Answered Audio Files

[PRo-Beaniie]

Hey Guys,

Im trying to play a mp3 on my main menu for my game however its not playing...
ive tried hardcoding the file to the desktop, inserting the file into the solurtion explorer and even declaring it its own sub but i get no sound any ideas ??

I just want the file to play when the form loads up

 

[Joshdbr]

Are you looking for something like this:

Private Sub Form1_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
    My.Computer.Audio.Play("C:\audiofile.wav")
End Sub

 

[ss7thirty]

Let me google that for you

http://channel9.msdn.com/forums/TechOff/136871-Mp3-Playback-in-VBNet/

Seems like this can be done through DirectX if you need to use the MP3 audio format.

 

[Joshdbr]

Oops, didn't see the MP3 part, my code won't work for that.

 

[PRo-Beaniie]

This Would Not Work...

Playing the audio file through direct x would not work through my colleges system so i cant use this method. But this is only because the college wouldnt have this software installed... are you sure there not a simpler way to do this with VB.Net 2010

 

[Joshdbr]

Take a look at this link.

Play sound in VB.NET - CodeProject

 

[PRo-Beaniie]

I have just converted my audi file from a mp3 to a WAV and its still not playing when the form loads heres the code but i cant see any errors ...

Private Sub Menu_Load(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        'Splash Screen Load 
        LoadScreen.ShowDialog()
        If Me.Visible = True Then
            My.Computer.Audio.Play("Audio Music.wav")
        End If
    End Sub

 

[PRo-Beaniie]

i looked at your link its based around visual studio VB does not have a media player tool

 

[Joshdbr]

The reason that the above code isn't working is because Me.Visible = False in the form's load event. The load event occurs before the form is shown, so the form is not visible until after it is loaded.

 

[PRo-Beaniie]

AHAAAA life at last thank you for your help guys..... i moved it from event load and put it into a button howver this now means that the user has to click the button when ever he/she whants to hear the tune is there any other way to makt the audio start when the form becomes visible...?

 

[Joshdbr]

You could try playing the sound on the forms 'Shown' event.

 

[PRo-Beaniie]

This Works Beautifully many thanks to you guys ... dont suppose your guys would have any ideas on how to loop a wav file as well ?

 

[Joshdbr]

Use something like this to loop:

My.Computer.Audio.Play("Audio Music.wav", AudioPlayMode.BackgroundLoop)

And to stop the loop:

My.Computer.Audio.Stop()

 

[PRo-Beaniie]

Thank you good sir for all your help on this subject everything works perfectly ... 'And im a bit more knowledgable on the subject'

Many Thanks,

 

[Joshdbr]

Glad to help!