Need .mp3 playlist using queue, playsound() does not work with this, any help would be appreciated

[SyedMoazzamAliShah]

I need to make a simple queue playlist, using array. I've tried using playsound function, with winmm.lib & windows.h but there's no way to wait until the song is finished playing the current song and the play the next in playlist. I know it can be played synchronously but the I couldn't use next, prev, stop, etc functionality. Any help regarding this problem would be appreciated.

So, to sum up: I need a way to play the whole playlist with playsound() or an external library, with help for a beginner like me, that makes it possible to play the list.

Note: I know playsound only plays .wav files and I am using .wav files for now but it would be better if I could play .mp3 files using an external library or something.

  #include<iostream>
#include<conio.h>
#include<string>
#include <random>
#include<windows.h>
#pragma comment (lib, "winmm.lib")

using namespace std;

class playlist{
private:
	LPSTR Q[100];
	int s, r1, ra, f, r;
	char ch;
public:
	playlist(){
		for(int i=0; i<100; i++)
			Q[i] = "Empty";
		s =  r1 = 0;
		ra = 1;
		ch = '\0';
		f = r = -1;
	}
	void set_folder(){
		//input folder to scan for files from user and put them in queue
		Q[0] = "E:\\Mp3 files\\1.wav";		
		Q[1] = "E:\\Mp3 files\\2.wav";
		Q[2] = "E:\\Mp3 files\\3.wav";
		Q[3] = "E:\\Mp3 files\\4.wav";
		Q[4] = "E:\\Mp3 files\\5.wav";
		int temp = 0;
		for(int i=0; i<=100; i++)
			if(Q[i] != "Empty")
				temp++;
		r = temp;
	}
	void check(){		
		if(ra == 1)
			if(f == r)
				f = -1;
		if(r1 == 1)
			f--;
	}
	void play(){
		if(s == 1)
			while(s == 1)
				shuffle();
		else
			for(int i=f; i<=r; i++){
				PlaySound(TEXT(Q[f]), NULL, SND_ASYNC | SND_NODEFAULT );
				f++;
				check();
			}
	}
	void start(){
		f = 0;
		play();
	}
	void next(){
		//skip current song and play next in queue/playlist, if shuffle=1, call shuffle
		f++;
		play();
	}
	void prev(){
		//skip current song and play prev in queue/playlist, if shuffle=1, call shuffle
		f--;
		play();
	}
	void stop(){
		//stop playing the current song and reset the playlist
		PlaySound(NULL, 0, 0);
		f= -1;
	}
	void rep(){
		//stop playing and start playing again, call stop then start
		stop();
		start();
	}
	void view_op(){
		cout<<"Curently...\n\n\n";
		if(s==1)
			cout<<"\tShuffle is on!";
		else
			cout<<"\tShuffle is off!";
		if(r1==1){
			cout<<"\n\tRepeating current song!";
			ra = 0;
		}
		else if(ra==1){
			cout<<"\n\tRepeating all songs!";
			r1 = 0;
		}
	}
	void set_op(){
		cout<<"\n\n";
		cout<<"\n\tWhat would you like to do?\n";
		cout<<"\n\t1) Toggle Shuffle ON / OFF";
		cout<<"\n\t2) Toggle Repeat ONE / ALL";
		cout<<"\n\t3) Nothing\n\n\t";
		ch = getche();
		switch(ch){
		case '1':
			if(s==1)
				s = 0;
			else
				s = 1;
			break;
		case '2':
			if(r1==1){
				ra = 1;
				r1 = 0;
			}
			else{
				ra = 0;
				r1 = 1;
			}
			break;
		}
	}
	void opt(){
		system("color 06");
		do{
			system("cls");
			view_op();
			set_op();
			system("cls");
			view_op();
		}
		while(ch != '3');
	}
	void shuffle(){
		//play any random NON-EMPTY index of the queue
		//shuffle for an integer eqalent to the non-empty indexes in queue
