Is there a simple way to convert MP3 to WAV in vb2005?

Question

Is there a simple way to convert MP3 to WAV in vb2005?

what i would like to do is play MP3 files in vb2005 but first they need to be converted to a byte(memory) wave string before they can be played internally by the program unless someone else built a class or module for this already.

Answer 1

Rather than writing code to convert the files, you can use the DirectX libraries to play the MP3 files.

Read this discussion and take a look at this example usage.

Answer 2

This has been done by quite a few people, most using c# but since that can be trivially consumed by your VB.net code this should be no problem. Many use the managed Direct Sound apis here's how to use them to play and mp3

This question has been asked and answered well over on channel9 so there's no point rehashing it but pointing out how easy it is to do it is worth while:

AudioVideoPlayback.Audio mp3 = new AudioVideoPlayback.Audio("mySong.mp3");
mp3.Play();

if you want a simple no dependency dll to do it look at MP3Sharp