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Rory · May 26th, 2005, 9:35 AM

Does your program already play the sound files?

If it doesn't, the normal way of playing sounds requires that the wav/mp3/whatever files exist on disk with the application (.exe), which are then played. This can be done in various ways using native, DirectX or driver APIs or using COM elements, depending on the quality, speed and latency required.

As for embedding (sound) files directly into a compiled program (so that only the .exe needs to be distributed), this can be done in a number of ways, but the simplest is using a Resource Script:
http://programmingforums.org/forum/s...ad.php?p=14735

You'd need to have a startup routine that extracts the files, and possibly a cleanup routine to delete them afterwards.

May 26th, 2005, 9:35 AM	#2
Rory Expert Programmer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: London Posts: 542 Rep Power: 4	Does your program already play the sound files? If it doesn't, the normal way of playing sounds requires that the wav/mp3/whatever files exist on disk with the application (.exe), which are then played. This can be done in various ways using native, DirectX or driver APIs or using COM elements, depending on the quality, speed and latency required. As for embedding (sound) files directly into a compiled program (so that only the .exe needs to be distributed), this can be done in a number of ways, but the simplest is using a Resource Script: http://programmingforums.org/forum/s...ad.php?p=14735 You'd need to have a startup routine that extracts the files, and possibly a cleanup routine to delete them afterwards.