Functions/GenXdev.Console/Open-MediaFile.ps1
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################################################################################ <############################################################################## Part of PowerShell module : GenXdev.Console Original cmdlet filename : Open-MediaFile.ps1 Original author : René Vaessen / GenXdev Version : 1.292.2025 ################################################################################ MIT License Copyright 2021-2025 GenXdev Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. ################################################################################> ################################################################################ <# .SYNOPSIS Opens and plays media files using VLC media player with advanced filtering and configuration options. .DESCRIPTION This function scans for media files based on search patterns, creates a playlist, and launches VLC media player with comprehensive configuration options. It supports videos, audio files, and pictures with automatic VLC installation if needed. The function provides extensive control over playback behavior, window positioning, audio/video settings, and subtitle handling. .PARAMETER Name File name or pattern to search for. Supports wildcards. Default is '*' to find all media files. .PARAMETER InputObject File name or pattern to search for from pipeline input. Default is "*". .PARAMETER PlaylistPath Playlist path to save the media files to. If not specified, the playlist will be saved in a temporary directory. .PARAMETER MaxDegreeOfParallelism Maximum degree of parallelism for directory tasks. .PARAMETER TimeoutSeconds Optional: cancellation timeout in seconds. .PARAMETER SendKeyEscape Escape control characters and modifiers in the KeysToSend parameter. .PARAMETER SendKeyUseShiftEnter Use Shift+Enter instead of Enter when processing KeysToSend. .PARAMETER SendKeyDelayMilliSeconds Delay between different input strings in milliseconds when sending keys. .PARAMETER SendKeyHoldKeyboardFocus Prevents returning keyboard focus to PowerShell after sending keys. .PARAMETER Monitor The monitor to display VLC on. 0 = default monitor, -1 = discard positioning. .PARAMETER AspectRatio Forces a specific aspect ratio for video content. .PARAMETER Crop Applies video cropping with specified dimensions. .PARAMETER SubtitleFile Path to an external subtitle file to use with video content. .PARAMETER SubtitleScale Sets the subtitle text scaling factor (10-500 percent). .PARAMETER SubtitleLanguage Specifies the preferred subtitle language from available tracks. .PARAMETER AudioLanguage Specifies the preferred audio language from available tracks. .PARAMETER PreferredAudioLanguage Sets the default preferred audio language for future playback. .PARAMETER HttpProxy HTTP proxy server address for network streaming content. .PARAMETER HttpProxyPassword Password for HTTP proxy authentication. .PARAMETER VerbosityLevel Sets VLC's log verbosity level (0=quiet, 1=errors, 2=verbose). .PARAMETER SubdirectoryBehavior Controls how subdirectories are handled in the playlist. .PARAMETER IgnoredExtensions File extensions to ignore during media file scanning. .PARAMETER VLCPath Full path to the VLC executable. Defaults to standard installation location. .PARAMETER ReplayGainMode Sets the audio replay gain mode to normalize volume levels across tracks. .PARAMETER ReplayGainPreamp Sets the replay gain preamp level in decibels (-20.0 to 20.0). .PARAMETER ForceDolbySurround Forces detection of Dolby Surround audio encoding. .PARAMETER AudioFilters Specifies audio filter modules to apply during playback. .PARAMETER Visualization Sets the audio visualization mode for audio-only content. .PARAMETER Deinterlace Controls video deinterlacing for improved quality on interlaced content. .PARAMETER DeinterlaceMode Specifies the deinterlacing algorithm to use. .PARAMETER VideoFilters Specifies video filter modules to apply during playback. .PARAMETER VideoFilterModules Additional video filter modules to load and apply. .PARAMETER Modules General VLC modules to load during startup. .PARAMETER AudioFilterModules Additional audio filter modules to load and apply. .PARAMETER AudioVisualization Sets the audio visualization mode for enhanced audio-only experience. .PARAMETER PreferredSubtitleLanguage Sets the default preferred subtitle language for future playback. .PARAMETER IgnoredFileExtensions File extensions to completely ignore during scanning. .PARAMETER Arguments Additional command-line arguments to pass directly to VLC. .PARAMETER AllDrives Search across all available drives instead of just the current directory. .PARAMETER IncludeAlternateFileStreams Include alternate data streams in search results. .PARAMETER NoRecurse Do not recurse into subdirectories during the file search. .PARAMETER FollowSymlinkAndJunctions Follow symlinks and junctions during directory traversal. .PARAMETER IncludeOpticalDiskDrives Include optical disk drives. .PARAMETER SearchDrives Optional: search specific drives. .PARAMETER DriveLetter Optional: search specific drives. .PARAMETER Root Optional: search specific base folders combined with provided Names. .PARAMETER OnlyVideos Filter to only include video files in the playlist (.mp4, .avi, .mkv, .mov, .wmv). .PARAMETER OnlyAudio Filter to only include audio files in the playlist (.mp3, .flac, .wav, .midi, .mid, .au, .aiff, .aac, .m4a, .ogg, .wma, .ra, .ram, .rm, .rmm). .PARAMETER OnlyPictures Filter to only include picture files in the playlist (.jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .bmp, .tiff, .tif). .PARAMETER IncludeVideos Additionally include video files in the playlist when other filters are applied. .PARAMETER IncludeAudio Additionally include audio files in the playlist when other filters are applied. .PARAMETER