Thread: MCI Playing MP3s - Spaces in path

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    Question MCI Playing MP3s - Spaces in path

    How do I play MP3s that have spaces in the path name?

    Code:
    mciSendString("play \"C:/mp3/hellothere.mp3\"",NULL,0,NULL);
    works... but:

    Code:
    mciSendString("play \"C:/mp3/hello there.mp3\"",NULL,0,NULL);
    won't play? Am I making a stupid mistake? I'm not very experienced with this, you see...

    Thanking you in advance,
    -darkrifter.
    Last edited by darkrifter; 06-14-2005 at 06:09 AM.

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    I'm not sure how it's in windows, but in console, spaces are just underscores. I might be wrong, but I'm guessing it's probably the same way with windows, since it's still based on DOS. Try using an underscore (_) instead of space.

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    Thanks...

    Another question, how do I get the length of a sound file in seconds?

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