Posted on Friday 14 October 2005
I've been to a few music sites that allow you to download MP3s but make you go through an m3u list first. The m3u file contains only one line with the link to the actual MP3. It bothered me because I had to open the m3u file every time and copy the link in Firefox to download the actual MP3 when I don't want to stream the mp3. So I wrote my very first useful c sharp app to read the m3u file and open the first mp3 in the list in Firefox. Nothing complicated, just a little time saver I thought I'd share.
/*
* Created by SharpDevelop.
* User: Patrick Mineault
* Date: 2005-10-14
* Time: 23:48
*
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*/
using System;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
namespace M3Uredirecter
{
class MainClass
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
string location = "";
try
{
location = args[0];
//Open the file
TextReader tr = new StreamReader(location);
string remoteLoc = tr.ReadLine();
//Open up the link in firefox
Process proc = new Process();
proc.EnableRaisingEvents = false;
proc.StartInfo.FileName="firefox";
proc.StartInfo.Arguments=remoteLoc;
proc.Start();
}
catch(Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("Location is undefined:: " + e.ToString());
}
}
}
}
To use, just select 'Open with...' M3URedirecter instead of Winamp when the dialog opens in Firefox. Enjoy.
