"Other application is busy" error when adding mp3 to Winamp

[Zigo]

If I double click on an mp3 file from XYplorer to enqueue it in Winamp, it seems to get stuck waiting for something.

Winamp takes 30 seconds or more to register the file being added to the queue, and in that time I can't use XY. When I try to click on anything in XY I get a dialog box saying "This application cannot be completed because the other application is busy. Choose 'Switch To' to active the busy application and correct the problem", with "Switch To..." and "Retry" buttons, neither of which do anything (and a Cancel button which is disabled).

After a while, the file is added to my Winamp playlist, and then XY is usable again.

[zer0]

I remember having an issue of this kind. Can you please try adding mp3 to your PFA list to be opened with WinAmp?

[Zigo]

Yep that's fixed it, thank you!

[tiago]

I was about to post another way round but realized that it doesn't work well when I use values to variables instead of real paths. Any ideas on how to solve this, zer0?

$list = get(selecteditemspathnames, "|");
#217; //clear clip
foreach($f, $list)
{
$q = quote($f);
copytext("$q ", a);
}

$finallist = "<clipboard>";
run """D:\Programas\Winamp Portable\winamp.exe"" /ADD "$finallist"";

broken because resolved values end with [" ""] instead of [""";]
Replace doesn't work, too.

[zer0]

Does WinAmp support addition of multiple files like that? I know it supports single entries. You may need to create a playlist file first and then load it into WinAmp.

[Zigo]

Using zer0's suggestion of adding Winamp to the PFA, I can add multiple files (although haven't tested how many).

Have you tried this method, tiago?

[tiago]

PFA was of no help.
Winamp's "enqueue options" nor "enqueue list" which is a complete different feature wasn't of help.
Winamp portable, latest XY beta.

[tiago]

And to be explicit regarding zer0's answer: yes, if I enter the real paths everything goes ok with queuing.

[PeterH]

I was about to post another way round but realized that it doesn't work well when I use values to variables instead of real paths. Any ideas on how to solve this, zer0?

$list = get(selecteditemspathnames, "|");
#217; //clear clip
foreach($f, $list)
{
$q = quote($f);
copytext("$q ", a);
}

$finallist = "<clipboard>";
run """D:\Programas\Winamp Portable\winamp.exe"" /ADD "$finallist"";

broken because resolved values end with [" ""] instead of [""";]
Replace doesn't work, too.

I'd like to go back to this point. If I see it right, the quotes in the last part of the run cannot be correct? As I think, the quotes around $finallist have to be doubled, i.e.

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   run """D:\Programas\Winamp Portable\winamp.exe"" /ADD ""$finallist""";[/quote]

Reason: they are inside the outer quotes around all parameters of the run-command.

[tiago]

Assuming the part [""";[/quote]] should read [""";] yes you are right peterH.
I copied the command from an attempt to make the command work and the result was my post, but actually it should read [""";] too.
As you can see it happens.
Tried many times using replace() but no luck thus far.