if i want to play mp3's what is the difference between lame and MCI(VFW32) ?

Question

Hello basic question , i need to play mp3's in my application in windows when goggling i got allot of tutorials about VFW32.lib to play mp3's and i know lame , what is the best option for playing mp3's in c++?

Answer 1

VfW is an API that predates DirectShow on Windows, and was the original API that provided access to the system's video codecs. I'd wager that today, it's extremely non-portable, and shouldn't be used. Instead, prefer either the DirectShow API or a separate library like either Lame or libmad or a framework like ffmpeg.