Hi gary, I'm not sure I've understood exactly what you want, but it sounds like you have a file location and you want to play it in vlc. If so, use shellexecute to open the file and once vlc is associated with that file extension vlc will be used to open it
Gary Jeurink <[email protected]> wrote: >My livingroom has a 600 dvd & a 600 cd player and I've databased both. >With >the help of an (pc to ir linc) I can tell my av-receiver to play any >selection (movie or song). I just recently added a drobo with 2t >storage >and I'm scheming it to be a media server. Now I want to play mp3 songs >stored in the database as type-4 (mp3) and stored on the drobo (the 600 >cd >player is full.approx. 11,000 songs). > >When I select a song on one of the cd's (types: 1-tape, 2-cd, 3-vinyl, >4-mp3), I send a location to a procedure that tells the stereo to play >that >song. Location is a 5-digit text string. which cd (001-600) and which >track >(01-30 or so). Now I will need a procedure to play a file stored on the >public drive (drobo). > >My play cd procedure looks like: > >IF songsbyloca.t = 2 && (a cd) > > STORE (songsbyloca.mg+songsbyloca.loc) to cSongPath > > IF (LEFT(cSongPath,3) = LEFT(cPrevSong,3)) > >DO c:\alldat2\programs\PlayTrack WITH cSongPath, songsbyloca.t && just >use track > > ELSE > > DO c:\alldat2\programs\PlaySong WITH cSongPath, songsbyloca.t && use >magazine and track > > ENDIF > > STORE cSongPath TO cPrevSong > >ELSE > >MESSAGEBOX("This Song must be on a CD to play!") && as of now, I can >only >play cd's > >ENDIF > >THISFORM.REFRESH > > > >The if wrinkle tells the procedure to skip the first 3-digits if the >previously played song was on the same cd and the else notifies the >user, >they can only play files of type-2, cd. > > > >>From MyComputer, I can click on any mp3 file and it is played by >default >with the VLC media player (free program, even plays movies from an .iso >image). > >What would my procedure look like to call VLC.EXE, with the correct >file >address on the drobo. My whole system as is was developed from tips >from you >guys. > > > >Gary Jeurink > > > >--- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- >multipart/alternative > text/plain (text body -- kept) > text/html >--- > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
