Playing MP3 File

[tdbvnr]

Hi..
Anybody know how to play a MP3 file in C. Is there any header files available for it ? Is it a complex task. What should i know in order to play a MP3 file ? Suggest me please....

[Banfa]

It is a very complex task, you will either need to know most of the MPEG2 specification or find a libarray that does the decode for you.

[rawinder dhillon]

i dont think it is possible

[SILVERADO]

i dont think it is possible

Of course its possible Windows was written in C++.

[SILVERADO]

Hi..
Anybody know how to play a MP3 file in C. Is there any header files available for it ? Is it a complex task. What should i know in order to play a MP3 file ? Suggest me please....

The easiest way to go about doing that is to convert the mp3 file to a wav file to avoid having to import the AudioX library to your program which may require additional work. Here is the code I came up with that worked on a video game i developed.

#include <windows.h>
#include <mmsystem.h>
#pragma comment(lib, "winmm.lib" )

char* declaredVariabl e = "C:\\nameOfSong .wav";

/*where declaredVariabl e can be name of song or whatever and C:\\ should lead to the directory where your audio file has been stored*/

int main()
{

sndPlaySound(de claredVariable, SND_ASYNC);

return 0;
}


It doesnt get much easier than this.