IncludePictures Additionally include picture files in the playlist when other filters are applied. .PARAMETER NoBorders Removes the window borders from the VLC player window. .PARAMETER Left Place the VLC window on the left side of the screen. .PARAMETER Right Place the VLC window on the right side of the screen. .PARAMETER Top Place the VLC window on the top side of the screen. .PARAMETER Bottom Place the VLC window on the bottom side of the screen. .PARAMETER Centered Place the VLC window in the center of the screen. .PARAMETER Fullscreen Maximize the VLC window to fullscreen mode. .PARAMETER AlwaysOnTop Keeps the VLC window always on top of other windows. .PARAMETER Random Enables random playback order (shuffle mode) for the playlist. .PARAMETER Loop Enables playlist looping - repeats the entire playlist when finished. .PARAMETER Repeat Enables single item repeat - repeats the current media file indefinitely. .PARAMETER StartPaused Starts VLC in paused state instead of immediately playing. .PARAMETER PlayAndExit Automatically exits VLC when playback is completed. .PARAMETER DisableAudio Completely disables audio output during playback. .PARAMETER DisableSubtitles Completely disables subtitle display during playback. .PARAMETER AutoScale Enables automatic video scaling to fit the window. .PARAMETER HighPriority Increases the process priority of the VLC player for better performance. .PARAMETER EnableTimeStretch Enables audio time stretching to maintain pitch during speed changes. .PARAMETER NewWindow Forces opening a new VLC instance instead of using existing one. .PARAMETER EnableWallpaperMode Enables video wallpaper mode where video plays as desktop background. .PARAMETER EnableAudioTimeStretch Enables advanced audio time stretching capabilities. .PARAMETER Close Closes the VLC media player window. .PARAMETER SideBySide Places the VLC window side by side with PowerShell or on a different monitor for fullscreen mode. .PARAMETER FocusWindow Focuses the VLC window after opening. .PARAMETER SetForeground Sets the VLC window to foreground after opening. .PARAMETER Maximize Maximize the window after positioning. .PARAMETER RestoreFocus Restores PowerShell window focus after opening VLC. .PARAMETER SessionOnly Uses alternative settings stored in session for AI preferences. .PARAMETER ClearSession Clears alternative settings stored in session for AI preferences. .PARAMETER SkipSession Stores settings only in persistent preferences without affecting session. .PARAMETER CaseNameMatching Gets or sets the case-sensitivity for files and directories. .PARAMETER MaxRecursionDepth Maximum recursion depth for directory traversal. 0 means unlimited. .PARAMETER MaxFileSize Maximum file size in bytes to include in results. 0 means unlimited. .PARAMETER MinFileSize Minimum file size in bytes to include in results. 0 means no minimum. .PARAMETER ModifiedAfter Only include files modified after this date/time (UTC). .PARAMETER ModifiedBefore Only include files modified before this date/time (UTC). .PARAMETER AttributesToSkip File attributes to skip (e.g., System, Hidden or None). .PARAMETER Exclude Exclude files or directories matching these wildcard patterns. .PARAMETER PassThru Returns the files found by the search. .PARAMETER PassThruNoOpen Returns the files found by the search without opening VLC. .PARAMETER PassThruWindow Returns the window helper for each process. .PARAMETER Width The initial width of the VLC player window in pixels. .PARAMETER Height The initial height of the VLC player window in pixels. .PARAMETER X The initial X position of the VLC player window on screen. .PARAMETER Y The initial Y position of the VLC player window on screen. .PARAMETER KeysToSend Keystrokes to send to the VLC player window after launch. See documentation for GenXdev.Windows\Send-Key cmdlet for available key combinations. .PARAMETER SendKeyEscape Escape control characters and modifiers in the KeysToSend parameter. .PARAMETER SendKeyUseShiftEnter Use Shift+Enter instead of Enter when processing KeysToSend. .PARAMETER SendKeyDelayMilliSeconds Delay between different input strings in milliseconds when sending keys. .PARAMETER SendKeyHoldKeyboardFocus Prevents returning keyboard focus to PowerShell after sending keys. .PARAMETER Monitor The monitor to display VLC on. 0 = default monitor, -1 = discard positioning. .PARAMETER AspectRatio Forces a specific aspect ratio for video content. .PARAMETER Crop Applies video cropping with specified dimensions. .PARAMETER SubtitleFile Path to an external subtitle file to use with video content. .PARAMETER SubtitleScale Sets the subtitle text scaling factor (10-500 percent). .PARAMETER SubtitleLanguage Specifies the preferred subtitle language from available tracks. .PARAMETER AudioLanguage Specifies the preferred audio language from available tracks. .PARAMETER PreferredAudioLanguage Sets the default preferred audio language for future playback. .PARAMETER HttpProxy HTTP proxy server address for network streaming content. .PARAMETER HttpProxyPassword Password for HTTP proxy authentication. .PARAMETER VerbosityLevel Sets VLC's log verbosity level (0=quiet, 1=errors, 2=verbose). .PARAMETER SubdirectoryBehavior Controls how subdirectories are handled in the playlist. .PARAMETER IgnoredExtensions File extensions to ignore during media file scanning. .PARAMETER VLCPath Full path to the VLC executable. Defaults to standard installation location. .PARAMETER ReplayGainMode Sets the audio replay gain mode to normalize volume levels across tracks. .PARAMETER ReplayGainPreamp Sets the replay gain preamp level in decibels (-20.0 to 20.0). .PARAMETER ForceDolbySurround Forces detection of Dolby Surround audio encoding. .PARAMETER AudioFilters Specifies audio filter modules to apply during playback. .PARAMETER Visualization Sets the audio visualization mode for