C# Play MPEG audio files

Question

I'm looking for a way to play mpeg audio files in C#. With mp3 the case is simple:

    System.Windows.Media.MediaPlayer player = new System.Windows.Media.MediaPlayer();
    player.Open(new System.Uri(File));
    player.Play();

I'm looking for a way to play with similar simplicity the m4a or webm audio files. For now I'm desperate and I'm trying to make a workaround:

        String path = Path.GetFullPath("./x.m4a");
        Process process = new Process();
        ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
        startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
        startInfo.FileName = "ffplay.exe";
        startInfo.Arguments = "-vn -showmode 0 " + path;
        process.StartInfo = startInfo;
        process.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
        process.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = true;
        process.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
        process.StartInfo.CreateNoWindow = true;
        process.Start();

For now I am able to play x.m4a file, but it doesn't stop when I exit the file. Also I'm afraid I won't have much control over the track flow. Is there any different method (with NuGet package for example) to play mpeg files?

Answer 1

Ok, I found a way. Apparently the NAudio library does the job, but you need to install codecs for MPEG4 layer. After this it's pretty simple:

NAudio.Wave.WaveOut wave = new NAudio.Wave.WaveOut();
wave.Init(fileName);
wave.Play();

EDIT: Ironically, month later I found my own answer to same problem. For older versions of NAudio (for example for .NET 4.0) you need a little workaround:

        var wave = new WaveOut();
        var x = new AudioFileReader(filename);
        wave.Init(x);
        wave.Play();

        while(true)System.Threading.Thread.Sleep(100);

Last loop is added simply because system needs to wait until player finishes. Feel free to edit that out.