"rjoubert" <rjoubert@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DD442763-E786-4423-8B5F-511972CB24BE@microsoft.com...
>I had a little downtime and was doing some exploring. I found out that
> there's a very easy way to play a WAV file in your Windows application.
> All
> you need is the following 3 lines of code:
>
> Dim sp as New System.Media.SoundPlayer
> sp.SoundLocation = [full path or URL to the WAV file]
> sp.Play( )
>
> Now, this ONLY seems to work for WAV files. My first question is WHY? I
> know the obvious answer is that the WAV file format was created by MS.
> But
> with the prevelance of MP3 files, why not include a simple way to play MP3
> files in Windows apps (besides having to use the DirectX 9 SDK)?
>
> Secondly, why only include this functionality for sound files? What about
> video files? Again, the only way I see to do this is to use the DirectX 9
> SDK.
>

"rjoubert" wrote:

> I had a little downtime and was doing some exploring. I found out that
> there's a very easy way to play a WAV file in your Windows application. All
> you need is the following 3 lines of code:
>
> Dim sp as New System.Media.SoundPlayer
> sp.SoundLocation = [full path or URL to the WAV file]
> sp.Play( )
>
> Now, this ONLY seems to work for WAV files. My first question is WHY? I
> know the obvious answer is that the WAV file format was created by MS. But
> with the prevelance of MP3 files, why not include a simple way to play MP3
> files in Windows apps (besides having to use the DirectX 9 SDK)?
>
> Secondly, why only include this functionality for sound files? What about
> video files? Again, the only way I see to do this is to use the DirectX 9
> SDK.