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Kfir Eichenblat
Kfir Eichenblat

Reputation: 469

Play song from computer during runtime

I'm working on a small project that will later help me create a game. What I'm trying to achieve is the ability to play a game from a path on the player's computer. The path is known but I couldn't find any way to achieve playing a song that's not from the content path.

I'm also not talking about changing the content path's root directory, as the song won't load with LoadContent, it will load while the game is already on. If I can't do that I'll have to go back to developing games with Windows Forms which I'm not a fan of..

Upvotes: 0

Views: 266

Answers (2)

Andrew Russell
Andrew Russell

Reputation: 27225

You can create an instance of Song from a file on disk (a plain MP3 file, instead of something that has been through the content pipeline) using the Song.FromUri method (MSDN).

Of course, there are some caveats with that method - see this answer for details and an alternate way of creating Song objects from files on disk (using reflection).

(Finally, it's worth pointing out that the methods you were using with WinForms can probably be safely used in an XNA game, if you'd like to stick with those.)

Upvotes: 1

mcmonkey4eva
mcmonkey4eva

Reputation: 1377

    System.IO.FileStream fs = new System.IO.FileStream(@"C:\Myfile.wav", System.IO.FileMode.Open);
    SoundEffect mysound = SoundEffect.FromStream(fs);
    fs.Dispose();

@"C:\Myfile.wav" can be a relative or absolute path. Not sure about MP3's or others.

Worst case scenario, just embed the FMod Ex soundsystem into your XNA game.

Upvotes: 3

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