Using Windows Media Player in C# for sound

Question

So I've gone through about 10000 forums and postings that go about explaining how to use WindowsMediaPlayer for sound in my C# application.

What I have so far is

        WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayer axMusicPlayer = new WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayer();

        string path = Path.GetFullPath("music.mp3");

        axMusicPlayer.URL = path;

        axMusicPlayer.settings.setMode("loop", true);

        axMusicPlayer.controls.play();

Now, according to a million people this should work, but when I run the application there is no sound, maybe I'm missing something, but I've just about reached my breaking point with this one. I know you can use SoundPlayer, but I'm reserving that for sound effects, which is why I want to use WindowsMediaPlayer for music.

Answer 1

Try playing a .wav file. That worked for me.

Answer 2

I think you should try using the .. command to go to the parent directory in your file path.

Since the default path for GetFullPath takes you into the MyProject\bin\Debug folders you need to get back to MyProject

For example:

    string path = Path.GetFullPath(@"..\..\music.mp3");

This will take you out of the Debug and bin folders and to the main folder of your project.

I tried to use your solution and this worked for me!