audio-only content. .PARAMETER Deinterlace Controls video deinterlacing for improved quality on interlaced content. .PARAMETER DeinterlaceMode Specifies the deinterlacing algorithm to use. .PARAMETER VideoFilters Specifies video filter modules to apply during playback. .PARAMETER VideoFilterModules Additional video filter modules to load and apply. .PARAMETER Modules General VLC modules to load during startup. .PARAMETER AudioFilterModules Additional audio filter modules to load and apply. .PARAMETER AudioVisualization Sets the audio visualization mode for enhanced audio-only experience. .PARAMETER PreferredSubtitleLanguage Sets the default preferred subtitle language for future playback. .PARAMETER IgnoredFileExtensions File extensions to completely ignore during scanning. .PARAMETER Arguments Additional command-line arguments to pass directly to VLC. .PARAMETER AllDrives Search across all available drives instead of just the current directory. .PARAMETER IncludeAlternateFileStreams Include alternate data streams in search results. .PARAMETER FollowSymlinkAndJunctions Follow symlinks and junctions during directory traversal. .PARAMETER IncludeOpticalDiskDrives Include optical disk drives. .PARAMETER SearchDrives Optional: search specific drives. .PARAMETER DriveLetter Optional: search specific drives. .PARAMETER Root Optional: search specific base folders combined with provided Names. .PARAMETER CaseNameMatching Gets or sets the case-sensitivity for files and directories. .PARAMETER MaxRecursionDepth Maximum recursion depth for directory traversal. 0 means unlimited. .PARAMETER MaxFileSize Maximum file size in bytes to include in results. 0 means unlimited. .PARAMETER MinFileSize Minimum file size in bytes to include in results. 0 means no minimum. .PARAMETER ModifiedAfter Only include files modified after this date/time (UTC). .PARAMETER ModifiedBefore Only include files modified before this date/time (UTC). .PARAMETER AttributesToSkip File attributes to skip (e.g., System, Hidden or None). .PARAMETER Exclude Exclude files or directories matching these wildcard patterns. .PARAMETER PassThruWindow Returns the window helper for each process. .PARAMETER NoRecurse Do not recurse into subdirectories during the file search. .PARAMETER OnlyVideos Filter to only include video files in the playlist (.mp4, .avi, .mkv, .mov, .wmv). .PARAMETER OnlyAudio Filter to only include audio files in the playlist (.mp3, .flac, .wav, .midi, .mid, .au, .aiff, .aac, .m4a, .ogg, .wma, .ra, .ram, .rm, .rmm). .PARAMETER OnlyPictures Filter to only include picture files in the playlist (.jpg, .jpeg, .png, .gif, .bmp, .tiff, .tif). .PARAMETER IncludeVideos Additionally include video files in the playlist when other filters are applied. .PARAMETER IncludeAudio Additionally include audio files in the playlist when other filters are applied. .PARAMETER IncludePictures Additionally include picture files in the playlist when other filters are applied. .PARAMETER NoBorders Removes the window borders from the VLC player window. .PARAMETER Left Place the VLC window on the left side of the screen. .PARAMETER Right Place the VLC window on the right side of the screen. .PARAMETER Top Place the VLC window on the top side of the screen. .PARAMETER Bottom Place the VLC window on the bottom side of the screen. .PARAMETER Centered Place the VLC window in the center of the screen. .PARAMETER Fullscreen Maximize the VLC window to fullscreen mode. .PARAMETER AlwaysOnTop Keeps the VLC window always on top of other windows. .PARAMETER Random Enables random playback order (shuffle mode) for the playlist. .PARAMETER Loop Enables playlist looping - repeats the entire playlist when finished. .PARAMETER Repeat Enables single item repeat - repeats the current media file indefinitely. .PARAMETER StartPaused Starts VLC in paused state instead of immediately playing. .PARAMETER PlayAndExit Automatically exits VLC when playback is completed. .PARAMETER DisableAudio Completely disables audio output during playback. .PARAMETER DisableSubtitles Completely disables subtitle display during playback. .PARAMETER AutoScale Enables automatic video scaling to fit the window. .PARAMETER HighPriority Increases the process priority of the VLC player for better performance. .PARAMETER EnableTimeStretch Enables audio time stretching to maintain pitch during speed changes. .PARAMETER NewWindow Forces opening a new VLC instance instead of using existing one. .PARAMETER EnableWallpaperMode Enables video wallpaper mode where video plays as desktop background. .PARAMETER EnableAudioTimeStretch Enables advanced audio time stretching capabilities. .PARAMETER Close Closes the VLC media player window. .PARAMETER SideBySide Places the VLC window side by side with PowerShell or on a different monitor for fullscreen mode. .PARAMETER FocusWindow Focuses the VLC window after opening. .PARAMETER SetForeground Sets the VLC window to foreground after opening. .PARAMETER Maximize Maximize the window after positioning .PARAMETER SetRestored Restore the window to normal state after positioning .PARAMETER RestoreFocus Restores PowerShell window focus after opening VLC. .PARAMETER SessionOnly Uses alternative settings stored in session for AI preferences. .PARAMETER ClearSession Clears alternative settings stored in session for AI preferences. .PARAMETER SkipSession Stores settings only in persistent preferences without affecting session. .PARAMETER PassThru Returns the files found by the search. .PARAMETER PassThruNoOpen Returns the files found by the search without opening VLC. .EXAMPLE Open-MediaFile Opens all media files in the current directory using default VLC settings. .EXAMPLE vlcmedia ~\Pictures -OnlyPictures -Fullscreen Opens only picture files from the Pictures folder in fullscreen mode using the alias 'vlcmedia'. .EXAMPLE media ~\Videos -OnlyVideos -Loop Opens video files with looping enabled using the alias 'media'. #> function Open-MediaFile { [CmdletBinding()] [Alias('vlcmedia', 'media', 'findmedia')] [Diagnostics.CodeAnalysis.SuppressMessageAttribute('PSUseDeclaredVarsMoreThanAssignments', '')] param( ######################################################################## [Parameter( Position = 0, Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = "File name or pattern to search for. Default is '*'" )] [Alias("like", "Path", "LiteralPath", "Query", "SearchMask", "Include")] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [SupportsWildcards()] [string[]] $Name = '*', ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false<# #>, ValueFromPipeline = $true, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, HelpMessage = 'File name or pattern to search for from pipeline input. Default is "*"' )] [Alias('FullName')] [SupportsWildcards()] [object] $InputObject, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Playlist path to save the media files to. If not specified, ' + 'the playlist will be saved in a temporary directory.' )] [ValidateNotNullOrEmpty()] [string] $PlaylistPath = [System.IO.Path]::GetTempFileName() + '.m3u', ######################################################################## [Parameter( Position = 1, Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The initial width of the window' )] [int] $Width, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Position = 2, Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The initial height of the window' )] [int] $Height, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Position = 3, Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The initial X position of the window' )] [int] $X, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Position = 4, Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The initial Y position of the window' )] [int] $Y, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, HelpMessage = ('Keystrokes to send to the VLC Player Window, see ' + 'documentation for cmdlet GenXdev.Windows\Send-Key') )] [string[]] $KeysToSend, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Maximum degree of parallelism for directory tasks' )] [Alias('threads')] [int] $MaxDegreeOfParallelism = 0, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Optional: cancellation timeout in seconds' )] [Alias('maxseconds')] [int] $TimeoutSeconds, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Escape control characters and modifiers when sending keys to VLC' )] [Alias('Escape')] [switch] $SendKeyEscape, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Use Shift+Enter instead of Enter when sending keys to VLC' )] [Alias('UseShiftEnter')] [switch] $SendKeyUseShiftEnter, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Delay between different input strings in milliseconds when sending keys to VLC' )] [ValidateRange(0, [int]::MaxValue)] [Alias('DelayMilliSeconds')] [int] $SendKeyDelayMilliSeconds, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Hold keyboard focus on the VLC window after sending keys' )] [Alias('HoldKeyboardFocus')] [switch] $SendKeyHoldKeyboardFocus, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'The monitor to use, 0 = default, -1 is discard' )] [Alias('m', 'mon')] [int] $Monitor = -2, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Source aspect ratio' )] [string] $AspectRatio, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Video cropping' )] [string] $Crop, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Use subtitle file' )] [string] $SubtitleFile, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Subtitles text scaling factor' )] [ValidateRange(10, 500)] [int] $SubtitleScale, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Subtitle language' )] [ValidateSet( 'Afrikaans', 'Akan', 'Albanian', 'Amharic', 'Arabic', 'Armenian', 'Azerbaijani', 'Basque', 'Belarusian', 'Bemba', 'Bengali', 'Bihari', 'Bork, bork, bork!', 'Bosnian', 'Breton', 'Bulgarian', 'Cambodian', 'Catalan', 'Cherokee', 'Chichewa', 'Chinese (Simplified)', 'Chinese (Traditional)', 'Corsican', 'Croatian', 'Czech', 'Danish', 'Dutch', 'Elmer Fudd', 'English', 'Esperanto', 'Estonian', 'Ewe', 'Faroese', 'Filipino', 'Finnish', 'French', 'Frisian', 'Ga', 'Galician', 'Georgian', 'German', 'Greek', 'Guarani', 'Gujarati', 'Hacker', 'Haitian Creole', 'Hausa', 'Hawaiian', 'Hebrew', 'Hindi', 'Hungarian', 'Icelandic', 'Igbo', 'Indonesian', 'Interlingua', 'Irish', 'Italian', 'Japanese', 'Javanese', 'Kannada', 'Kazakh', 'Kinyarwanda', 'Kirundi', 'Klingon', 'Kongo', 'Korean', 'Krio (Sierra Leone)', 'Kurdish', 'Kurdish (Soranî)', 'Kyrgyz', 'Laothian', 'Latin', 'Latvian', 'Lingala', 'Lithuanian', 'Lozi', 'Luganda', 'Luo', 'Macedonian', 'Malagasy', 'Malay', 'Malayalam', 'Maltese', 'Maori', 'Marathi', 'Mauritian Creole', 'Moldavian', 'Mongolian', 'Montenegrin', 'Nepali', 'Nigerian Pidgin', 'Northern Sotho', 'Norwegian', 'Norwegian (Nynorsk)', 'Occitan', 'Oriya', 'Oromo', 'Pashto', 'Persian', 'Pirate', 'Polish', 'Portuguese (Brazil)', 'Portuguese (Portugal)', 'Punjabi', 'Quechua', 'Romanian', 'Romansh', 'Runyakitara', 'Russian', 'Scots Gaelic', 'Serbian', 'Serbo-Croatian', 'Sesotho', 'Setswana', 'Seychellois Creole', 'Shona', 'Sindhi', 'Sinhalese', 'Slovak', 'Slovenian', 'Somali', 'Spanish', 'Spanish (Latin American)', 'Sundanese', 'Swahili', 'Swedish', 'Tajik', 'Tamil', 'Tatar', 'Telugu', 'Thai', 'Tigrinya', 'Tonga', 'Tshiluba', 'Tumbuka', 'Turkish', 'Turkmen', 'Twi', 'Uighur', 'Ukrainian', 'Urdu', 'Uzbek', 'Vietnamese', 'Welsh', 'Wolof', 'Xhosa', 'Yiddish', 'Yoruba', 'Zulu')] [string] $SubtitleLanguage, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Audio language' )] [ValidateSet( 'Afrikaans', 'Akan', 'Albanian', 'Amharic', 'Arabic', 'Armenian', 'Azerbaijani', 'Basque', 'Belarusian', 'Bemba', 'Bengali', 'Bihari', 