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PowerShell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass <script.ps1> -musicFile <file/url>
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param([string]$musicFile = "http://static.echonest.com/audio2/1353978910554/06%20What%20If%20We%20Could%20.mp3")
Add-Type -AssemblyName presentationCore 
$mediaPlayer = New-Object system.windows.media.mediaplayer 



$mediaPlayer.open($musicFile) 
$mediaPlayer.Play() 
Start-Sleep -seconds 2 # need to wait for mediaPlayer to determine file duration
Start-Sleep -seconds $mediaPlayer.NaturalDuration.TimeSpan.TotalSeconds

$mediaPlayer.Stop()