Difference of "sndPlaySound", "mciSendString" & MM Control ? - basic.visual

chau_fai wrote:
> hi, everybody ....
>
> i am dealing with a problem of playing multiple sound files at the
> same time using VB. i have already found the solution playing only
> single file. The APIs or control mentioned in the title of this
> dicussion can achieve this aim successfully without any problem.
>
> Actually, i failed to play multiple sound files at the same time using
> one only method except MM Control. In Short, using only "sndPlaySound"
> & "mciSendString" cannot play two files at the same time. Each of
> them playing different files at the same time, it works for a while.

I believe you can use them to play a sound file and a midi file at the same
time. To play 2 (or more) sound files at the same time you need to mix
them, search on wavmix32.dll and WaveMixer.Bas (A VB6 example module) to
find out how.

>
> Is there any difference between the three methods ? ..... All of them
> are "mci" technique based ? ....It seems that "sndPlaySound" occupies
> more memory than the other two methods ...
>
> Any Response will be appreciated ~

I hope this helps.

Best,
Bill

"Bill Plenge" <unknown@user.com> wrote in message news:<y0YHb.164567$8y1.491926@attbi_s52>...
> chau_fai wrote:
> > hi, everybody ....
> >
> > i am dealing with a problem of playing multiple sound files at the
> > same time using VB. i have already found the solution playing only
> > single file. The APIs or control mentioned in the title of this
> > dicussion can achieve this aim successfully without any problem.
> >
> > Actually, i failed to play multiple sound files at the same time using
> > one only method except MM Control. In Short, using only "sndPlaySound"
> > & "mciSendString" cannot play two files at the same time. Each of
> > them playing different files at the same time, it works for a while.
>
> I believe you can use them to play a sound file and a midi file at the same
> time. To play 2 (or more) sound files at the same time you need to mix
> them, search on wavmix32.dll and WaveMixer.Bas (A VB6 example module) to
> find out how.
>
> >
> > Is there any difference between the three methods ? ..... All of them
> > are "mci" technique based ? ....It seems that "sndPlaySound" occupies
> > more memory than the other two methods ...
> >
> > Any Response will be appreciated ~
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Best,
> Bill

Thank You. wavmix32.dll really helps me a lot. I can easily accomplish
my task with the help of this dll.
Can Anyone give me a brief explanation about the differeces of the
three methods i mentioned in the title ?