Cant play created mp3 file, but can play existing file - c#

I am trying to play a file with the written content of my stream to it. It's really strange because if i just go in and play it manually, that works but whenever i try to play it with the program, there is no sound comming from the clip. (There is content in the file). I downloaded a music file just for test and swapped that name with the "fileName" string variable and that works fine playing the file with the program.
public void PlayAudio(object sender, GenericEventArgs<Stream> args)
{
string fileName = $"{ Guid.NewGuid() }.mp3";
using (var file = File.OpenWrite(Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), fileName)))
{
args.EventData.CopyTo(file);
file.Flush();
}
WaveOut waveOut = new WaveOut();
Mp3FileReader reader = new Mp3FileReader(fileName); // If i change "fileName" to my music test file, the program can play it fine. But whenever i switch to the created file name from the Stream. It doesnt play it :O
waveOut.Init(reader);
waveOut.Play();
}
I need to use NAudio because this is going to be running on .net core. So i cant use SoundPlayer just for general information.
Background on project. Before i needed it to .net core, i was just running this code which works perfectly. Plays up the audio directly from the api. However, now i cant use this because .net core doesnt support system.media. hens why i have figured out that i need to load the data into a file, mp3 or wav doesnt mather for me and then play that file up with the content inside.
public void PlayAudio(object sender, GenericEventArgs<Stream> args)
{
SoundPlayer player = new SoundPlayer(args.EventData);
player.PlaySync();
args.EventData.Dispose();
}

I managed to solve it. I do not really know what i did. Because i am certain that i tried this earlier. I did restart pc etc but ye it works now ..
public void PlayAudio(object sender, GenericEventArgs<Stream> args)
{
string fileName = $"{ Guid.NewGuid() }.wav";
using (var file = File.OpenWrite(Path.Combine(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory(), fileName)))
{
args.EventData.CopyTo(file);
file.Flush();
Console.WriteLine(fileName);
}
WaveOut waveOut = new WaveOut();
WaveFileReader reader = new WaveFileReader(fileName);
waveOut.Init(reader);
waveOut.Play();
}

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How to play a sound that was imported into C# WPF project?

I have an issue with trying to play sound in my WPF application. When I reference the sound from its actual file location, like this,
private void playSound()
{
//location on the C: drive
SoundPlayer myNewSound = new SoundPlayer(#"C:\Users\...\sound.wav");
myNewSound.Load();
myNewSound.Play();
}
it works fine. However, I recently imported the same sound into my project, and when I try to do this,
private void playSound()
{
//location imported in the project
SoundPlayer myNewSound = new SoundPlayer(#"pack://application:,,,/sound.wav");
myNewSound.Load();
myNewSound.Play();
}
it produces an error and the sound won't play. How can I play the sound file imported into my project?
Easiest/shortest way for me is to change Build Action of added file to Resource, and then just do this:
SoundPlayer player = new SoundPlayer(Properties.Resources.sound_file);//sound_file is name of your actual file
player.Play();
You are using pack Uri as argument, but it needs either a Stream or a filepath .
As you have added the file to your project, so change its Build Action to Content , and Copy To Output Directory to Always.
using (FileStream stream = File.Open(#"bird.wav", FileMode.Open))
{
SoundPlayer myNewSound = new SoundPlayer(stream);
myNewSound.Load();
myNewSound.Play();
}
You can do it with reflection.
Set the property Build Action of the file to Embedded Resource.
You can then read it with:
var assembly = Assembly.GetExcetutingAssembly();
string name = "Namespace.Sound.wav";
using (Stream stream = assembly.GetManifestResourceStream(name))
{
SoundPlayer myNewSound = new SoundPlayer(stream);
myNewSound.Load();
myNewSound.Play();
}

Dispose object Speakasync to wav stream

My code creates a power point presentation and three audio files.
I want to know the length of those audio files after the presentation is created so I use:
double duration = 0;
WindowsMediaPlayer wmp = new WindowsMediaPlayer();
IWMPMedia mediainfo = wmp.newMedia(file);
duration = mediainfo.duration;
wmp.close();
return duration;
To create the audio files I use
public void CreateAudio(string text)
{
y++;
synth = new SpeechSynthesizer();
AudioStream = new FileStream(folder + #"\audio\a" + #y.ToString() + #".wav", FileMode.OpenOrCreate);
//synth.SpeakCompleted += new EventHandler<SpeakCompletedEventArgs>(synth)
synth.SetOutputToWaveStream(AudioStream);
synth.SpeakAsync(text);
}
private void synth_SpeakCompleted(object sender, SpeakCompletedEventArgs e)
{
synth.Dispose();
}
The problem is that after the presentation is created, only the shortest audio file returns a length, the rest return 0.
If I check manually, I see 3 audio files with a valid length property, but the program doesn't read that for some reason.
My attempt at disposing the synth didn't change a thing, nor did using syth.speak so I must have done something terribly wrong at using and managing my objects and memory but I don't know what or where.
If I use the code to check the length of the audio files created in a different code for example, it works perfectly, just when I create them and want to check their length something goes wrong.

