It looks like my mention of autohotkey earlier also applies to Winamp. The command line controls I have used in the past are actually an add-on based on autohotkey. See http://www.autohotkey.com/board/topic/54243-clamp-drive-winamp-through-command-line-cmd/

And an alternative: http://www.etcwiki.org/wiki/Winamp_command_line

Alan

Thanks For the links Alan. Very helpful.

I found that Winamp changed ownership from AOL to Radionomy, but they haven't released their version yet. But I managed to find an older version of Winamp that works, and made it my default player. I also got hold of CLEveR for Winamp, and tried out the music controls from the command lines using CMD.exe. So from the Windows start menu, I hit"Run" and typed in "CMD" to pull up the CMD.exe window, typed in...

#Code for CMD.exe

C:\Users\steve_000>downloads\clever.exe play

and all worked well, so I'm a few steps closer. The only problem I'm running in to now is how to use and execute the CLEveR.exe commands using a script. I tried the following...

#Script for ARC script manager. 

exec("C:\Users\steve_000>downloads\CLEveR.exe stop")

but get the message "Error on line 1: The system cannot find the file specified". Any ideas how this script should be written?

You need a \ not a > between your uswr directory and downloads directory names.

Alan

@Alan.

I thought you might say that. I spotted it too (although that's how it shows in the command in the CMD window (pic below)), but didn't make any difference when I changed it.

I would move the exe out of your downloads folder to its own folder eitherboff c:\ or off c:\program files(x86). User libraries are symbolic links to actual directories and have added permissions that could be interfering with the command.

Alan

Cool. I'll give it a try.

Thanks.

So I put the CLEveR files in to the C:\ file so now in the CMD window Winamp controls now use the C:\CLEVER\clever.exe play (or stop ect) which I tested and it works. But using that command line in a script...

exec("C:\CLEVER\clever.exe play

still comes up with the same error message. And that was using the "" or the ">" simbols.

I have further thoughts on how to resolve, but need to experiment some. I am tied up through tomorrow, but have free time Sunday. We'll get it figured out.

Alan