How to play a sound with the count down

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I have a windows form application that allows me to see count down. I would like to play a warning sound in a specific time. For example at 11:06 am.

C#

var curTime = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay;
var soundTime= new TimeSpan(11, 06, 0);

......

 if(curTime==soundTime)
{
   SoundPlayer simpleSound = new SoundPlayer(@"c:\Windows\Media\Windows Logon Sound.wav");
   simpleSound.Play();
}

Basically when the count down clock reaches the specific time, I wanted to play that sound file however it doesn't work.

Posted 13-May-14 6:26am

fatihkaratay

Updated 13-May-14 12:23pm

Nelek

v3

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CHill60 13-May-14 12:51pm

"Doesn't work" ... doesn't go into your code at all or it does get there but the sound doesn't play?

fatihkaratay 13-May-14 12:58pm

It does get there however the sound file doesn't play. I create a separate file for testing the sound file and it worked. However when the time is arrived, it doesn't play the sound.

CHill60 13-May-14 14:36pm

It is probably because curTime will also have milliseconds, so your test if(curTime==soundTime) would be unlikely to be true (Chances of hitting the exact 0 milliseconds is slim!). Try if(curTime>=soundTime) instead (and remember to reset the timer or loop or whatever you are using to count down)

fatihkaratay 13-May-14 15:37pm

That works. I should have thought before I post. Thank you!

3 solutions

Solution 1

This works for me

C#

var soundTime= new TimeSpan(11, 06, 0);
DateTime start = new DateTime(2009, 12, 9, 10, 0, 0); //10 o'clock
DateTime end = new DateTime(2015, 12, 10, 12, 0, 0); //12 o'clock
DateTime curTime = DateTime.Now;
if ((curTime > start) && (curTime < end))

 
 //if(curTime==soundTime)
            {
                System.Media.SoundPlayer player = new System.Media.SoundPlayer(@"c:\Windows\Media\Windows Logon Sound.wav");
                player.Play();
            }

Posted 13-May-14 9:09am

RDBurmon

Solution 3

I am assuming than your code is running in a timer (actually I am sure)

C#

var soundTime = new TimeSpan(11, 06, 0);

var curDate = DateTime.Now;
if (soundTime.Equals(new TimeSpan(curDate.Hour, curDate.Minute, curDate.Second)))
{
   SoundPlayer simpleSound = new SoundPlayer(@"c:\Windows\Media\Windows Logon Sound.wav");
   simpleSound.Play();
}

If your code block is in timer tick event, if(curTime >= soundTime) will fire continuously and will fail.

Posted 13-May-14 10:00am

Emre Ataseven

v2

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CHill60 13-May-14 16:11pm

See my (quoted) comment "and remember to reset the timer or loop or whatever you are using to count down". I actually used my test code in a Timer tick event and it worked ok - as long as I stopped the timer or changed the soundTime (to past or far future) [Edit - "past" d'oh. I didn't try that - for obvious reasons!]

Emre Ataseven 13-May-14 16:29pm

Right, I did not see your comment :)

CHill60 13-May-14 16:33pm

That's ok ... I'm clearly not seeing straight myself at the moment :-)

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CHill60 · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-13T09:43:00

OP has confirmed that my suggestion in a comment works

Quote:
It is probably because curTime will also have milliseconds, so your test if(curTime==soundTime) would be unlikely to be true (Chances of hitting the exact 0 milliseconds is slim!). Try if(curTime>=soundTime) instead (and remember to reset the timer or loop or whatever you are using to count down)

So the OPs code becomes

C#

var curTime = DateTime.Now.TimeOfDay;
var soundTime= new TimeSpan(11, 06, 0);


......

 if(curTime >= soundTime)
            {
                SoundPlayer simpleSound = new SoundPlayer(@"c:\Windows\Media\Windows Logon Sound.wav");
                simpleSound.Play();
            }