Playing an MP3 or WAV File in C#
Playing an audio file such as an MP3 or WAV is incredibly easy in C#. For WAV files you can use the SoundPlayer class found in the System.Media namespace. Playing an MP3 will require referencing the Windows Media Player COM component.
How to Play a WAV file
To play the WAV file simply create a new SoundPlayer object, set the SoundLocation property to the location of your WAV file, and then use the Play method to play it.
System.Media.SoundPlayer player = new System.Media.SoundPlayer(); player.SoundLocation = "My Wav File.wav"; player.Play();
How to Play an MP3 file
Playing an MP3 with C# is just as easy as playing a WAV except that it requires you to use the Window Media Player COM component. So first, add a reference to wmp.dll, which you can find in the System32 directory. Here is an example of how to play an MP3 file:
WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayer wplayer = new WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayer(); wplayer.URL = "My MP3 file.mp3"; wplayer.controls.play();
So there you have it; a simple example of how to play an MP3 and WAV file using C#. I hope you find it useful. If you have any questions feel free to ask.
April 5, 2009
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crow · 
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Thanks a lot, this is really helpful!
I’m gonna use this in an app! (sorry for double post)
Hello…. thank you so much for posting this. This was very helpful. I am actually developing a website which should play mp3 files from a list of files and I had a hard time figuring it out. You made work so much easier….
Hi,
I’ve tried to get this working, but I can’t get the system.media to be acceble for me
I am actually developing a Application in which should play mp3 files from a list of files when user touches picturesBox and I had a hard time figuring it out. You made work so much easier…. if you share some code
please reply.. I wait.
Very helpful.Thx
Hi, I saw your code, Im trying to make this a push button effect, when you press a button, it will play “the” wave file, but when I implemented there is always an error when I run the code, it says “FileNotFoundException was unhandled”
i am trying to do the coding above but i am getting the error
Sound API only supports playing PCM wave files.
pleae help
Does this code works if I browse web page on iPhone or Blackberry?
nice code…will be more understandable if you would have given a complete description of how to add COM component of Media Player…
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