Playing Sound Files in C++ using Visual Studio

****Addition to video: several people have reported that they need this line of code (note the addition of TEXT) vs. the line shown in the video:
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for more details on the PlaySound function, see the documentation

[siraxlrose]

if youre trying to use this in a game, replace SND_SYNC with SND_ASYNC so that it doesn't pause your game to play the sound

[matthewshepard]

I'm definitely using this for my "Implement something not taught in class" requirement for my C++ project. Thank you so much!

[LIGHTBULBCODING]

Thank you so much! I wasted DAYS searching through stack overflow, until I found this video! You saved my project from the waste bin ;-)

[bollz]

fyi you have to use audacity to convert the files, you cant just rename the files to .wav if you originally have a .mp3 or smthn

[professorracc.]

Thank you for this, straight to the point, thorough and easy to follow.

[eric]

Thanks your video helped me solve a completely unrelated problem while coding OpenGL with Vs Code😅 I was not able to link a library.

[lolbat.]

What to do if solution failed to build because of C4129 warning, C2143 error and LNK1120 build error? (i put ;)

[kerenrodriguez]

what can I do if the code worked properly but instead of playing the wav file, plays a system sound? the wav file is in the same place as the project code, the line I put it like this: PlaySound(TEXT("DanceoftheGoblins.wav"), NULL, SND_FILENAME); I have also tried with SYNC but it didn't work T-T

[derpyherpy]

It returns 1, meaning the song should have been opened, but I only hear a Windows error pinging sound.

[MrT-obri]

Why it doesn't work in release mode?

[rhke]

using visual studio 2022. cannot figure out how to add Winmm.lib. Properties look totally different. Help

[yuchang]

IF there's a red underline under the name of the file, do something like this: _T("Your_Sound.wav"), use _T() to cover the string of your sound! TRY THIS OUT!

[diegiandress]

Hi! great video. I did all the steps and get the boolean to return true but i dont hear the sound im trying to play.

what could be preventing my wav file from playing?

[youssefanuar]

it runs but without sound
"I uses wav file"

[netanel]

do you know a way to change the frequency of the sound?

[violettaplatar]

Thanks. I also did it for the console (had to add an "L" before the name of the file, but its ok. However, I am hanging over my nerves because I have been unable to add sound to a Windows GUI application. The app builds fine, but unable to play the sound... will try harder.

[muhammadumairqaisar]

I am using .wav format but some sounds are working and some are not. They give out sound of windows default asterisk sound please help me.

Thank you.

[kawaiken]

Hey so i tried this out but my music file that i wanted to put in was an MP3 file and it doesnt run.
Does it have to be something specific or any file will do.

[fab_]

what about adding the library in vs code?

[ΛΞΟ]

Thank you so much!


But Is there a way to make sound play simultaneously, while next code is being executed?
Because the rest of my code is frozen until music stops playing.