Reply #12 on:** July 23, 2002, 12:27:46 pm »

JimH - I thought about it, but we just didn't have time. Too much driving, and not a fun trip.

Nikolay - The command you give behave the same as mine. I think the key is that MJ is NOT running when I execute the script. Did you try with MJ NOT running?

Thanks.

Scronch

Scronch · « **Reply #13 on:** July 24, 2002, 09:08:37 am »

Nikolay, to clarify--the bat file works as expected if executed when MJ is already running. When MJ is not already running, the 2nd command is not "seen" by MJ.

Scronch

Nikolay · « **Reply #14 on:** July 24, 2002, 11:07:32 am »

OK, I got it. I'll try to fix it in the next build.

Nikolay

Scronch · « **Reply #15 on:** July 24, 2002, 02:02:21 pm »

Scronch · « **Reply #16 on:** July 25, 2002, 11:33:10 pm »

Nikolay -

The stacking is working now. Thank you. This brings up two more questions:

1) When I try to use Media Scheduler to schedule a Periodic Custom Task, it apparently only allows me to choose .exe files, not .bat files. Is there a way around this? I'd prefer to use Media Scheduler rather than the Windows Task Scheduler or an at or cron command.

2) In a .bat file containing mjextman.exe commands, does it matter what directory the commands are executed from? In other words, should I include a 'cd %temp%' at the top? Or does MJ never leave any relics in the dos shell directory that the .bat file runs from?

Thanks.

Scronch

Scronch · « **Reply #17 on:** July 25, 2002, 11:45:42 pm »

Sorry, forgot to add this one:

3) Is there a way to make an Execute Parameter command (like mjextman.exe /Append) behave like a Command Parameter command? Specifically, I want to manually start MJ each day, and then at specific times of the day the scheduled scripts will clear PN (except for current) and append a shuffled smartlist--but if MJ is not running when the task comes up, I don't want it to start. I reviewed the command line parameter list again, but I don't see any option to disable the auto-run behavior of an Execute Parameter command (like maybe mjextman.exe /Append "TREEPATH=Media Library\Artist/Album\Demo" NoAutoRun )

If not, it's not a big deal. I would just stop Media Scheduler at the end of each day. The next day, Media Scheduler would be started, and MJ would be started.

Scronch

Mirko · « **Reply #18 on:** July 25, 2002, 11:52:00 pm »

Batch-Files:

You can use cmd.exe to run a batchfile:

cmd.exe /c batchfile.bat

HTH

Scronch · « **Reply #19 on:** July 25, 2002, 11:59:48 pm »

Darn it, I knew that. Thanks!!

Scronch

Scronch · « **Reply #20 on:** July 28, 2002, 05:29:25 pm »

...bump these two questions:

A) In a .bat file containing mjextman.exe commands, does it matter what directory the commands are executed from? In other words, should I include a 'cd %temp%' at the top? Or does MJ never leave any relics in the dos shell directory that the .bat file runs from?

B) Is there a way to make an Execute Parameter command (like mjextman.exe /Append) behave like a Command Parameter command? Specifically, I want to manually start MJ each day, and then at specific times of the day the scheduled scripts will clear PN (except for current) and append a shuffled smartlist--but if MJ is not running when the task comes up, I don't want it to start. I reviewed the command line parameter list again, but I don't see any option to disable the auto-run behavior of an Execute Parameter command (like maybe mjextman.exe /Append "TREEPATH=Media Library\Artist/Album\Demo" NoAutoRun ). Or maybe there's a workaround?

Thanks.

Scronch

INTERACT FORUM

Author Topic: Stacking mjextman commands (Read 2256 times)

Scronch

Scronch

Scronch

Scronch

Scronch

Scronch

Scronch

Scronch

Scronch

Scronch

Scronch

Scronch

Scronch