Windows – How to run Streamripper32 from Task Scheduler

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I'm running Windows Vista and I have a program called Streamripper32 which takes radio streams and separates the songs into separate individual tracks and records them to a folder.

What I want to do is use the Task Scheduler to start and run that program on a schedule. I've succeeded to make the app open on schedule, but I can't figure out how to make it start ripping.

Task Scheduler has an option to add arguments (in the "actions" tab). I've tried to add:
start, startrip, and run in that box, and beyond that I don't know what else to try.

Best Answer

You want to research the command line parameters associated with the application in question. Modify whatever command you've got in Task Scheduler to look more like the following:

ConsoleWin32 http://scastsrv2.shoutcast.com:8038/ -d K:\Streamrips\ -r 8008 -q -u FreeAmp/2.x

I would write out the actual command line you need, but there's no way that I can know what parameters you're going to actually need.

Example log file

11/23/2014 19:22:04, Created, D:\source\New Text Document.txt
11/23/2014 19:22:09, Changed, D:\source\New Text Document.txt
11/23/2014 19:22:09, Changed, D:\source\New Text Document.txt
11/23/2014 19:22:14, Deleted, D:\source\New Text Document.txt

StartMonitoring.ps1

### SET FOLDER TO WATCH + FILES TO WATCH + SUBFOLDERS YES/NO
    $watcher = New-Object System.IO.FileSystemWatcher
    $watcher.Path = "D:\source"
    $watcher.Filter = "*.*"
    $watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = $true
    $watcher.EnableRaisingEvents = $true  

### DEFINE ACTIONS AFTER AN EVENT IS DETECTED
    $action = { $path = $Event.SourceEventArgs.FullPath
                $changeType = $Event.SourceEventArgs.ChangeType
                $logline = "$(Get-Date), $changeType, $path"
                Add-content "D:\log.txt" -value $logline
              }    
### DECIDE WHICH EVENTS SHOULD BE WATCHED 
    Register-ObjectEvent $watcher "Created" -Action $action
    Register-ObjectEvent $watcher "Changed" -Action $action
    Register-ObjectEvent $watcher "Deleted" -Action $action
    Register-ObjectEvent $watcher "Renamed" -Action $action
    while ($true) {sleep 5}

How to use

Create a new text file
Copy & paste the above code
Change the following settings to your own needs:
- folder to monitor: $watcher.Path = "D:\source"
- file filter to include only certain file types: $watcher.Filter = "*.*"
- include subdirectories yes/no: $watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = $true
Save and rename it to StartMonitoring.ps1
Start monitoring by Right click » Execute with PowerShell

To stop monitoring, it's enough to close your PowerShell window

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