'Bork, bork, bork!', 'Bosnian', 'Breton', 'Bulgarian', 'Cambodian', 'Catalan', 'Cherokee', 'Chichewa', 'Chinese (Simplified)', 'Chinese (Traditional)', 'Corsican', 'Croatian', 'Czech', 'Danish', 'Dutch', 'Elmer Fudd', 'English', 'Esperanto', 'Estonian', 'Ewe', 'Faroese', 'Filipino', 'Finnish', 'French', 'Frisian', 'Ga', 'Galician', 'Georgian', 'German', 'Greek', 'Guarani', 'Gujarati', 'Hacker', 'Haitian Creole', 'Hausa', 'Hawaiian', 'Hebrew', 'Hindi', 'Hungarian', 'Icelandic', 'Igbo', 'Indonesian', 'Interlingua', 'Irish', 'Italian', 'Japanese', 'Javanese', 'Kannada', 'Kazakh', 'Kinyarwanda', 'Kirundi', 'Klingon', 'Kongo', 'Korean', 'Krio (Sierra Leone)', 'Kurdish', 'Kurdish (Soranî)', 'Kyrgyz', 'Laothian', 'Latin', 'Latvian', 'Lingala', 'Lithuanian', 'Lozi', 'Luganda', 'Luo', 'Macedonian', 'Malagasy', 'Malay', 'Malayalam', 'Maltese', 'Maori', 'Marathi', 'Mauritian Creole', 'Moldavian', 'Mongolian', 'Montenegrin', 'Nepali', 'Nigerian Pidgin', 'Northern Sotho', 'Norwegian', 'Norwegian (Nynorsk)', 'Occitan', 'Oriya', 'Oromo', 'Pashto', 'Persian', 'Pirate', 'Polish', 'Portuguese (Brazil)', 'Portuguese (Portugal)', 'Punjabi', 'Quechua', 'Romanian', 'Romansh', 'Runyakitara', 'Russian', 'Scots Gaelic', 'Serbian', 'Serbo-Croatian', 'Sesotho', 'Setswana', 'Seychellois Creole', 'Shona', 'Sindhi', 'Sinhalese', 'Slovak', 'Slovenian', 'Somali', 'Spanish', 'Spanish (Latin American)', 'Sundanese', 'Swahili', 'Swedish', 'Tajik', 'Tamil', 'Tatar', 'Telugu', 'Thai', 'Tigrinya', 'Tonga', 'Tshiluba', 'Tumbuka', 'Turkish', 'Turkmen', 'Twi', 'Uighur', 'Ukrainian', 'Urdu', 'Uzbek', 'Vietnamese', 'Welsh', 'Wolof', 'Xhosa', 'Yiddish', 'Yoruba', 'Zulu')] [string] $AudioLanguage, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Preferred audio language' )] [ValidateSet( 'Afrikaans', 'Akan', 'Albanian', 'Amharic', 'Arabic', 'Armenian', 'Azerbaijani', 'Basque', 'Belarusian', 'Bemba', 'Bengali', 'Bihari', 'Bork, bork, bork!', 'Bosnian', 'Breton', 'Bulgarian', 'Cambodian', 'Catalan', 'Cherokee', 'Chichewa', 'Chinese (Simplified)', 'Chinese (Traditional)', 'Corsican', 'Croatian', 'Czech', 'Danish', 'Dutch', 'Elmer Fudd', 'English', 'Esperanto', 'Estonian', 'Ewe', 'Faroese', 'Filipino', 'Finnish', 'French', 'Frisian', 'Ga', 'Galician', 'Georgian', 'German', 'Greek', 'Guarani', 'Gujarati', 'Hacker', 'Haitian Creole', 'Hausa', 'Hawaiian', 'Hebrew', 'Hindi', 'Hungarian', 'Icelandic', 'Igbo', 'Indonesian', 'Interlingua', 'Irish', 'Italian', 'Japanese', 'Javanese', 'Kannada', 'Kazakh', 'Kinyarwanda', 'Kirundi', 'Klingon', 'Kongo', 'Korean', 'Krio (Sierra Leone)', 'Kurdish', 'Kurdish (Soranî)', 'Kyrgyz', 'Laothian', 'Latin', 'Latvian', 'Lingala', 'Lithuanian', 'Lozi', 'Luganda', 'Luo', 'Macedonian', 'Malagasy', 'Malay', 'Malayalam', 'Maltese', 'Maori', 'Marathi', 'Mauritian Creole', 'Moldavian', 'Mongolian', 'Montenegrin', 'Nepali', 'Nigerian Pidgin', 'Northern Sotho', 'Norwegian', 'Norwegian (Nynorsk)', 'Occitan', 'Oriya', 'Oromo', 'Pashto', 'Persian', 'Pirate', 'Polish', 'Portuguese (Brazil)', 'Portuguese (Portugal)', 'Punjabi', 'Quechua', 'Romanian', 'Romansh', 'Runyakitara', 'Russian', 'Scots Gaelic', 'Serbian', 'Serbo-Croatian', 'Sesotho', 'Setswana', 'Seychellois Creole', 'Shona', 'Sindhi', 'Sinhalese', 'Slovak', 'Slovenian', 'Somali', 'Spanish', 'Spanish (Latin American)', 'Sundanese', 'Swahili', 'Swedish', 'Tajik', 'Tamil', 'Tatar', 'Telugu', 'Thai', 'Tigrinya', 'Tonga', 'Tshiluba', 'Tumbuka', 'Turkish', 'Turkmen', 'Twi', 'Uighur', 'Ukrainian', 'Urdu', 'Uzbek', 'Vietnamese', 'Welsh', 'Wolof', 'Xhosa', 'Yiddish', 'Yoruba', 'Zulu')] [string] $PreferredAudioLanguage, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'HTTP proxy' )] [string] $HttpProxy, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'HTTP proxy password' )] [string] $HttpProxyPassword, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Verbosity level' )] [ValidateRange(0, 2)] [int] $VerbosityLevel, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Subdirectory behavior' )] [ValidateSet('None', 'Collapse', 'Expand')] [string] $SubdirectoryBehavior, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Ignored extensions' )] [string] $IgnoredExtensions, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Path to VLC executable' )] [string] $VLCPath = "${env:ProgramFiles}\VideoLAN\VLC\vlc.exe", ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Replay gain mode' )] [ValidateSet('None', 'Track', 'Album')] [string] $ReplayGainMode, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Replay gain preamp' )] [ValidateRange(-20.0, 20.0)] [float] $ReplayGainPreamp, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Force detection of Dolby Surround' )] [ValidateSet('Auto', 'On', 'Off')] [string] $ForceDolbySurround, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Audio filters' )] [string[]] $AudioFilters, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Audio visualizations' )] [ValidateSet('None', 'Goom', 'ProjectM', 'Visual', 'GLSpectrum')] [string] $Visualization, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Deinterlace' )] [ValidateSet('Off', 'Automatic', 'On')] [string] $Deinterlace, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Deinterlace mode' )] [ValidateSet('Auto', 'Discard', 'Blend', 'Mean', 'Bob', 'Linear', 'X', 'Yadif', 'Yadif2x', 'Phosphor', 'IVTC')] [string] $DeinterlaceMode, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Video filter module' )] [string[]] $VideoFilters, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Video filter modules' )] [string[]] $VideoFilterModules, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Modules' )] [string[]] $Modules, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Audio filter modules' )] [string[]] $AudioFilterModules, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Audio visualization mode' )] [ValidateSet('None', 'Goom', 'ProjectM', 'Visual', 