WPF C# Tutorial – Playing Audio Files with Sound Player and Media Player in Visual Studio
- Subject: WPF C# Tutorials
- Learning Time: 1 hour
Full Code –
Here is the full source code of the app. Check against this if you are having problems during the tutorial. Make sure to add the Using System.Media; name space on top of your program as this one is important to use the sound player class in C#. Have fun and stay tuned for more tutorials. Moo Out.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Documents;
using System.Windows.Input;
using System.Windows.Media;
using System.Windows.Media.Imaging;
using System.Windows.Navigation;
using System.Windows.Shapes;
using System.Media;
namespace play_sound
{
/// <summary>
/// Interaction logic for MainWindow.xaml
/// </summary>
public partial class MainWindow : Window
{
public MainWindow()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void playsoundOne(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
// this is the sound player class, we are inseting a new sound file with it from the resources panel
SoundPlayer playSound = new SoundPlayer(Properties.Resources.cello);
playSound.Play(); // now it will play the sound file once
//playSound.PlayLooping(); // This line will keep this file looping take out the comments from the front
}
private void playsoundTwo(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
{
MediaPlayer playMedia = new MediaPlayer(); // making a new instance of the media player
var uri = new Uri("pack://siteoforigin:,,,/sound/cello.wav"); // browsing to the sound folder and then the WAV file location
playMedia.Open(uri); // inserting the URI to the media player
playMedia.Play(); // playing the media file from the media player class
}
}
}
Thank you for this! I was trying to use MediaPlayer and it kept failing, but SoundPlayer works great and loaded the file a little quicker I think, too.