application freeze while play sound

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Hi,

I have a window based vb.net application.

In my application I have added a media player.
Whenever I play a sound my application freezes while the sound plays.

Suppose I have a sound file for duration 3 sec then my application also freeze for 3 sec.

I also need to know how do I play .wav file from resources?

thanks in advance

Posted 20-Apr-11 21:26pm

kals84

Updated 20-Apr-11 21:49pm

Dalek Dave

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Dalek Dave 21-Apr-11 3:50am

Edited for Grammar, Syntax and Readability.

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Wannes Geysen · Answer 1 · 2011-04-20T21:29:00

Solution 1

Open a new thread and play the sound in that thread.
That way, the thread which handles your GUI won't be blocked.

Posted 20-Apr-11 21:29pm

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kals84 21-Apr-11 3:37am

can i use backgroundworker to play sound

Wannes Geysen 21-Apr-11 3:44am

I don't see any problem in using a backgroundworker to play the sound

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 4:30am

Will work, I'll guarantee that.
--SA

Dalek Dave 21-Apr-11 3:50am

Yep, threads!

kals84 21-Apr-11 4:05am

Media file in backgroundworker is working now.. but i can t find solution to my second question

Wannes Geysen 21-Apr-11 4:20am

is the audio you want to play in the .WAV format, because the internet is full with examples to play a WAV file from the resources

RaviRanjanKr · Answer 2 · 2011-04-20T21:51:00

Solution 2

Hey Kals84 for your second question which is about playing .wav file from resources I found this [^] article might help you.

Posted 20-Apr-11 21:51pm

RaviRanjanKr

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Tarun.K.S 21-Apr-11 4:11am

It should work now. 5+

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 4:37am

Ravi,
I vote 5, but when I saw it... I think the solution should be more simple than in this reference. I do not have VB.NET installed (and don't want it) to do it all, but resource auto-generates C# (and must be VB.NET) code file with static property representing the resource. It can be used as a stream, and then all like in code sample...
--SA

**Dalek Dave** · Answer 3 · 2011-04-20T21:53:00

Solution 3

Here[^] and here[^] may help.

Posted 20-Apr-11 21:53pm

Dalek Dave

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Tarun.K.S 21-Apr-11 4:10am

This should help the OP. 5+

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 21-Apr-11 4:31am

Basic stuff for Basic.NET... could... help. A 5. :-)
--SA

kals84 · Answer 4 · 2011-04-20T23:16:00

hi,

thanks all for your suggestions and time for reply.

but i found a very quick and small methos to play sound file

If My.Resources.welcome.CanRead Then
  Dim bStr(My.Resources.welcome2.Length) As Byte
  My.Resources.welcome.Read(bStr, 0, My.Resources.welcome.Length)
  My.Computer.Audio.Play(bStr, AudioPlayMode.Background)
End If

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