[noize]

Found this here: http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/windows/29294/ .

Code:

#include <windows.h> #include <mmsystem.h> #include <stdlib.h> #pragma comment(lib, "winmm.lib") LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam); // Colors, brushes and fonts used. COLORREF AquaBlue = RGB(51,255,204), yellow = RGB(255,255,102); HBRUSH AquaBluebr = CreateSolidBrush(AquaBlue); HFONT sysfont=static_cast<HFONT>(GetStockObject(SYSTEM_FONT)); // sound clips used LPCTSTR soundA = L"AudioClips\\GameOpen.wav"; LPCTSTR soundB = L"AudioClips\\gOneShot.wav"; LPCTSTR soundC = L"AudioClips\\rocketFire.wav"; LPCTSTR soundD = L"AudioClips\\airWrench.wav"; LPCTSTR soundE = L"AudioClips\\levelBK1.wav"; LPCTSTR soundF = L"AudioClips\\levelBK2.wav"; LPCTSTR soundG = L"AudioClips\\levelBK3.wav"; HDC hdc; static HINSTANCE hInst; int APIENTRY WinMain(HINSTANCE hinst, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow) { HWND hwnd; MSG lpmsg; WNDCLASSEX wc = {0}; static wchar_t szAppName[] = L"playSoundShell.app"; wc.cbSize = sizeof(WNDCLASSEX); wc.lpszClassName = szAppName; wc.hInstance = hinst; wc.lpfnWndProc = WndProc; wc.hCursor = LoadCursor(NULL, IDC_ARROW); wc.hIcon = LoadIcon(NULL, IDI_APPLICATION); wc.hIconSm = LoadIcon(NULL,IDI_APPLICATION); wc.lpszMenuName = 0; wc.hbrBackground = AquaBluebr; wc.style = CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW; wc.cbClsExtra = 0; wc.cbWndExtra = 0; if( !RegisterClassEx (&wc) ) return 0; hwnd = CreateWindowEx(WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE,szAppName,L"playSoundShell", WS_OVERLAPPEDWINDOW,200,200,640,// started at 600 480,NULL,NULL,hinst,NULL ); ShowWindow(hwnd, nCmdShow); UpdateWindow(hwnd); while(GetMessage(&lpmsg,NULL,0,0) ) { TranslateMessage(&lpmsg); DispatchMessage(&lpmsg); }//End Message Loop. return(lpmsg.wParam); // TODO: Place code here. } LRESULT CALLBACK WndProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { PAINTSTRUCT ps; static POINTS pt,sz={300,300}; RECT rect; char ch; int j=0;// for looping. switch(msg) { case WM_CREATE: hInst = ((LPCREATESTRUCT) lParam) -> hInstance; return 0 ; case WM_PAINT: hdc = BeginPaint(hwnd, &ps); ValidateRect(hwnd, NULL); GetClientRect (hwnd, &rect) ; TextOut(hdc, 100, 100, L"This is a project shell with working playSound calls", 52); EndPaint(hwnd, &ps); return 0; case WM_CHAR:// Handles keyboard events. ch = wParam; ch = tolower(ch); switch( ch ) { case 'a':// non-looping clips PlaySound((LPCTSTR) soundA, NULL, SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC); break; case 'b': PlaySound((LPCTSTR) soundB, NULL, SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC); break; case 'c': PlaySound((LPCTSTR) soundC, NULL, SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC); break; case 'd': PlaySound((LPCTSTR) soundD, NULL, SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC); break; case 'e':// looping clips PlaySound((LPCTSTR) soundE, NULL, SND_LOOP | SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC); break; case 'f': PlaySound((LPCTSTR) soundF, NULL, SND_LOOP | SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC); break; case 'g': PlaySound((LPCTSTR) soundG, NULL, SND_LOOP | SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC); break; case 's': PlaySound(NULL, 0, 0);// stops playback of clip break; case VK_ESCAPE:// terminate app. PostQuitMessage(0); break; default: break; } return 0; case WM_DESTROY: PostQuitMessage(0); break; default: return( DefWindowProc(hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam) ); break; }//End Switch on msg. return(0); }//End CALLBACK.

I think I would use something like this to make different stubs (one for each audio file) and run it when needed.

[ArkPhaze]

The SoundPlayer class already uses the PlaySound function from winnm.dll I believe. Read the comment the guy posted about the code you wrote here.

Here is a windows program which makes use of the playSound() function. It will play 1 sound at a time only. It is set up for keyboard input.

Doesn't work in my case... This is just a limitation of the PlaySound() function itself, not his code. You can't play more than one sound at a time with that function.

edit: Yep, the class I am using is already a wrapper for PlaySound().

Code:

[DllImport("winmm.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)] internal static extern bool PlaySound([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPWStr)] string soundName, IntPtr hmod, int soundFlags);

He's just using a basic message loop in C++ to handle windows messages for the keys to play a single sound at a time.

[noize]

Ah, crap. I'll let you know if I find something else. Tomorrow, maybe, as now I'm so tired.

[noize]

How about MCI?

Once again not in C#, though.

Code:

void play_music(HWND hMusic) { char buf[1024] = {0}; char file[MAX_PATH] = {0}; if(!find_music_file(file)) return; wsprintf(buf, "open %s type mpegvideo alias music", file); mciSendString(buf, NULL, 0, 0); mciSendString("play music repeat", NULL, 0, 0); SetWindowLongPtr(hMusic, GWL_USERDATA, 1); }

[ArkPhaze]

MciSendString() is an option I came across, but it means WAV format. So encoding to WAV seems to be something of a standard based on everything I've come across so far lol...

And I know how to read that C++ code and make a C# equivalent, so that's no problem. :whistle: It's really the exact same but with P/Invoke and a few minor changes to the types.

No matter what I do though, XM, OGG, MP3, it all seems to rely on decoding and playing in a stream formatted as WAV format with the WAV header and all those parts. Perhaps except MIDI, but that's a little lame. I don't even know what I can do with MIDI, but I'm not interested anyways.

[noize]

MciSendString() is an option I came across, but it means WAV format. So encoding to WAV seems to be something of a standard based on everything I've come across so far lol...

And I know how to read that C++ code and make a C# equivalent, so that's no problem. :whistle: It's really the exact same but with P/Invoke and a few minor changes to the types.

No matter what I do though, XM, OGG, MP3, it all seems to rely on decoding and playing in a stream formatted as WAV format with the WAV header and all those parts. Perhaps except MIDI, but that's a little lame. I don't even know what I can do with MIDI, but I'm not interested anyways.

God, if people's made games with background music *and* game-driven sounds, there will be a way to do that! :headbash:

[ArkPhaze]

MciSendString() is an option I came across, but it means WAV format. So encoding to WAV seems to be something of a standard based on everything I've come across so far lol...

And I know how to read that C++ code and make a C# equivalent, so that's no problem. :whistle: It's really the exact same but with P/Invoke and a few minor changes to the types.

No matter what I do though, XM, OGG, MP3, it all seems to rely on decoding and playing in a stream formatted as WAV format with the WAV header and all those parts. Perhaps except MIDI, but that's a little lame. I don't even know what I can do with MIDI, but I'm not interested anyways.

God, if people's made games with background music *and* game-driven sounds, there will be a way to do that! :headbash:

Haha, DirectX... It's a pain in the ass for C# though. Fine in C++, because you don't have to d*ck around to get it to work. With C#, you need to create some kind of managed wrapper for the native DirectX, so that means a whole bunch more coding to do.

If I wrote this in C++, I would use DirectX without any questions. I've played around with XAudio before, and it is sweeeet... :ok: