# Play a single file Add-Type -AssemblyName presentationCore $mediaPlayer = New-Object system.windows.media.mediaplayer $musicPath = "C:\music\" $mediaPlayer.open($musicPath + 'PlayMyMusic.mp3') $mediaPlayer.Play() exit # Create a playlist of files from folder # Preview each song for 30 seconds Add-Type -AssemblyName presentationCore $mediaPlayer = New-Object system.windows.media.mediaplayer $musicPath = "C:\music\" $mediaPlayer.open([uri]"$($file.fullname)") $musicFiles = Get-ChildItem -path $musicPath -include *.mp3,*.wma -recurse foreach($file in $musicFiles) { "Playing $($file.BaseName)" $mediaPlayer.open([uri]"$($file.fullname)") $mediaPlayer.Play() Start-Sleep -Seconds 30 $mediaPlayer.Stop() }
Another method
Add-Type -AssemblyName presentationCore $filepath = [uri] "C:\Orchestra.mp3" $wmplayer = New-Object System.Windows.Media.MediaPlayer $wmplayer.Open($filepath) Start-Sleep 2 # This allows the $wmplayer time to load the audio file $duration = $wmplayer.NaturalDuration.TimeSpan.TotalSeconds $wmplayer.Play() Start-Sleep $duration $wmplayer.Stop() $wmplayer.Close()