Andy Pike - DirectX 8 Programming Tutorial

}

bool CSound::LoadSound(const char* szSoundFileName) {

WCHAR wstrSoundPath[MAX_PATH];

CHAR strSoundPath[MAX_PATH];

switch(m_enumFormat) {

case MP3:

//Get the our applications "sounds" directory.

GetCurrentDirectory(MAX_PATH, strSoundPath);

strcat(strSoundPath, "\\Sounds\\");

strcat(strSoundPath, szSoundFileName);

//Convert the path to unicode.

MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, strSoundPath, –1, wstrSoundPath, MAX_PATH);

m_pGraph->RenderFile(wstrSoundPath, NULL);

break;

case WavMidi:

//Convert the filename to unicode.

MultiByteToWideChar(CP_ACP, 0, szSoundFileName, –1, wstrSoundPath, MAX_PATH);

//Load a sound

m_pDirectAudioLoader->LoadObjectFromFile(CLSID_DirectMusicSegment, IID_IDirectMusicSegment8, wstrSoundPath, (void**) &m_pSegment);

m_pSegment->Download(m_pDirectAudioPerformance);

break;

default:

return false;

}

return true;

}

bool CSound::Play(DWORD dwNumOfRepeats) {

switch(m_enumFormat) {

case MP3:

//Make sure that we are at the start of the stream

m_pMediaPosition->put_CurrentPosition(0);

//Play mp3

m_pMediaControl->Run();

break;

case WavMidi:

//Set the number of times the sound repeats

m_pSegment->SetRepeats(dwNumOfRepeats); //To loop the sound forever, pass in DMUS_SEG_REPEAT_INFINITE

//Play the loaded sound

m_pDirectAudioPerformance->PlaySegmentEx(m_pSegment, NULL, NULL, 0, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);

break;

default:

return false;

}

return true;

}

bool CSound::Stop() {

switch(m_enumFormat) {

case MP3:

m_pMediaControl->Stop();

break;

case WavMidi:

//Stop the loaded sound

m_pDirectAudioPerformance->StopEx(m_pSegment, 0, 0);

break;

default:

return false;

}

return true;

}

bool CSound::IsPlaying() {

switch(m_enumFormat) {

case MP3:

REFTIME refPosition;

REFTIME refDuration;

m_pMediaPosition->get_CurrentPosition(&refPosition);

m_pMediaPosition->get_Duration(&refDuration);

if (refPosition < refDuration) {

return true;

} else {

return false;

}

break;

case WavMidi:

if (m_pDirectAudioPerformance->IsPlaying(m_pSegment, NULL) == S_OK) {

return true;

} else {

return false;

}

break;

default:

return false;

}

}

So, how can I play a sound with CSound? Simple really, first create a new CSound object, then call either InitialiseForWavMidi or InitialiseForMP3 depending on what type of sound you want to play. Next, call LoadSound which is where you specify which file to play. Finally, call Play to play the sound that you have loaded. That's it! There are also two other methods: Stop which will stop the sound from playing and IsPlaying which tells you if a sound is playing or not. Below is a brief explanation of how each function works.

InitialiseForWavMidi

InitialiseForWavMidi initialises the CSound object for playing wav or midi files. The two parameters are the performance and loader pointers that we created earlier in CGame. These pointers are then saved as member variables for later use. We also set the format of this CSound object to WavMidi.

InitialiseForMP3

InitialiseForMP3 initialises the CSound object for playing mp3 files. There are no parameters. InitialiseForMP3 uses CoCreateInstance to create a DirectShow filter graph manager object. We can use CoCreateInstance here because CoInitialize has already been called from our CGame constructor. From the filter graph manager object we use the QueryInterface method to create two other objects: a media control object and a media position object. These three pointers are saved as member variables for later use. We also set the format of this CSound object to MP3.

LoadSound

Once we have initialised the CSound object, we can use LoadSound to load a given file. The single parameter of LoadSound is the filename of the sound to load. This is not a path because all sounds will be loaded from the Sounds folder which is inside our project folder.

If the format of this CSound object is MP3, we first build up the full path of the file and convert it to a unicode string. Next, all we need to do is call the RenderFile method of the filter graph manager to construct a filter graph that will play the specified file.

If the format of this CSound object is WavMidi, we first convert the filename passed into a unicode string. Next we call LoadObjectFromFile which loads the file and returns a segment pointer. Lastly, we call the Download method of our segment which downloads the band data to the performance.

We are now ready to start playing sounds.

Play

Once a file has been loaded, we can play it. This single parameter of the Play method is optional (default is 0) and is the number of times you would like the sound to repeat. This parameter is only used if you are playing wav or midi files.

If the format of this CSound object is MP3, we first make sure that we are at the start of the stream by calling the put_CurrentPosition method of the media position object that we created earlier. Once this is done, we play the mp3 by calling the Run method of the media control object.

If the format of this CSound object is WavMidi, we first set the number of times that the sound should repeat. Then we play the loaded segment by calling the PlaySegmentEx method. If you would like the sound to repeat forever, pass in the constant DMUS_SEG_REPEAT_INFINITE.

Stop

This very simply stops the sound from playing. We use the Stop method of the media control object to stop the sound if it's an mp3 file. If it's a wav or midi file we simply call the StopEx method of the perfomance object passing in the segment to stop.

IsPlaying