im a c beginner.
i need my program to play wav in command prompt.
is there a simple library that would allow me to do that with a simple function? something like
playwav ("sample.wav");
i searched for simmilar threads on the internet, but what i found was too complicated for my beginner level...
Which Operating system and compiler are you using?
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To answer the question in the title (how to play in a command prompt), you could use the following tool which provides a play command which does what you want
SoX - Sound eXchange | SourceForge.net
This is not a C library, it is a command line tool.
im on windows 8.1 and i am using tcc (tiny c compiler)
i know i could use an external tool to play wav in command prompt, but id like to do it with my program.
You could look into cross-platform multimedia libraries that have a C interface. Three popular ones are listed
Allegro - Allegro - A game programming library -
SDL - Simple DirectMedia Layer - Homepage
SFML - SFML
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thanks salem.. but unfortunately my tiny c compiler doesnt have playsound in windows.h...
i tried downloading gcc.. but still this
PlaySound (TEXT("yamaha.wav"), NULL, SND_FILENAME);
did not work..
it seems this is beyond my beginner level... thanks anyway guys..
You might have to link to the Winmm.dll. What errors do you get?Originally Posted by billyblanco
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You could try the following example program
As Alpo mentioned link with Winmm.dll e.g. for gcc you could use the followingCode:#include <stdlib.h> #include <wchar.h> #include <Windows.h> #include <Mmsystem.h> int main(void) { LPCWSTR filename = L"sounds/hello.wav"; BOOL ret = PlaySoundW(filename, NULL, SND_FILENAME | SND_NODEFAULT); if (!ret) { wprintf(L"Failed to play file ``%s''\n", filename); exit(1); } }
gcc -o demo_playsound.exe demo_playsound.c -lwinmm
thanks guys
c99tutorial, i tried your example, it says "undefined reference to "__imp_PlaySoundW".. but when i linked it to winmm.dll it worked!
it plays wav now!
i'm a total beginner but i like this C a lot..
thanks!
Why would you all be saying to link with a dynamic library, when it's the static library that's needed, you need to link winmm.lib. Are you using gcc now, if so when IDE are you using like codeblocks, do you know that Microsoft have a free IDE/Compiler called Visual studio express, it's your best option.
Yes, i compiled my file with gcc (i downloaded mingw), i only use text editor and command prompt compiler.. I will try Visual Studio express..
-lwinmm does link to winmm.lib, and he said that solved his problem, however I'm pretty sure even while linked to that, if he deleted winmm.dll from his system32 directory (which I don't recommend,) his program will complain that it's missing.
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OK, now that my sound works can I push my luck with another question?
So now I have some .WAV files that my program plays with this command:
LPCWSTR filename = L"sounds/testing1.wav";
BOOL ret = PlaySoundW (filename, NULL, SND_FILENAME | SND_NODEFAULT);
and I play the next one with:
filename = L"sounds/testing2.wav";
ret = PlaySoundW (filename, NULL, SND_FILENAME | SND_NODEFAULT);
and it works perfectly!
And I just want to know if there is a GCC command or something that would enable me to link all those .WAVs to my .EXE file?
I see that PlaySound has a SND_MEMORY flag and I'm guessing I could use that somehow to play those linked WAVs..
But I don't know how to link them to my .EXE.
Something like this should work:
ggCode:bool GetBinaryResource(int res_id, void **res) { *res = 0; HMODULE hmod = GetModuleHandle(0); HRSRC hr = FindResource(hmod, MAKEINTRESOURCE(res_id), RT_RCDATA); if (!hr) { LogMessage(L"FindResource(%d) failed, le = %u", res_id, GetLastError()); return false; }//if DWORD hrsz = SizeofResource(hmod, hr); if (!hrsz) { LogMessage(L"SizeofResource() failed, le = %u", GetLastError()); return false; }//if HGLOBAL hg = LoadResource(hmod, hr); if (!hg) { LogMessage(L"LoadResource() failed, le = %u", GetLastError()); return false; }//if *res = LockResource(hg); if (!*res) { LogMessage(L"LockResource() failed, le = %u", GetLastError()); return false; }//if return true; }//GetBinaryResource /* In your RC file: IDR_WAVE1 RCDATA DISCARDABLE "testing1.wav" */
