How can I play music file MP3 in VB?

[lejohn]

Dear Masters' VB

Please help me, How can I play music file MP3 in VB?
Many thanks for your help.

[Gerald]

There are 3 ways you could do it--each having a different level of complexity.

1. Use the shell function to launch your MP3 with Window's mplayer or mplayer2.

Shell ("mplayer.exe /play C:\your.mp3", vbMinimizedNoFocus)

2. Add the MS Multimedia control to a form.

MMControl1.Wait = True
MMControl1.FileName = "C:\your.mp3"
MMControl1.Command = "Open"

3. Make direct use of the Window's multimedia API calls.

Private Declare Function mciExecute Lib "winmm.dll" (ByVal lpstrCommand As String) As Long


Private Sub Command1_Click()
    mciExecute ("play c:\your.mp3")
End Sub

Gerald M.


[This message has been edited by Gerald (edited 12-15-1999).]

[Immortal Knight]

hey,

the third funsction does not work is there anything wrong with it or is it just my stupid machine.

[schoolbusdriver]

mciExecute (a simplified version of mciSendString) will fail if the path to the file contains spaces (isn't in DOS 8.3 format). Use GetShortPathName to returns a valid path/file name.