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[Scronch]

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]

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

Ray

[Scronch]

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]

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

[Scronch]

Sure...


  

  

  









But now Matt or Nikolay have to help me!

Scronch

[Scronch]

...bump in honor of patriotism...

[Poison Dan]

Scronch,

You Da Man.

[Scronch]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Scronch]

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]

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]

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

Nikolay

[Scronch]

[Scronch]

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]

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]

Batch-Files:

You can use cmd.exe to run a batchfile:

cmd.exe /c batchfile.bat

HTH

[Scronch]

Darn it, I knew that.  Thanks!!

Scronch

[Scronch]

...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