Thread: open audio files

Q. How can I open audio files from the program?

The fopen() command does that, e.g.:

Code:

FILE *fp;

fp = fopen("myFilename", "rb");

//opens the file myFilename, for reading, in binary mode (instead of text), returning the file's address to the FILE pointer, fp.

if(fp == NULL) { //there was an error, the file didn't open
  printf("\n File open error (myFilename)\n");
   exit(1);      // quit the program
}

//rest of your code.

Check out Wotsit.org for some file format specifications, and say hello to endianness...for instance, .au file data is stored as big-endian, whereas .wav file data is little-endian.

If you're wanting to play the file, you should search for FMOD, BASS, audiere, OpenAL, some library that plays and manipulates sound files.