media player in a winform

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hello how can i use media player in a winform? i want the user of my app to be able to listen to music while using the app.
is there any code in the codeproject that can help.
or any help
thank you

Posted 29-Dec-14 5:48am

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BillWoodruff 29-Dec-14 12:07pm

Please search CodeProject for "media player," "play music," "DirectSound," etc.

There are many resources here.

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Thomas Daniels · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-29T06:07:00

Solution 1

Have a look at this MSDN article about adding a media player:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383953%28v=vs.90%29.aspx[^]
If you just want to play music, without a media player control, take a look here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb383890%28v=vs.90%29.aspx[^]

Posted 29-Dec-14 6:07am

Thomas Daniels

Updated 29-Dec-14 6:08am

v2

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Maciej Los 29-Dec-14 12:09pm

+5

Thomas Daniels 29-Dec-14 12:09pm

Thank you!

ridoy 29-Dec-14 12:37pm

5ed!

Thomas Daniels 29-Dec-14 12:39pm

Thank you!

Member 11308295 29-Dec-14 12:40pm

thank u a lot. but what about if I wanna play an mp3 song?

Thomas Daniels 29-Dec-14 12:42pm

In that case, take a look here:
https://www.daniweb.com/software-development/csharp/threads/292695/playing-mp3-in-c[^]

Member 11308295 29-Dec-14 12:54pm

it didn't work :( I think something is missing in the code.
have you tried it before?

Thomas Daniels 29-Dec-14 12:55pm

You first have to import the Windows Media Player library.

If you use Visual Studio, go to "References", and switch to the "COM" tab. In that tab, look for WMPLib or Windows Media Player, and add it. Then it should work.

Member 11308295 29-Dec-14 13:01pm

I did all of these steps and still not working. No sound, no choice of a song, no enable play button!!

Thomas Daniels 29-Dec-14 13:04pm

Note that the MP3 player does not show a control on your form. Only the first link provides a control. You can try providing an MP3 file there.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-29T06:16:00

Solution 2

In addition to the Solution 1:

What you want make sense only if you want to play some audio related to your application. Say, for applications related to music, you can play what the user edits (or something like that); in other cases, it could be instructional audio.

If your music is unrelated to the task, adding music would be purely negative quality. Why? Because all system capable of playing do have a separate player, and because your user knows better than you what to play and when. Adding such feature to the application means pushing the user to do something you think should be done, not the user. It could be so irritating (even if it is optional) that the user may decide to avoid using your products. Seriously.

—SA

Posted 29-Dec-14 6:16am

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov

Updated 29-Dec-14 6:42am

v3

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Maciej Los 29-Dec-14 12:18pm

Good advice ;)

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Dec-14 12:20pm

Thank you, Maciej.
—SA

Thomas Daniels 29-Dec-14 12:39pm

Good answer, 5'ed.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Dec-14 12:41pm

Thank you.
—SA

[no name] 29-Dec-14 12:40pm

I totally agree with Sergey Alexandrovich.
Playing music with your app has deviated from the main goal.
It will also consume more resources talking about memory needed to run the application. Instead, if you want the user to enjoy music when using the app you can launch the windows media player from code with Process.Start("wmplayer") or you send the selected audio file to the player.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Dec-14 12:43pm

Thank you, but my idea is: even starting wmplayer would be the negative quality. First, this player may not even be installed. Importantly, the user knows better what application to start and when.
—SA

Farhan Bajrai 30-Apr-15 11:48am

Agree.

Member 11308295 29-Dec-14 12:55pm

thank you for the advice

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Dec-14 12:59pm

You are welcome. Will you accept this and/or other answers formally (green "Accept" button)?
—SA

ridoy · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-29T06:41:00

Solution 4

ProgramFOX already provided what you need, just some more extension for you:
Audio and Video Player C# Winform[^]
Playing a MP3 file in a WinForm application[^]
Audio and Video Player C# Winform[^]

Posted 29-Dec-14 6:41am

ridoy

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Thomas Daniels 29-Dec-14 12:44pm

+5!

ridoy 29-Dec-14 12:48pm

Thank you.

Member 11308295 30-Dec-14 6:31am

http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/UploadFile/8ea152/mp3-media-player-in-C-Sharp-4-0/
this link is helpful for mp3 song playing.:D