Where's audio support in .NET??

Hi all,

I absolutely love the .NET Framework, but as a developer doing a audio application, where streaming audio in different formats is essential, I believe this is a major hole in the .NET experience. I have to use some 3rd party library like BASS + the BASS .NET wrapper. I don't think that is optimal in any way since many apps is going to have some kind of multimedia experience in the future.

I'd wish I could use the Windows Media Player control, but it's very limiting.

• Can only play Windows Media formats.
• No recording functionality.
• Have to use interop.

Hello Tank,

The DirectX SDK has .net code for using DirectSound -- and it has streaming a file sample too.

Thanks, I'll look into it. Still wondering why there ain't any functionality built directly in the framework, but maybe .NET and DirectX will be merged some day.

Thanks again

- Dan

System.Media.SoundPlayer is a class that plays .wav files.
You have control over the stream which is a property of the class.

I see nothing for video native in .NET 2.0.

Tank wrote:

Hi all,

I absolutely love the .NET Framework, but as a developer doing a audio application, where streaming audio in different formats is essential, I believe this is a major hole in the .NET experience. I have to use some 3rd party library like BASS + the BASS .NET wrapper. I don't think that is optimal in any way since many apps is going to have some kind of multimedia experience in the future.

I'd wish I could use the Windows Media Player control, but it's very limiting.

• Can only play Windows Media formats.
• No recording functionality.
• Have to use interop.

I can't find any useful documentation on DirectSound with streaming audio.

Anyone with the same experience?

- Dan

staceyw wrote:



Tank wrote: Hi all, I absolutely love the .NET Framework, but as a developer doing a audio application, where streaming audio in different formats is essential, I believe this is a major hole in the .NET experience. I have to use some 3rd party library like BASS + the BASS .NET wrapper. I don't think that is optimal in any way since many apps is going to have some kind of multimedia experience in the future. I'd wish I could use the Windows Media Player control, but it's very limiting. Can only play Windows Media formats. No recording functionality. Have to use interop. I can't find any useful documentation on DirectSound with streaming audio. Anyone with the same experience? - Dan

I agree.  It is a big whole.