How to avoid hanging of System.Media.SoundPlayer if underlying device is removed?

Question

I am playing sounds with System.Media.SoundPlayer. Unfortunately the C# application tends to hang forever if the underlying sound device is removed during the play.

I could detect the removal of the device and stop the playback. But this seems to be (already) too late.

There is no exception or so, any chance to avoid the "crash" of the C# application?

Answer 1

As Jimi pointed out, running the SoundPlayer in a Task helps. Credits to him.

CancellationToken ct = _cancelPlaySource.Token;
_playTask = Task.Run(() =>
{
    Thread.CurrentThread.Name = "Play testsound for SAMS";
    SoundPlayer soundPlayer = new(mediaFilePath);
    soundPlayer.Play();

    // we need some time to allow to play the music
    // PlaySync cannot be stopped from outside
    const int SleepMs = 500;
    int playTimeMs = durationMs + SleepMs; // max time
    for (int i = 0; i < (playTimeMs / SleepMs) && !ct.IsCancellationRequested; i++)
    {
        if (i * SleepMs > durationMs) break;
        Thread.Sleep(SleepMs);
    }
    soundPlayer.Stop();
}, ct);