How to play an audio file in c program?

yugal0007 · 11-02-2009, 07:46 AM

Please can any one tell me how to open an audio file in C Program?
I came across a function "fopen", but i think its for opening text file. If i m wrong with that, can anyone tell me how to open audio file using "fopen".

DeadPlanet · 11-03-2009, 03:08 AM

There are three ways that I know of to play an audio file:

MCI
waveOut
DirectSound

I haven't really used them that much, so I can't help you at all with how to use them. Google their names to find out about them.

yugal0007 · 11-03-2009, 03:13 AM

Thanks i will try it.

**Fordy** · 11-03-2009, 03:15 AM

If you just want it to open in the app that the user has installed for that file type (Winamp, Windows Media Player, etc) try ShellExecute

Cprogramming.com FAQ > Run a program from within a program

novacain · 11-04-2009, 09:01 PM

simplest way is with PlaySound() from Winmm.lib

Code:

char szFullPath[MAX_PATH]="c://sounds//somesound.wav";

PlaySound(szFullPath, NULL, SND_FILENAME);

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DeadPlanet Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 30	There are three ways that I know of to play an audio file: MCI waveOut DirectSound I haven't really used them that much, so I can't help you at all with how to use them. Google their names to find out about them.
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Fordy &TH of undefined behavior Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 5,218	If you just want it to open in the app that the user has installed for that file type (Winamp, Windows Media Player, etc) try ShellExecute Cprogramming.com FAQ > Run a program from within a program __________________ "If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut." Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) Board Rules
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novacain train spotter Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: near a computer Posts: 3,450	simplest way is with PlaySound() from Winmm.lib Code: char szFullPath[MAX_PATH]="c://sounds//somesound.wav"; PlaySound(szFullPath, NULL, SND_FILENAME); __________________ "Man alone suffers so excruciatingly in the world that he was compelled to invent laughter." Friedrich Nietzsche "I spent a lot of my money on booze, birds and fast cars......the rest I squandered." George Best "If you are going through hell....keep going." Winston Churchill
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