MP3 Playback

rocko_1981

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Hi Everyone.

We Are Currently Writing some accessability software for blind people, Because most of our software users dont require powerful graphics or watch movies 9 times out of 10 they dont have the latest media player of direct X software installed, can anyone suggest a way of getting mp3 playback within a vb.net application that does not rely on windows media player or direct X, any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, sorry if this has been covered but i am blind and makes searching a bit difficult
 
you could use the multimedia control .com component:

VB.NET:
mmc.FileName = "C:\Documents and Settings\a user\My Documents\lazy boy (good version).mp3"
mmc.Command = "Open"
mmc.Command = "Play"

'other commands are - 
'mmc.Command = "Stop"
'mmc.Command = "Close"

but whether you use the multimedia control or windows media player, you'll have to distribute an .ocx or .dll (the actual control) with your application.
you can find the custom control files in your bin/debug directory

edit: windows media player is a custom control in vb.net and not windows media player thats shipped with windows
 
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