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How to play a wav file using DirectX

How to play a wav file using DirectX

API Declarations



Dim DX As New DirectX7
Dim Ds As DirectSound 'The root object
Dim dsBuffer As DirectSoundBuffer 'Note, there is not a fixed number of
Dim bufferDesc As DSBUFFERDESC
Dim waveFormat As WAVEFORMATEX



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Set Ds = DX.DirectSoundCreate("")
Ds.SetCooperativeLevel Me.hWnd, DSSCL_NORMAL

'bufferDesc.lFlags = DSBCAPS_CTRLFREQUENCY Or DSBCAPS_CTRLPAN Or DSBCAPS_CTRLVOLUME Or DSBCAPS_STATIC

waveFormat.nFormatTag = WAVE_FORMAT_PCM
waveFormat.nChannels = 2 'or 2 for stereo.
waveFormat.lSamplesPerSec = 22050
waveFormat.nBitsPerSample = 8 'or 16 for 16bit sounds

'waveFormat.nBlockAlign = waveFormat.nBitsPerSample / 8 * waveFormat.nChannels
'waveFormat.lAvgBytesPerSec = waveFormat.lSamplesPerSec * waveFormat.nBlockAlign

Set dsBuffer = Nothing
Set Laugh = Nothing

Set dsBuffer = Ds.CreateSoundBufferFromFile("type here wave file", bufferDesc, waveFormat)

dsBuffer.Play DSBPLAY_LOOPING



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