How do I play a mp3 using c# ... with no 3rd dll

Question

/want to put a musical easter egg into my app

The SoundPlayer code below seems to only like mp3s :-(

       Stream stream = new MemoryStream(Properties.Resources.MyMp3, false);
        using (SoundPlayer player = new SoundPlayer(stream))
        {
            player.PlaySync();
        }

Thanks

Answer 1

You could use the Windows Multimedia API.

See this page.

Answer 2

SoundPlayer only supports .wav files. You have two options:

1. Use another method, such as the one mentioned by Francis B
2. Convert the MP3 to a wav

As this is internal to your application, I'd convert it to a wav and use SoundPlayer to play it. The conversion will be a one-time process, so this is really the simplest solution.