Visual basic 2017 Audio issues

[alexinx]

hi, i'm new to this and i've been programming for some months
but i have an issue while making a "space invaders" project for my school
whenever i try to play a background audio on loop with the game's music and i press the shoot button that also makes a sound it completely stops and i can only hear the laser sounds
is there any way to fix this? i know its probably me being ignorant and new but i'll appreciate some help :b


'this is the code to the background song

Public Sub Form1_Load(sender As Object, e As EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Load
        Panel1.Visible = True
        My.Computer.Audio.Play(My.Resources.spaceinvaders1, AudioPlayMode.BackgroundLoop)
    End Sub

'and this is the one for the laser sound

 If e.KeyValue = Keys.X Then
                    laser.Visible = True
                    Movement_Var = True
                    timermain.Enabled = True
                    My.Computer.Audio.Play(My.Resources.shoot, AudioPlayMode.Background)

[jmcilhinney]

I'm pretty sure that there's nothing in standard .NET that will do that. You would have to use DirectShow, the mciSendString API or something else like that. I can't provide details but you should be able to find information about each online.

[.paul.]

As jmcilhinney told you, the standard .Net wav player can only play one sound at a time. You could probably use mciSendString for the background, and the wav player for the laser sounds...

http://www.scproject.biz/Playing%20M...ia%20Files.php