Thread: Trouble with Audio using C++

Greetings my friends.

I have been attempting to get this right for a while now, but so far no luck.
I will begin by introducing my goal, then post the script I currently possess, and the errors I wish to fix.

Goal:
My goal is to make a simple program that plays an audio file of any extension.
This audio file would be local and have a directory (say, my Desktop).

Script:

Code:

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <string>
#include <windows.h>
#include <mmsystem.h>
#pragma comment(lib,"winmm.lib");

using namespace std;

int main()
{
    PlaySound("C:\\Users\\Main\\Desktop\\Sample.wav", NULL, SND_FILENAME);
    return 0;
}

The first limitation I am aware of with using PlaySound() is the file type can only be WAV.
I'm okay with this limitation for now - I will investigate alternatives after I have at least one working basis to rely on.

Error:
||undefined reference to `_PlaySoundA@12'|

The compiler I am using is Code::Blocks 8.02

Any help is appreciated!
Thank you everyone

Do you know which line I should add this too?
You think you could repost the code with the proper additions?
Sorry, I'm a beginner

Thanks!

Hmm I'm confused

You guys have a lot of knowledge, I'm sorry for wasting your time.
I just wish I understood.

Ohh I see...I'll look into that right away

Okay, so I found MingW in my computer.
Do any of you know where to get the "libwinmm.a" file?

I still have to figure out how to link it, but I'm researching that right now.

Thanks

My goal is to make a simple program that plays an audio file of any extension.

That is not possible without paying a lot of money for something like the Miles Sound System from RAD game tools.

Windows functions only play WAV files. If you write code that plays MP3 files then you could be reponsible for royalties and licensing fees. OpenAL can play any type of file but you must write the file format decoder. Ogg is becoming a widely used format and has many decoders already available so it can be used in OpenAL and other libraries. There are many many many types of sound files and mroe are added each day. There is no way that one library could support them all.

DirectShow does support MP3's but AFAIK it has been deprecated. Use at your own risk. It has, however, been integrated into the Platform SDK. Most of the things in the Platform SDK stick around for a very very long time even if they have long since been deprecated. So perhaps you could get away with using DirectShow to play MP3's if you so desire. It certainly does beat your other options. Not sure how MS got away with decoding the MP3's in an API without forcing everyone to pay MP3 royalties...but then again they are Microsoft.

If you still haven't found how to link:

Go to Settings->Compiler and Debugger

Click the Linker Settings tab

In the Link Libraries group box, click add and type "winmm"

Click OK

That should do it

Code:

#pragma comment(lib,"winmm.lib");

I've seen quite a few people trying to use this pragma in gcc/g++ lately. Last time I checked gcc ignored it, has that changed now a days?