Play wav file using c#

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Hi all,

I got stuck when I tried to play a wav file in my c# smart device application.
The exception is "Could not find a part of the path '\C:\Users\Desktop\test.wav'."
I've tried with copying the wav file to emulator's "my Document\my music" and changed
soundLocation according to that path,but doesn't work. And also I copied wav file into myProject's debug folder..no change.

Plz help.

my code is

C#

{
    System.Media.SoundPlayer player = new System.Media.SoundPlayer();
    player.SoundLocation = @"C:\Users\Desktop\test.wav";
    player.Play();
}

Thanks.

Posted 19-Sep-12 4:23am

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Updated 19-Sep-12 4:25am

Wes Aday

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[no name] 19-Sep-12 10:45am

Move your file to another Drive, may be helps you!

Ran 2 19-Sep-12 10:48am

Thanks Meysam.
I tried..but doesn't work.

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Rock (Multithreaded) · Answer 1 · 2012-09-19T05:44:00

Solution 2

use this address man...
"C:\\Users\\"+Environment.UserName+"\\Desktop\\test.wav"

Posted 19-Sep-12 5:44am

Rock (Multithreaded)

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Er. Tushar Srivastava 19-Sep-12 11:56am

I too forgot that the real location of desktop is C:\Users\Username\Desktop" and not C:\Users\Desktop ....... Very well done sir... but I guess he has tried other locations also....

ridoy · Answer 2 · 2012-09-19T08:19:00

Solution 3

http://www.daniweb.com/software-development/csharp/code/216393/play-a-wave-file-c[^]
http://www.crowsprogramming.com/archives/58[^]

Posted 19-Sep-12 8:19am

ridoy

Ran 2 · Answer 3 · 2012-09-21T01:46:00

Solution 4

First of all,Thank you all for response..

have somebody of you saw that there is a " \ " sign at the beginning of the exception.. what does that mean??

Posted 21-Sep-12 1:46am

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Er. Tushar Srivastava · Answer 4 · 2012-09-19T05:33:00

Solution 1

Hi Friend,
There is a simple mistake in the url you are giving to the player object.
As you know anything after a forward slash "\" is considered as an escape character and so, the url as interpreted by system is wrong.
The correct systax would be.

C#

System.Media.SoundPlayer player = new System.Media.SoundPlayer();
player.SoundLocation = "C:\\Users\\Desktop\\test.wav";
player.Play();

Have a look at "\\" instead of "\"
Hope it will help you.

Regards
Tushar Srivastava

Posted 19-Sep-12 5:33am

Er. Tushar Srivastava

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[no name] 19-Sep-12 11:35am

"player.SoundLocation = @"C:\Users\Desktop\test.wav";", is perfectly fine and is not the problem. The @ unescapes the \.

Er. Tushar Srivastava 19-Sep-12 11:40am

Yes you are right....... Sorry for that.... and thank you for pointing it out..

Er. Tushar Srivastava 19-Sep-12 11:42am

I have tested the codes in my system and it is working perfectly...