AXWindowsMediaPlayer not finding embedded resource MP3

I have a embedded resource file (MP3 to be exact) that plays a short boop. I wanted it for easy transport of the file since I have a lot more of them that I'm looking to add in.
When I try to play it, WMP just says it cannot find the file.
I'm using axWindowsMediaPlayer1.URL = #"ultraelecguitar.Properties.Resources.pitchedbeep"; to access it. It is added in the resource manager, and marked as a embedded resource. When I run my program with the file in the directory, it works just fine. When I don't, it doesn't work at all.
If you save resource as temporary file then you could provide it's path as url.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
var wmp = new WMPLib.WindowsMediaPlayer();
wmp.URL = CreateTempFileFromResource("ConsoleApplication1.mp3.somefile.mp3");
Console.ReadKey();
}
private static string CreateTempFileFromResource(string resourceName)
{
var tempFilePath = Path.GetTempFileName() + Path.GetExtension(resourceName);
using (var resourceStream = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetManifestResourceStream(resourceName))
using (var tempFileStream = new FileStream(tempFilePath, FileMode.Create))
{
resourceStream.CopyTo(tempFileStream);
}
return tempFilePath;
}

WP8/VS2013 MediaLibrary Songs collection is empty

I'm having a play with writing a mp3 player app for WP8, using MediaLibrary to handle the phone's own mp3 collection.
I want to test the result in the phone emulator on VS2013, but when I use the following code:
using (MediaLibrary library = new MediaLibrary())
{
SongCollection songs = library.Songs;
Song song = songs[0];
MediaPlayer.Play(song);
}
The song collection is empty, presumably because VS doesn't have any knowledge of a media library with songs in.
Is there any way to test this in the emulator using a fake medialibrary or for VS to use windows' media library? I just want to see (or hear) the code working before I proceed :)
I have managed to find a workaround!
If you add an mp3 file to the app's assets, the following code will add the mp3 to the media player library:
private void AddSong()
{
Uri file = new Uri("Assets/someSong.mp3", UriKind.Relative);
//copy file to isolated storage
var myIsolatedStorage = IsolatedStorageFile.GetUserStoreForApplication();
var fileStream = myIsolatedStorage.CreateFile("someSong.mp3");
var resource = Application.GetResourceStream(file);
int chunkSize = 4096;
byte[] bytes = new byte[chunkSize];
int byteCount;
while ((byteCount = resource.Stream.Read(bytes, 0, chunkSize)) > 0)
{
fileStream.Write(bytes, 0, byteCount);
}
fileStream.Close();
Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media.PhoneExtensions.SongMetadata metaData = new Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media.PhoneExtensions.SongMetadata();
metaData.AlbumName = "Some Album name";
metaData.ArtistName = "Some Artist Name";
metaData.GenreName = "test";
metaData.Name = "someSongName";
var ml = new MediaLibrary();
Uri songUri = new Uri("someSong.mp3", UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
var song = Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media.PhoneExtensions.MediaLibraryExtensions.SaveSong(ml, songUri, metaData, Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media.PhoneExtensions.SaveSongOperation.CopyToLibrary);
}
I also needed to add:
using System.IO.IsolatedStorage;
I would love to claim credit for this, but I found the answer here:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/wpapps/en-US/f5fa73da-176b-4aaa-8960-8f704236bda5/medialibrary-savesong-method
By default the media library on the emulator is empty. I also do not think it is possible to automagically hook up your dev machine's music folder to the emulator to test that way. It might be possible to manually configure the emulated phone with an email account! and save music onto it that way, but even if that worked you'd have to do it each and every time you restart the emulator.
Best way to test would be t deploy to a real device.

Getting a media file from resources

I have added a notification sound for some text message as a reference of the Main file of my project and try to make it work as follows
System.Reflection.Assembly a = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
System.IO.Stream s = a.GetManifestResourceStream("SignInSound.wav");
System.Media.SoundPlayer player = new System.Media.SoundPlayer(s);
player.Play();
I have the sound played, but it is not absolutely the one I added. Instead standard windows sound is played.
Any ideas?
Update
The issue is in getting the file from resources
System.Reflection.Assembly a = System.Reflection.Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
System.IO.Stream s = a.GetManifestResourceStream("SignInSound.wav");
Judging by the documentation, your resource stream is bad.
The Play method plays the sound using a new thread. If you call Play
before the .wav file has been loaded into memory, the .wav file will
be loaded before playback starts. You can use the LoadAsync or Load
method to load the .wav file to memory in advance. After a .wav file
is successfully loaded from a Stream or URL, future calls to playback
methods for the SoundPlayer will not need to reload the .wav file
until the path for the sound changes.
If the .wav file has not been
specified or it fails to load, the Play method will play the default
beep sound.
So the problem is that GetManifestResourceStream() is not doing what you think it's doing.
Solution (based on ResourceManager)
var thisType = this.GetType();
var assembly = thisType.Assembly;
var resourcePath = string.Format("{0}.{1}", assembly.GetName().Name, thisType.Name);
var resourceManager = new ResourceManager(resourcePath, assembly);
var resourceName = "SignInSound";
using ( Stream resourceStream = resourceManager.GetStream(resourceName) )
{
using ( SoundPlayer player = new SoundPlayer(resourceStream) )
{
player.PlaySync();
}
}
It seems that the System.Media.SoundPlayer class has a very limited amount of WAV formats it supports.
I have tried using the string path constructor, and it works with some .wav files, while it fails with others.
Here is some sample code. If you're using Windows 7, you can check it for yourself, just make a default new Windows Forms Application and add one button to it.
Notice how the code works for the "success" string, and throws an InvalidOperationException for the "fail" string.
namespace WindowsFormsApplication1
{
public partial class Form1 : Form
{
System.Media.SoundPlayer player;
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
string success = #"C:\Windows\Media\Windows Battery Critical.wav";
string fail = #"C:\Windows\Media\Sonata\Windows Battery Critical.wav";
player = new System.Media.SoundPlayer(success);
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
player.Play();
}
}
}
Notice that the file under "success" has a bit rate of 1411 kbps, while the other one has 160 kbps.
Try your code with a WAV file with a bit rate of 1411 kbps and let us know how it works.

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