Hi, I was just interested in a post made last year - a simple batch program: @Echo Off ClS Echo Hey, my name is Mike. Pause CD C:\MyVideo :LOOP Set /P Video=Enter the Video you like^> If /I %Video%.==EXIT. GoTo :EOF If exist %Video% GoTo :PLAY Echo Sorry... Video not found, try again Echo Type EXIT to quit GoTo :LOOP :PLAY Echo Enjoy the video! Pause Start MPlayer2 "%video%.mpg" I was wondering if a have a list of videos saved in another batch file: video1.mpg video2.mpg video3.mpg How can I play the list I've made using the above batch program. Thanks, David

dir /s/b c:\somepath\*.mpg>my.m3u start mplayer2 my.m3u M2

Thanks. But what if the list (batch file) already contains the specific location of each file: c:\dir1\vid1.mpg c:\dir2\vid2.mpg d:\dir3\vid3.mpg e:\dir4\vid4.mpg & so on up to 50 or more directory locations Will I be able to use some sort of type command to execute a per line item for all my videos? Thanks, David

Hi David, ::== playlist builder @echo off echo c:\dir1\vid1.mpg >> some.m3u echo c:\dir2\vid2.mpg >> some.m3u echo d:\dir3\vid3.mpg >> some.m3u echo e:\dir4\vid4.mpg >> some.m3u ::== and so on M2

Thanks,thanks! Last favor. I managed to organized the names of the user in the network using the command "net user > list.txt". By removing the unnecessary data the list looked like this: Administrator guest user1 user2 user3 user4 How can i use the LSMOD command in the batch program below without having to type every user in the list.txt (it's tiresome to search & type in more than 200 users). @Echo Off ClS Echo Batch Script Pause :LOOP Set /P user=Enter the user name^> If /I %user%.==exit. GoTo :EOF If exist %user% GoTo :EXECUTE :EXECUTE Echo User save to text! Pause net user "%user%" > "%user%".txt GoTo :LOOP Thanks, David

Hi David, Now I'm lost. What is LSMOD? And are we trying to tailor a playlist according to user? M2

Oops, sorry 'bout that. The dos program was LMOD.COM (line modification or list modification) - a dos filter (STDIN/STDOUT). The video batch program did great. This one is another batch program (with a little similarity with the video batch program). The netuser batch program focuses on capturing the details of each user by using the command c:\net user "username" and saving the contents in a text file c:\net user "username" > "username".txt I'm finding a way to automatically get the name of each user in a generated list (assuming I've a list of username in a text file)to the netuser batch program without having them typed in the batch program one by one. I did found a program called LMOD.COM that might be capable of extracting the line by line item of the user listing that I have but I'm having difficulty in integrating it with the netuser batch program. I was wondering if an outside program like LMOD necessary or the built in command in DOS sufficient. Thanks a lot for the help. -David