Develop a music player without using com component.

Question

Im trying to develop a music player in C# which has a playlist with play pause volume and seek bar functions. I will connect it to a database as well. I searched for similar projects and all I found were players developed using com component. Can anyone help me with it or provide useful links?

Ward Said · Answer

Most of the Multimedia features are based on DirectShow technology which is basically based on COM Components. There are some modern Multimedia features based on the Media Foundation components. Note that Microsoft Media Foundation uses a mix of COM constructs but is not a fully COM-based API. You can find more information here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ee892371%28v=vs.85%29.aspx Since you want to develop using C# I know a programming toolkit (leadtools) that has .NET Multimedia assemblies that wraps DirectShow COM components and provide high level programming layer for .NET developers. This toolkit supports almost all the features that you are looking for. You can find more information about it here: https://www.leadtools.com/sdk/engine/multimedia.htm Also they have Media Foundation components: https://www.leadtools.com/sdk/multimedia/media-foundation.htm

Prathamesh Deshpande · Answer

which other ways would you suggest ?

Munesh Sharma · Answer

it may be not possible