Auto play wav file in wplayer from script

[Cambridge10]

Hi,

I've a wav file which should be automatically played with Windows Media Player but it doesn't.

$wmp_path = "C:/Program Files/Windows Media Player/wmplayer.exe";
$wmp_path =~ s/\//\\/g; #convert / to \
system ($wmp_path external.wav);

Windows Media Player is automatically started but it doesn't play the file.
Who's got an idea?

 

[Cambridge10]

I've found out that wmplayer.exe /play extern.wav will auto play the file from commandline.
How do I pass /play within my scipt?

system ($wmp_path /play external.wav);

It throws the message "Search pattern not terminated"

How do I solve this?

 

[travs69]

$wmp_path /play external.wav"
or \/ if that doesn't work

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[Cambridge10]

I've already tried that but it doesn't work.
Btw I'm using Perl Tk.

 

[Kirsle]

You're not using quotes in your system call.

system ($wmp_path /play external.wav);

should be

system ("$wmp_path /play external.wav");

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[Cambridge10]

I've figured out what going wrong.
I used print to see what Perl is doing and when changing to the directory of wmplayer it goes wrong.
Thanks!