Playing a MP3 file with C#

Question

I would like to know if it was possible to play MP3 files in C# ? Because i've try with is and it doesn't seems to work : [ DllImport(winmm.dll) ] private static extern int PlaySound ( string pszSound int hmod int flags ); private string sMusiqueFond = Application.StartupPath.ToString() + \sons\monde.mp3; PlaySound(sMusiqueFond 0 1); but this only produce a bip. If i use a wav file it's ok but wav are too big so i want to be able to use a MP3 file. Any ideas ? Thanks

George Steeves · Answer

I have quite a bit of information source code and tutorials for axmediaplayer on my site. http://electriac.googlepages.com/wmplayer.exe

sailorfoley · Answer

i think you will find you do use c# directly otherwise what language are you using?with c# being a managed language i wouldn't recomend unmanaged direct x although nBass is quite good but lack of documentation

schmintan · Answer

its real easy. i dont use c# directly. i use either directShow a part of directX or nBASS a sound liberary written in c#. you can find them both on www.codeproject.com . just type in their names in the search box and you should get them.hopw this is useful

sailorfoley · Answer

hey i have written an mp3 player in c#. i use managed directx version 9 and it could not be simpler. You pass a path name to a newly created Audio object and call its .play() method. There are methods like stop() pause()  etc. It's all very simple. You can download the directx SDK from the microsoft website (bout 165MB download) or simply email me and i can send you the DLL files. After that you can get the documentation from microsoft.com Any questions or queries just contact me Sailor

jinwolf · Answer

Okay I got the same when I tested it. Did you set the player.FileName or player.Open( ) as I found both gave an error. I would suggest looking through MSDN online and seeing what they say about the MediaPlayer Libraries. Sorry I can't be of more help but if I find the answer I will post it here.

morpheus2matrix · Answer

ok i got it but it's not perfect i got an error when i launch the programm Error is on player.Play() PS : no i'm not new to programming but it's the first time i used OCX

jinwolf · Answer

Declare the AxMediaPlayer z.B. AxMediaPlayer player = AxMediaPlayer.AxMediaPlayer; to play an MP3: player.FileName = ; Do you know VB or are you new to programming? Lee

morpheus2matrix · Answer

yok but it's in Visual Basic and i can't find the part which allow to play MP3 files ......

jinwolf · Answer

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?lngWId=10&txtCodeId=1593 I have found the article it's in vb.net but it's not hard to translate. I hope this helps you Lee

morpheus2matrix · Answer

yes but it doesn't help me :-\

sacresp · Answer

There's a search feature in the forums. ;) http://216.26.160.137/Forums/AspNetForums20/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2769 One topic is enough.

jinwolf · Answer

I seem to remember seeing something about this on Planetsource.com but not sure where. Lee