Search And Play A Movie By Title, Subtitle or Random

[A McF]

My code formatting in this post apparently suck! Oops.

I could say:
' Hey Google tell trigger command movie with parameter die hard' the movie should be found and played.

{
  "trigger": "Movie",
  "command": "PlayMovie.vbs",
  "ground": "foreground",
  "voice": "movie",
  "allowParams": "true"
}

Create PlayMovie.vbs with these contents:

'*****************************************************************************
 ' Author:   Allan McFarlane (2018)
 ' Purpose:  Locates And Play First Movie Whose Title Or
 '           SubTitle Matches The Passed Parameter(s).
 '           If There Is No Parameter A Random Movie Is Played.
 ' Inputs:   Complete Or Partial Movie Title Or SubTitle, Or None.
 ' Returns:  Message Box Will Be Shown If No Match Was Found.
 ' Notes:    I Use MediaPlayerLite As A Player, It's Installer Offers To Install
 '	     Crapware That Can Be Declined When Installing.
 '	     All Movies Are Stored In A Single Folder Called 'Movies'.
 '           Each Movie File Is Stored In It's Own Folder In The Movies Folder.
 '           Searching Is Based Only On The Folder Name.
 '           Movie Year Should Not Be A Parameter.
 '           The Words 'The' And 'A' Can Be Used, But, Will Be Internally Dropped.
 '           Only The 'MP4' Encoded Video File Types Are Played By This Script.
 '
 '           Movie Folders Follow The Following Naming Conventions:
 '           Butterfly Effect 2, The (2006)
 '           Catwoman (2004)
 '           Poison Ivy 4 _ The Secret Society (2008)
 '           Pirates of the Caribbean 1 _ The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
 '           RoboCop REMAKE (2014)
 '           Simple Plan, A (1998)
 '           Spider-Man 2 (2004)
 '           Nine And A Half Weeks (1986)
 '*****************************************************************************
 ' root needs to be set as the path to the 'Movies' folder
root = "\\GOFLEX_HOME\GoFlex Home Public\Movies\"

For Each a In WScript.Arguments
	arg = arg & a & " "
Next 'a 

arg = LCase(Trim(arg))

If Left(arg, 4) = "the " Then 'discard superfluous leading THE from parameter
    arg = Right(arg, Len(arg) - 4)
    padding2 = 5
ElseIf Left(arg, 2) = "a " Then 'discard superfluous leading A from parameter
    arg = Right(arg, Len(arg) - 2)
    padding2 = 3
End If

Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set oFolders = fso.GetFolder(root) 'main folder that contains all sub folders, which contain the actual movie
success = 0
If arg <> "" Then
    For Each oFolder In oFolders.SubFolders 'loop through sub folder list
        padding = padding2
        If padding = 0 Then 'account for lenght of possible trailing text THE or A
            If InStr(LCase(oFolder.Name), ", a") > 0 Then
                padding = 3
            End If
            If InStr(LCase(oFolder.Name), ", the") > 0 Then
                padding = 5
            End If
        End If
        
        If InStr(oFolder.Name, "(") > 0 Then 'prepare for exclusion of trying to match release year ie: (2006)
            padding = padding + 7
        End If
        
        subStart = 0
        subTitle = ""
        subStart = InStr(oFolder.Name, "_") 'test for existence of possible subtitle
        
        If subStart > 0 Then 'fetch simple title and subtitle if present
            Title = LCase(Left(oFolder.Name, subStart - 1))
            subTitle = LCase(Mid(oFolder.Name, subStart + 1, Len(oFolder.Name) - subStart - padding))
        Else
            Title = LCase(oFolder.Name)
        End If
        
         'does this folder's title or subtile contains a match to the parameter?
        If InStr(Title, arg) > 0 Or InStr(subTitle, arg) > 0 Then
            Set oFiles = oFolder.Files
            For Each oFile In oFiles 'loop through filenames to find my MP4 encoded movie
                If InStr(LCase(oFile.Name), ".mp4") > 0 Then
                    arg = root & oFolder.Name & "\" & oFile.Name 'build path to movie file
                    'build string for specific executable with compatible command line arguments
                    success = 1
                    arg = Chr(34) & "C:\Program Files\MediaPlayerLite\mpl.exe " & Chr(34) & " " & Chr(34) & arg & Chr(34) & " /fullscreen"
                    CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run arg 'run it!
                    Exit For
                End If
            Next
            Exit For
        End If
    Next
Else
    'No movie to search for, so play a random movie
    folderCount = oFolders.SubFolders.Count
    Randomize
    folderNum = Int((folderCount - 1 + 1) * Rnd + 1)
    curFolderNum = 0
    
    For Each oFolder In oFolders.SubFolders 'loop through sub folder list
        curFolderNum = curFolderNum + 1
        If curFolderNum = folderNum Then
            Set oFiles = oFolder.Files
            For Each oFile In oFiles 'loop through filenames to find the MP4 encoded movie
                If InStr(LCase(oFile.Name), ".mp4") > 0 Then
                    arg = root & oFolder.Name & "\" & oFile.Name 'build path to movie file
                    'build string for specific executable with compatible command line arguments
                    success = 1
                    arg = Chr(34) & "C:\Program Files\MediaPlayerLite\mpl.exe " & Chr(34) & " " & Chr(34) & arg & Chr(34) & " /fullscreen"
                    CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run arg 'run it!
                    Exit For
                End If
            Next
            Exit For
        End If
    Next
End If

Set fso = Nothing

If success = 0 Then
    WScript.Echo "No Match Found!" & vbCrLf & arg
End If

[Russ]

@a-mcf, I hope you don't mind. I re-formatted your post a little bit. I just added ``` before and after the big code block to make it look like code.

Also, nice job on the movie player script!