Questions tagged [soundplayer]

SoundPlayer is a method which plays .wav files in c#

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Play wav/mp3 from memory

I play mp3/wav from file to create a push effect. However on an Atom CPU based tablet PC, there is a delay when I touch the button. I'll try to play wav/mp3 from memory instead of file system. Can anyone give a code snippet or a clue?…
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SoundPlayer causing Memory Leaks?

I'm writing a basic writing app in C# and I wanted to have the program make typewriter sounds as you typed. I've hooked the KeyPress event on my RichTextBox to a function that uses a SoundPlayer to play a short wav file every time a key is pressed,…
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How to know when SoundPlayer has finished playing a sound

I am using the following code to dynamically create a frequency tone in memory and play the tone asynchronously: public static void PlayTone(UInt16 frequency, int msDuration, UInt16 volume = 16383) { using (var mStrm = new MemoryStream()) { …
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Play a sound using SoundPlayer

I'm trying to play a specific sound. However I can't seem to reach the file that I added in my Solution Explorer. (I have this folder called "Sounds/" with several .wav-soundeffects in it) When I hardcode a filepath to a random fixed location on my…
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Playing sounds on Console - C#

I'm writing a Console application on C# and I want to play a sound when I display texts continuously. This is what I've done : static SoundPlayer typewriter = new SoundPlayer("typewriter"); static public void print(string str, int delay) { …
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Playing wav file which has relative path inside project

I have some problems with relative paths and reproduction of wav files. I have this simple code which works perfectly: SoundPlayer player = new SoundPlayer(); player.SoundLocation = @"C:\Users\Admin\Documents\Visual Studio…
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Is there a faster way to play a sound than SoundPlayer in C#?

I am trying to play a typing sound every time a key is pressed, using the SoundPlayer class (to simulate typewriter sounds). public void MyKeyDown(object sender, KeyEventArgs) { player = new System.Media.SoundPlayer(@"f:\sounds\2.wav"); …
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How can I SoundPlayer.PlaySync() in one thread and Stop() it in another thread?

I'm writing a simple .wav player. There are two buttons: Play button, Stop button. I've 2 solutions: 1. use Play() api to play a .wav file; use Stop() api to stop it. The issue is I cannot do something when a .wav file is stopped (eg. disable the…
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C# windows forms application volume slider

I have an application that plays a .wav file using the soundplayer, I looked it up and couldn't find a way to change the volume it plays in. What I'm looking for is either to change the volume of the file independently through the program or have a…
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How do I fade out the audio of a .wav file using SoundPlayer instead of stopping it immediately?

I'm trying to stop sound as soon as I release the button, but what happens is that file is played fully. I don't want to stop the sound abruptly as it happened with sp.Stop(). Is there a way to do this? private void button1_MouseDown(object sender,…
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Why are local variables not shown in debug view in eclipse?

Here is what I am seeing in my debug view. The second picture I want to examine the state of all the local variables so I can understand why a UnsupportedAudioFileException is being thrown. The first picture looks fine (all the values of the local…
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WPF SoundPlayer multi-channel sound?

I have an app that emits sounds at a random interval. When two sounds collide they do not nicely overplay each other but one interrupts the other. I'm using SoundPlayer to play the sounds. (this is a WPF app) How can I use multiple sound channels…
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powershell 'system.windows.media.mediaplayer' Register-ObjectEvent

I'm trying to use the 'system.windows.media.mediaplayer' media player, to play a list of sound files, however I'm having trouble getting the media player to know when to play the next sound file. I'm trying to use the 'MediaEnded' event handle to…
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How to append .wav format sounds to each other

I am studying C# by myself by reading some books and watching some tutorials. So, i decided to make a small project at the same time, to get more experience and harden my knowledge. I am trying to create a text to speech program in Georgian(my…
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How to play a music file for a specified amount of time

What I'm trying to do is play a music file for a specified duration, and then stop playing. However, the whole music file is being played. Any ideas? I've tried starting a new thread, still doesnt work.
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