play sound

[mariam maher]

I managed to use playsound in visual studio and I used a code which I found in an old forum the program only run when I edit project properties =>linker=>input=>external dependencies and add winmm.lib but the only sound I get is an error sound have I made something wrong in the setting or do I have to put the wav file in a specific place or do I have to change the code

 #include<iostream>
#include<windows.h>
#include<mmsystem.h>
#include<stdlib.h>
using namespace std;
int main(char argc)
{
	PlaySound(TEXT("C:\\mariam.wav"), NULL, SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC); 
	system("pause");
	return 0;
}

thanks in advance for any help=D

[Moschops]

Change C:\\mariam.wav to C:/mariam.wav so you don't have to worry about backslashes.

Is there definitely a file named mariam.wav at that location? Right at the root of the C: drive?

[Thomas1965]

Your code looks ok. Probably the filename is wrong.

If the function cannot find the specified sound and the SND_NODEFAULT flag is not specified, PlaySound uses the default system event sound instead.

https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd743680%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Try this code:

#if !defined(UNICODE) || !defined(_UNICODE)
#define _UNICODE
#endif

#include <iostream>
#include <windows.h>
#include <mmsystem.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string>

bool FileExists (std::wstring& filename)
{
  WIN32_FIND_DATA fd = { 0 };

  HANDLE hFile = FindFirstFileW (filename.c_str (), &fd);

  return hFile != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
}

int main (char argc)
{
  std::wstring filename (L"C:\\mariam.wav");

  if (FileExists (filename))
    PlaySound (filename.c_str(), NULL, SND_FILENAME | SND_ASYNC);
  else
    std::wcout << L"Filename " << filename.c_str () << L"does not exist.";

  std::wcout << L"\n\n";
  system ("pause");
  return 0;
}

[mariam maher]

I tried changing c:\\ to c:/ but it didn't work
when I tried the code and the console output was that he didn't find the file
I don't know I'm pretty sure this file exists is there a specific place I should put it in
I have more than one file with the same name on my pc may this cause an error?

[Moschops]

You need to find where the file is, and provide that information. It doesn't matter where you put it, but you have to tell your program where it is.

I have more than one file with the same name on my pc may this cause an error?

No

[mariam maher]

I wrote the full path
the console output was two empty lines I guess this means he found the file but the sound didn't change it gives an error sound :(

[Moschops]

Is the file a valid wav file? Can you play the file using a sound player?

[mariam maher]

yes I played it with a sound player and there is nothing wrong
I recorded a file and changed its extension to a wav file by renaming it

[Moschops]

Changing the extension to "wav" doesn't make it a wav file. You need an actual wav file.

[Thomas1965]

Add this to the else clause. std::wcout << L"Windows error: " << GetLastError ();

Try to move the file to a different folder. I vaguely remember a similar problem here in the forum where the problem was no access to files in the root directory.

[mariam maher]

I downloaded a wav file and it worked =D
sorry for this stupid mistake and thanks very much for help=D