'GLSpectrum')] [string] $AudioVisualization, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Preferred subtitle language' )] [string] $PreferredSubtitleLanguage, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Ignored file extensions' )] [string] $IgnoredFileExtensions, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Additional arguments' )] [string] $Arguments, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Search across all available drives' )] [switch] $AllDrives, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Include alternate data streams in search results' )] [Alias('ads')] [switch] $IncludeAlternateFileStreams, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Do not recurse into subdirectories' )] [switch] $NoRecurse, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Follow symlinks and junctions during directory traversal' )] [Alias('symlinks', 'sl')] [switch] $FollowSymlinkAndJunctions, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Include optical disk drives' )] [switch] $IncludeOpticalDiskDrives, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Optional: search specific drives' )] [Alias('drives')] [string[]] $SearchDrives = @(), ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Optional: search specific drives' )] [char[]] $DriveLetter = @(), ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Optional: search specific base folders combined with provided Names' )] [string[]] $Root = @(), ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Only include video files in the playlist' )] [switch] $OnlyVideos, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Only include audio files in the playlist' )] [switch] $OnlyAudio, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Only include pictures in the playlist' )] [switch] $OnlyPictures, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Additionally include videos in the playlist' )] [switch] $IncludeVideos, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Additionally include audio files in the playlist' )] [switch] $IncludeAudio, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Additionally include pictures in the playlist' )] [switch] $IncludePictures, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Removes the borders of the window' )] [Alias('nb')] [switch] $NoBorders, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Place window on the left side of the screen' )] [switch] $Left, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Place window on the right side of the screen' )] [switch] $Right, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Place window on the top side of the screen' )] [switch] $Top, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Place window on the bottom side of the screen' )] [switch] $Bottom, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Place window in the center of the screen' )] [switch] $Centered, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Sends F11 to the window' )] [Alias('fs')] [switch]$FullScreen, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Always on top' )] [switch] $AlwaysOnTop, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Play files randomly forever' )] [Alias('Shuffle')] [switch] $Random, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Repeat all' )] [switch] $Loop, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Repeat current item' )] [switch] $Repeat, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Start paused' )] [switch] $StartPaused, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Play and exit' )] [switch] $PlayAndExit, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Disable audio' )] [switch] $DisableAudio, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Disable subtitles' )] [switch] $DisableSubtitles, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Video Auto Scaling' )] [switch] $AutoScale, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Increase the priority of the process' )] [switch] $HighPriority, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Enable time stretching audio' )] [switch] $EnableTimeStretch, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Open new VLC mediaplayer instance' )] [switch] $NewWindow, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Enable video wallpaper mode' )] [switch] $EnableWallpaperMode, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Enable audio time stretching' )] [switch] $EnableAudioTimeStretch, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Close the VLC media player window' )] [switch] $Close, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = ('Will either set the window fullscreen on a ' + 'different monitor than Powershell, or side by side ' + 'with Powershell on the same monitor') )] [Alias('sbs')] [switch]$SideBySide, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Focus the VLC window after opening' )] [Alias('fw','focus')] [switch] $FocusWindow, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Set the VLC window to foreground after opening' )] [Alias('fg')] [switch] $SetForeground, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Maximize the window' )] [switch] $Maximize, ############################################################################### [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Restores PowerShell window focus after opening VLC.' )] [Alias('rf', 'bg')] [switch] $RestoreFocus, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Use alternative settings stored in session for AI preferences' )] [switch] $SessionOnly, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Clear alternative settings stored in session for AI preferences' )] [switch] $ClearSession, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Store settings only in persistent preferences without affecting session' )] [Alias('FromPreferences')] [switch] $SkipSession, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Gets or sets the case-sensitivity for files and directories' )] [Alias('casing', 'CaseSearchMaskMatching')] [System.IO.MatchCasing] $CaseNameMatching = [System.IO.MatchCasing]::PlatformDefault, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Maximum recursion depth for directory traversal. 0 means unlimited.' )] [Alias('md', 'depth', 'maxdepth')] [int] $MaxRecursionDepth = 0, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Maximum file size in bytes to include in results. 0 means unlimited.' )] [Alias('maxlength', 'maxsize')] [long] $MaxFileSize = 0, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Minimum file size in bytes to include in results. 0 means no minimum.' )] [Alias('minsize', 'minlength')] [long] $MinFileSize = 0, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Only include files modified after this date/time (UTC).' )] [Alias('ma', 'after')] [DateTime] $ModifiedAfter, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Only include files modified before this date/time (UTC).' )] [Alias('before', 'mb')] [DateTime] $ModifiedBefore, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'File attributes to skip (e.g., System, Hidden or None).' )] [Alias('skipattr')] [System.IO.FileAttributes] $AttributesToSkip = [System.IO.FileAttributes]::System, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Exclude files or directories matching these wildcard patterns (e.g., *.tmp, *\\bin\\*).' )] [Alias('skiplike')] [string[]] $Exclude = @('*\\.git\\*'), ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Returns the files found by the search' )] [Alias('pt')] [switch]$PassThru, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Returns the files found by the search without opening VLC' )] [switch] $PassThruNoOpen, ######################################################################## [Parameter( Mandatory = $false, HelpMessage = 'Returns the window helper for each process' )] [switch] $PassThruWindow ) begin { # set comfortable default that can be overridden by user $RestoreFocus = $PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('RestoreFocus') ? $RestoreFocus : $true; $SideBySide = $PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('SideBySide') ? $SideBySide : (GenXdev.Windows\Get-MonitorCount) -lt 2; $FullScreen = $PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey('FullScreen') ? $FullScreen : (-not $SideBySide); # expand the playlist path and ensure directory exists for m3u file $PlaylistPath = GenXdev.FileSystem\Expand-Path $PlaylistPath ` -CreateDirectory ` -DeleteExistingFile # copy parameters from current function to find-item function parameters # this maintains consistency in parameter handling across functions $invocationParams = GenXdev.Helpers\Copy-IdenticalParamValues ` -FunctionName 'GenXdev.FileSystem\Find-Item' ` -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters ` -DefaultValues (Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Get-Variable -Scope Local -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue) # ensure we get file objects back instead of just paths for processing $invocationParams.PassThru = $true # determine which media categories to search for based on user filters $invocationParams.Category = @( ( @($OnlyVideo ? 'Videos' : ( $OnlyAudio ? 'Music' : ( $OnlyPictures ? 'Pictures' : @() ) )) + ($IncludeVideos ? 'Videos' : @()) + ($IncludeAudio ? 'Music' : @()) + ($IncludePictures ? 'Pictures' : @()) ) | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Select-Object -Unique ) # default to all media types if no specific category filters applied if ($invocationParams.Category.Count -eq 0) { $invocationParams.Category = @('Videos', 'Music', 'Pictures') } # ensure we get file objects back for further processing $invocationParams.PassThru = $true # log the search parameters for troubleshooting purposes Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose ('Searching for files with ' + 'parameters: ' + ($invocationParams.Keys -join ', ')) # log the playlist location for debugging and troubleshooting Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose ('Creating playlist at: ' + $playlistPath) # initialize stream variables for safe disposal in finally block $fileStream = $null $streamWriter = $null # create file stream for writing playlist with proper encoding and buffering $fileStream = [System.IO.FileStream]::new( $PlaylistPath, [System.IO.FileMode]::Create, [System.IO.FileAccess]::Write, [System.IO.FileShare]::Read ) # create stream writer with utf-8 encoding for proper m3u compatibility $streamWriter = [System.IO.StreamWriter]::new( $fileStream, [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8 ) # write the m3u header to start the playlist file $streamWriter.WriteLine("#EXTM3U") # initialize collections for managing input and found files [System.Collections.Generic.List[System.IO.FileInfo]] $inputFiles = @() [System.Collections.Generic.List[System.IO.FileInfo]] $allFiles = @() } process { # log current parameter set name for debugging pipeline behavior Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose ( "process: Detected paramset : $($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName)") # skip processing if no input received from pipeline if ($null -eq $Input) { return } # recursive function to process various input object types function processObject($inputObj) { # log the type of object being processed for troubleshooting Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose ( "Processing input object of type: $($inputObj.GetType().FullName)") # directly add fileinfo objects to the final collection if ($inputObj -is [System.IO.FileInfo]) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose ( "Adding FileInfo to allFiles: $($inputObj.FullName)") $null = $allFiles.Add($inputObj) return } # add strings and directory objects to search collection if ($inputObj -is [string] -or $inputObj -is [System.IO.DirectoryInfo]) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose ( "Adding String or DirectoryInfo to inputFiles: $inputObj") $null = $inputFiles.Add($inputObj) return } # recursively process enumerable collections if ($inputObj -is [System.Collections.IEnumerable]) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose ( "Processing IEnumerable, iterating through items...") foreach ($item in $inputObj) { processObject($item) } return } # handle any other object types by forcing array conversion @($inputObj) | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object { # avoid infinite recursion for the same object if ($_ -ne $inputObj) { processObject($_) } } } # process the pipeline input through our recursive handler processObject($Input) } end { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "end: Detected paramset : $($PSCmdlet.ParameterSetName)" try { # Only use Find-Item if we're in Default parameter set (no pipeline input) # OR if we received directories/strings that need to be searched # BUT NOT if we already have FileInfo objects from pipeline $shouldUseFindItem = ($PSBoundParameters.ContainsKey("Name") -or ($inputFiles.Count -gt 0) -or ($allFiles.Count -eq 0)) if ($shouldUseFindItem) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "** Performing search for provided names.`r`n$($invocationParams | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\ConvertTo-Json -Depth 3)" Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose ($InvocationParams | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\ConvertTo-Json -Depth 3) if ($inputFiles.Count -gt 0) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Processing $($inputFiles.Count) input files or directories." # find all matching files and sort them alphabetically by full path $InputFiles | GenXdev.FileSystem\Find-Item @invocationParams | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object { $null = $allFiles.Add($_) } } else { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "No input files or directories provided, searching based on Names parameter only."; # find all matching files and sort them alphabetically by full path GenXdev.FileSystem\Find-Item @invocationParams | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object { $null = $allFiles.Add($_) } } } Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose "Found $($allFiles.Count) files matching criteria." $allFiles | Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Sort-Object -Property FullName | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\ForEach-Object { # log each file being added to the playlist for troubleshooting Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose ('Adding file to ' + 'playlist: ' + $_.FullName) # create more readable display names by cleaning up file names $displayName = $_.Name.Replace('_', ' ').Replace('.', ' ').Replace(' ', ' ') # build m3u format entry with duration (-1 = unknown) and file path # extinf format: #extinf:duration,title followed by path on next line $streamWriter.WriteLine("#EXTINF:-1, $displayName") $streamWriter.WriteLine($_.FullName) if ($PassThru) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Output $_ } } } catch { # log any errors encountered during playlist creation for troubleshooting Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Error ( 'Error creating playlist: ' + $_.Exception.Message) return } finally { # ensure the stream writer is properly disposed to flush all data if ($streamWriter) { $streamWriter.Flush() $streamWriter.Dispose() $streamWriter = $null } # ensure the file stream is properly disposed to release file handle if ($fileStream) { $fileStream.Dispose() $fileStream = $null } } # return early if user only wants file list without opening vlc if ($PassThruNoOpen) { return } # confirm playlist creation was successful for troubleshooting Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose ('Playlist created ' + 'successfully') # ensure no existing vlc instances are running to avoid conflicts Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Stopping existing VLC processes' # forcibly terminate any running vlc processes to ensure clean launch $null = Microsoft.PowerShell.Management\Get-Process vlc ` -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Microsoft.PowerShell.Management\Stop-Process -Force # copy all relevant parameters from current function to vlc media player # this ensures consistent parameter handling and reduces code duplication $invocationParams = GenXdev.Helpers\Copy-IdenticalParamValues ` -FunctionName 'GenXdev.Console\Open-VlcMediaPlayer' ` -BoundParameters $PSBoundParameters ` (Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Get-Variable -Scope Local -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | Microsoft.PowerShell.Core\Where-Object { $_.Value -isnot [int] -or $_.Value -ne 0 }) # configure specific parameters for vlc media player invocation $invocationParams.Path = $playlistPath # use our generated playlist $invocationParams.PassThru = $true # return window helper object # log that we're about to launch vlc media player with playlist Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Verbose 'Starting VLC player' # launch vlc with all configured parameters and capture the window helper # for potential manipulation if passthru window is requested $vlcWindowHelper = GenXdev.Console\Open-VlcMediaPlayer @invocationParams # return the window helper object only if explicitly requested via passthru # this allows further manipulation of the vlc window programmatically if ($PassThruWindow) { Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility\Write-Output $vlcWindowHelper } } } ################################################################################ |