Trying to play a .MP3 using the MediaPlayer class; doesn't work

Question

I have little experience at playing .MP3 files in C# applications, but I have a need to do so. I tried writing a simple, .NET Core 3 console app over the weekend. It worked fine. I thought it would be easy to duplicate what I'd done at home to my work environment, but it's not playing to .MP3 file. Here's the code that I have in a WPF app we're writing:

private MediaPlayer mediaPlayer;
private void PlayDrinkingSound()
{
    if (mediaPlayer == null)
    {
        mediaPlayer = new MediaPlayer();
        mediaPlayer.Open(new Uri(Environment.CurrentDirectory + @"\Audio\Slurping-SoundBible.com-755296861.mp3", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute));
    }
    mediaPlayer.Play();
}

The differences between the two is at home I wrote a .NET Core 3.1 console app. At work its a .NET 4.5.2 WPF app.

I've set the Build Action on the .MP3 to Resource.

Answer 1

here maybe

When distributing media with your application, you cannot use a media file as a project resource. In your project file, you must instead set the media type to Content and set CopyToOutputDirectory to PreserveNewest or Always.