SoundPlayer and Windows 7 wav file

Question

When I try to play the sound file "Windows Critical Stop.wav" I get the following exception: exec {"Sound API only supports playing PCM wave files."} System.Exception {System.InvalidOperationException}

I understand what PCM is, I just do not know how to either: 1) play the sound file, 2) determine apiori that it is not PCM and will not play, and block the file from being choosen.

Here is the code I am using:

        SoundPlayer player = new SoundPlayer();
        player.SoundLocation = FileNameTextBox.Text;
        try
        {
            player.Play();
        }
        catch (Exception exec)
        {
            MessageBox.Show("Sound could not be played: " + exec.ToString());
        }

Answer 1

wave files can be encoded differently(even with GSM codec), so just examine what codec is used to skip a particular one.Just check the AudioFormat bits.

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/courses/422/projects/WaveFormat/

Answer 2

Hello Micheal, You have to use this player the code you have is a system damager Microsoft admin,

Answer 3

Your file is not PCM. Please try http://alvas.net/alvas.audio.aspx

This library can play any wav-files. Simple code for playback see below

RecordPlayer rp = new RecordPlayer();

private void PlaySimple()
{
  string fileName = "play.wav";
  rp.Open(new DsReader(fileName));
  rp.Play();
}