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[andrewkatz]

This is my first time posting on a programming forum so bear with me.

I have several wmv files in a few different folders. Depending on the hour, I want files only from a certain folder to play. For some folders, I want the wmv files to play randomly, and in other folders, I want the files to be played in descending order. The actual program will be a little more complicated, but I know what I'm doing in that department.

EDIT: The files are located on a computer running linux. The computer running this program is running Windows XP. The windows computer can access the files on the linux computer using Samba.

As for my programming knowledge/background, I know C++ and a little C.

My thoughts:
I could load the files names into a different linked list for each different folder. Then create a function to play

My Problems:
-I have no idea how to load file names into a linked list.
-I have no idea how to play wmv files in programming
-I was also wondering if there was a way I can retrieve the length of the video file

Do you guys have a suggestion of what programming language I should use or how to solve some of those problems? Your help is much appreciated!

[WingedPanther]

You may be able to do this using Foobar2000 and some of its plugins.