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Visual C++ or C play sounds

I'm developping an easy game written in C (Visual C++) and I want to know if there is a way to play sounds, thanks (I'm using Visual Studio)

Solution

  • Take a look at the PlaySound() function.

    If you call PlaySound() with the SND_ASYNC flag, the function returns immediately after beginning the sound.

    For example:

    #include <windows.h>
#include <mmsystem.h>

PlaySound(L"test.wav", NULL, SND_ASYNC | SND_FILENAME);

    You'll also have to add Winmm.lib in your project settings.

    Here's a quick example that should work:

    #pragma once

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <windows.h>
#include <mmsystem.h>

int _tmain(int argc, _TCHAR* argv[])
{
    if(!PlaySound(L"test.wav", NULL, SND_ASYNC | SND_FILENAME))
        printf("error\n");
    else
        printf("ok\n");

    getch();
    return 0;
}

    and in stdafx.h:

    #pragma once

#include <iostream>
#include <tchar.h>
#include <conio.h>