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Playing music in mIRC is really a very simple process and is accomplished through the use of mIRC's /splay command.

Enabling mIRC Sounds

In order for you to be able to play music sounds must be enabled. You can do so by going to the option dialog (Alt+O) -> Sounds -> <check> Enable sounds, you can also just type "/ebeepe on". This will make sure that mIRC can play the sounds that you want.

Support

Below is a list of the supported media formats for use with the /splay command:

• .wma
• .mp3
• .wav
• .mid
• .ogg

Multiple files formats can be played at the same time, but you cannot play multiple files of the same format at the same time.

For example, you can play one wma, one mp3 and one mid at the same time, but you cannot play two mp3s at the same time, mIRC will simply change the current mp3 song to the one you provided if it's an mp3 and if the request isn't queued.

Synopsis

/splay -cwmpq [filename | stop | pause | resume | seek | skip] [pos]

Flags

• -wmp - Indicates that the function (stop, pause, resume, seek, skip) will be done on the wav (-w), midi (-m), and/or mp3 (-p) file that is currently playing.
• -q - Adds the file to a queue, first file in the queue for that format is played when a song of that format ends its playback.
• [filename] - The file name for the mIRC file.
• [stop|pause|resume|seek|skip] - Allows further control over existing playing file; their titles are their respective functions. These are discussed, in more detail, further down.
• [pos] - This optional parameter is used to point out the location in the music file. For example, if you wanted to start a music file at a specific point, you would use: /splay C:\My Music\Nickelback\Rockstar.mp3 1500

Examples

When you are ready to play a sound, you would simply use one of the following, basic commands:

/splay C:\Directory_To_Music_File\MusicFile.mp3

If the file is not in the mIRC directory, a full file path is required (quotes are not needed).

Music Playing, Now What?

After the music is playing, you have a few options available for manipulating the playback. If you are making a full Music Player, for example in a dialog form, these options are really helpful.

Playback Options

• Pause - /splay pause is used to pause the playing music
• Resume - /splay resume allows you to resume the paused music file.
• Stop - /splay stop will stop the current music file.
• Seek - /splay seek [pos] will go to a certain point in the music. Example: /splay seek 1000
• Skip - /splay skip allows you to skip the currently playing music file.

Using -w,-m, or -p will allow you to use the file type switches to control only specific kinds of files. For example: /splay -w stop will stop only wave files.