		//f = index shuffled to
		//after played, shuffle again
		random_device dev;
		uniform_int_distribution<> random(0,r);
		f=random(dev);
		PlaySound(TEXT(Q[f]), NULL, SND_ASYNC | SND_NODEFAULT );
	}
	void display(){
		set_folder();
		system("cls");
		system("color 0D");
		cout<<"\n\tM         M          PPPPPPPPP         333333333";
		cout<<"\n\tM M     M M          P        P              33";
		cout<<"\n\tM  M   M  M          P        P            33";
		cout<<"\n\tM   M M   M          PPPPPPPPP          3333333          P L A Y E R";
		cout<<"\n\tM    M    M          P                         3";
		cout<<"\n\tM         M          P                         3";
		cout<<"\n\tM         M          P                 33333333";
		cout<<"\n\n\n\n\t\t1) >	Start Playlist";
		cout<<"\n\t\t2) >>	Skip/Next";
		cout<<"\n\t\t3) <<	Previous";
		cout<<"\n\t\t4) #	Stop";
		cout<<"\n\t\t5) <-'	Replay Platlist";
		cout<<"\n\t\t6) ...	Playlist options";
		cout<<"\n\t\t7) X	Exit\n\n\t";
		ch = getche();
		switch(ch){
		case '1':
			start();
			break;
		case '2':
			next();
			break;
		case '3':
			prev();
			break;
		case '4':
			stop();
			break;
		case '5':
			rep();
			break;
		case '6':
			opt();
			break;
		case '7':
			exit(1);
		default:
			cout<<"\n\n\tWrong input!!!";
			break;
		}
	}
	void loading(){
		system("color 0B");
		cout<<"\n\n\n\tLOADING: ";
		for (int i=0; i<55; i++){
			Sleep ( 50 );
			cout<<"|";
		}
	}
	void welcome(){
		PlaySound(TEXT("E:\\Mp3 files\\taa_daa.wav"), NULL, SND_ASYNC );
		cout<<"\n\n\n\n\n\t\twwwww            wwwww"<<endl;
		cout<<"\t\t www       w      www"<<endl;
		cout<<"\t\t  www     www    www"<<endl;
		cout<<"\t\t   www   wwwww  www"<<endl;
		cout<<"\t\t    wwwwwwwwwwwwww"<<endl;
		cout<<"\t\t     wwww    wwww e l c o m e ! ! !"<<endl;
		cout<<"\n\tPress any key to continue...";
		int a = 150;
		system ( "color 01" );
		Sleep ( a );		
		system ( "color 02" );
		Sleep ( a );		
		system ( "color 03" );
		Sleep ( a );		
		system ( "color 04" );
		Sleep ( a );		
		system ( "color 05" );
		Sleep ( a );		
		system ( "color 06" );
		Sleep ( a );		
		system ( "color 07" );
		Sleep ( a );		
		system ( "color 08" );
		Sleep ( a );		
		system ( "color 09" );
		Sleep ( a );		
		system( "color 0A" );
		Sleep( a );		
		system( "color 0B" );
		Sleep( a );		
		system( "color 0C" );
		Sleep( a );		
		system( "color 0D" );
		Sleep( a );		
		system( "color 0E" );
		Sleep( a );		
		system( "color 0F" );
		Sleep( a );
		system( "color 03" );
			getche();
	}
	void Mp3Player(){
		welcome();
		loading();
		do{
			display();
		}
		while(1);
	}
};

void main (){
	playlist p;
	p.Mp3Player();
}

[Duthomhas]

The PlaySound() function can only play files for which there is an installed sound driver.

You might do better to use OpenAL.

[SyedMoazzamAliShah]

Thanks for the reply, but, could you provide an example of the basic code for OpenAl. Additionally, i still have to play the whole playlist and I don't know how to wait until the file has been played and then play the next in playlist? If I use sleep(x) the program becomes unresponsive so I cant use next, prev, stop functions. Any help would be appreciated...