[2008] How do I play .mid and .midi files?

[andrenilsen]

How do I play .mid and .midi files? Somone knows? I tried to use DirectX but it wont work.

[andrenilsen]

Noone knows?

[stanav]

Windows Media Player should be able to play these audio files fine. Have you tried open them using WMP?

[andrenilsen]

Windows Media Player should be able to play these audio files fine. Have you tried open them using WMP?

I see, you don't know what I mean, I want my APPLICATION, to play those audio files, just for BGM for my game. And I don't want to convert them to .mp3

[stanav]

Oh, so sorry that I didn't know what you meant.... I was just suggesting you a way to achieve your goal...
You can try My.Computer.Audio.Play("audio file path here"), but frankly, I don't know if it will play midi files.... Normally it's used to play .wav file.

[andrenilsen]

I have tried that too, but it only plays .wav files as you said.

[bgmacaw]

Here's an article and code example on my blog that you might find useful: Extending My.Computer.Audio To Play MP3’s. The same method will do .MID and .WMA files as well.