audio, wav, mps, midi, player

[ray well]

hi,

i'm looking for an audio component to add to a .net 2005 program, that could
play all or part (starting at a certain point and ending at a certain point
within a audio file) of a wav, midi, or mp3 file. i also need to be able to
set the midi insturment.

can anyone recomend such a component, or better still a location where such
components are reviewed and compared as to features and price?

thanks, ray

 

[Maligui]

I would use the Windows Media SDK. Or Direct X SDK.

The Windows Media SDK will work with the media player, or you can implement
the media player into your program. The down side is that the user has to
have Windows Media Player installed.

Direct X has a module "Microsoft.DirectX.AudioVideo"
The downside is that the user has to have DirectX installed.

Both will do just about everything you need to, aside from encoding files.

 

[ray well]

thanks, but i need something that is not dependant on windows media player,
or direct x being installed. ray

 

[Ryan S. Thiele]

Every player used in windows uses direct x, usually through the directmedia
interface. I strongly recommend using the directx sdk. Othewise you should
program in C++ and use the audio graphs (which are very messy, and could
harm your computer is not programmed correctly).