Tom - tried the code - copied an MP3 file to my root directory, wrote a test
word and I just get a 277 returned to the stack without any playing...

Am I missing something?

- Roger

LIBRARY WINMM.DLL

4 import: mciSendString

create returnstring 256 allot

0 value returnvalue

: mcicommand returnstring 255 returnvalue mciSendString ;

: mp3test z" play c:\test.mp3" mcicommand ;

-----Original Message-----
From: sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com [mailto:sftalk-bounce_at_forth.com] On Behalf Of
Tom Dixon
Sent: Saturday, October 16, 2004 3:06 PM
To: sftalk_at_forth.com
Subject: [sftalk] Re: playing mp3 files within windows

Greetings,

I've found out how to do it a long time ago. Basically you can use the
windows
MCI api. I suspect that all your mp3 players use the same api as well.
I've
used it for much more as well - I've played avi files to the console and all
sorts of things, so you have access to alot more than just mp3 and wave.
Here
is the sample:

\ how to play an mp3 file in 6 lines of code
library winmm.dll
4 import: mciSendString
create returnstring 256 allot
0 value returnvalue
: mcicommand returnstring 255 returnvalue mciSendString ;

an example would be: z" play c:\mymp3.mp3" mcicommand
and you should hear something.

-Tom Dixon

Quoting Roger Dube <rogerdube_at_dathq.com>:

> I know how to play wav files using a Windows api, such as:
>
> ABSENT PlaySound [IF] LIBRARY WINMM.DLL
>
> 3 IMPORT: PlaySound [THEN]
>
> : tada ( --)
> z" c:\windows\media\tada.wav" 0 SND_FILENAME SND_SYNC OR PlaySound DROP ;
>
> Has anyone been successful in finding a way to play an mp3 file in a
similar
> fashion? The standard shell commands to mp3 players usually have windows
> that pop up during play, whereas the above plays without any window
> distracting the operator.
>
>
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