Does anyone know the whereabouts of a vb sample of how you can use direct sound or direct show so that I can play all the soundfiles that media player can play (including compressed ones/mp3s) without creating a huge buffer - so that it streams it straight from the hard drive.

I also need to be able to control & read its position.

Can anyone help - I need it urgently.

Ps. I've tried the Microsoft site and it was no use & downloaded the sdk also.