Alright, I've been able to make, minus a few details, a playlist.
One thing eludes me, though: I can't quite figure out how to get it to play files off of imported music. I can only get it to play music through a long file location, I.E. C:\Users\Desktop\Music\Artist\CD\Song 1.MP3.
I've created a "resources" folder and used it to add an image successfully, but I can't seem to do the same with music files.

If it helps any, I'm using "axWindowsMediaPlayer1.URL" to tell it which song to play.

Mm, is there a template in Visual C# for making a desktop application? If so, I'm not seeing it.

Well, I don't know what else to use to make it.
I'm very much a beginner and all I've been taught so far is console programs and XNA.

It's failing when I try to add any feature other than "play."

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Audio;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.GamerServices;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Input;
using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Media;

namespace DIM
{
    public class Game1 : Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Game
    {
        GraphicsDeviceManager graphics;
        SpriteBatch spriteBatch;

        SoundEffect S1;
        SoundEffect S2;

        SoundEffectInstance SEI_1;
        SoundEffectInstance SEI_2;

        KeyboardState currentKeyState;

        public Game1()
        {
            graphics = new GraphicsDeviceManager(this);
            Content.RootDirectory = "Content";
        }

        protected override void LoadContent()
        {
            S1 = Content.Load<SoundEffect>("Descent Into Madness");
            S2 = Content.Load<SoundEffect>("Sunlight");

            SEI_1 = S1.CreateInstance();
            SEI_2 = S2.CreateInstance();

            spriteBatch = new SpriteBatch(GraphicsDevice);
        }

        protected override void Update(GameTime gameTime)
        {
            if (SEI_1.State == SoundState.Stopped)
            {
                SEI_1.Play();
            }

            if (SEI_1.State == SoundState.Playing && currentKeyState.IsKeyDown(Keys.D1))
            {
                SEI_1.Pause();
            }

            base.Update(gameTime);
        }

This is the whole code, minus draw code and basically code I haven't done anything with.
The part in particular that I'm working with is this.

            if (SEI_1.State == SoundState.Stopped)
            {
                SEI_1.Play();
            }

            if (SEI_1.State == SoundState.Playing && currentKeyState.IsKeyDown(Keys.D1))
            {
                SEI_1.Pause();
            }

It will play just fine, however if I try to pause it, or for that matter, anything other than play, it doesn't do as it's supposed to do.

Hello Modi123_1,


Apologies for that, I'll see if I can restate things a bit.

Basically, I'm looking for methods and other ways in which I could create a portable music player, meaning it has a playlist that's running off of its own files, and has the basics, such as play, pause, stop, and volume control. An auto-play function would be nice, but isn't critical in the initial build.

If that still isn't clear enough, definitely be sure to let me know and again, my apologies.


-H2012