My computer doesn't seem to like DirectShow...

[fawfulfan]

About half the levels in my game rely on DirectShow for music, as some of the tracks are MP3 files and can't be played by the program itself.

On my old computer, this was a perfect solution. But on my new computer, problems occur. DirectShow works fine, but if I exit the application while in a frame that includes the DirectShow object, the program crashes.

Is there something you guys recommend to fix this? Perhaps an object other than DirectShow, or maybe even some way of updating my computer to resolve the problem?

[strat59]

Never had any problems like that with Direct Show.But you
could use the windows media player through active x controls
to play mp3s. Or even better convert your Mp3s to oggs and
use the onu object.

strat59..........

[fawfulfan]

I know it's been a while since I started this topic, but I just looked at the ONU object and it doesn't seem to offer the kind of flexibility and power I need. I'd really like to still use DirectShow without it crashing the program at the end. Does anyone know how to fix this?

[Jeff]

If your playing OGGs you can use the internal sound engine in MMF.

[fawfulfan]

Uh, how do I do that? I can't see any option to play anything other than MIDI from the internal sound engine.

[Jaffob]

Choose "Play Sample" instead of "Play Music." This allows you to use WAVs, OGGs, modules, and other common formats.