Thread: Playing sound files...

What's with "ElastoManiac"?

Elastomania ( the game )
http://www.moposite.com/info_elasto_mania.php

I get "The page cannot be displayed". I'll try it later.

allright...

if you ask me, the best thing to use for playing music/sound is FMod.
It's absolutly simple to use.
And it supports just about every platform.
It's the most powerfull api for audio, so check it out http://www.fmod.org/

I dug out some mci sample code. It definitely handles long file names.

Code:

#include <windows.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>

#if defined(_MSC_VER)
#  pragma comment(lib, "Winmm.lib")
#endif


/*
 * Returns the length, in milliseconds, of an MP3 or WMA file.
 */
ULONG GetSongLength(LPCTSTR szFile)
{
	TCHAR szCommandString[1000];
	TCHAR szResult[100];

	wsprintf(szCommandString, TEXT("open \"%s\" type mpegvideo alias TempFile"), szFile);

	if (ERROR_SUCCESS == mciSendString(szCommandString, NULL, 0, NULL) &&
	    ERROR_SUCCESS == mciSendString(TEXT("set TempFile time format milliseconds"), NULL, 0, NULL) &&
	    ERROR_SUCCESS == mciSendString(TEXT("status TempFile length"), szResult, 100, NULL) &&
	    ERROR_SUCCESS == mciSendString(TEXT("close TempFile"), NULL, 0, NULL))
	{
		return _tcstoul(szResult, NULL, 10);
	}

	return 0;
}


/*
 * Plays an MP3 or WMA file.
 */
BOOL PlaySong(LPCTSTR szFile)
{
	TCHAR szCommandString[1000];

	wsprintf(szCommandString, TEXT("open \"%s\" type mpegvideo alias MediaFile"), szFile);

	/* By default mci functions will return immediately and the task will be carried out
	 * asynchronously. To have the function wait, place the word "wait" at the end of the
	 * command string. ie. "play MediaFile wait" */	 
	if (ERROR_SUCCESS == mciSendString(szCommandString, NULL, 0, NULL) &&
	    ERROR_SUCCESS == mciSendString(TEXT("play MediaFile"), NULL, 0, NULL))
	{
		return TRUE;
	}

	return FALSE;
}

int main(void)
{
	ULONG length, mins, secs, tsecs;

	/* Get the length of the song in milliseconds. */
	length = GetSongLength(TEXT("C:\\Path To\\Your song.mp3"));

	/* Convert to minutes, seconds, tenths of a second. */
	mins  = length / 60000;
	secs  = (length % 60000) / 1000;
	tsecs = (length % 1000)  / 100;

	/* Print out length of song. */
	printf("The length of the song is %lu milliseconds (%lu:%02lu.%lu).\n",
	        length, mins, secs, tsecs);

	/* Play song. */
	if (!PlaySong(TEXT("C:\\Path To\\Your song.mp3")))
	{
		printf("Failed to play song!");
	}

	getchar();
	return 0;
}

when I tried this, it gave a could not find file error
all I did was change both the directories to C:\\windows\\desktop\\sound.mp3
and yes, I have that file on my desktop

--oops I just did a search and didn't look at the dates

Could you please not bump old threads. If you want to discuss an issue raised in an ancient thread, simply create a new one with a reference link to the original.

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