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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.

Supported Media Formats

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

• .wma
• .mp3
• .wav
• .mid
• .ogg

Synopsis

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

Flags

• w - Indicates that the file is a wave file.
• m - Tells mIRC that the file is a midi file.
• p - Lets mIRC know that the file is an MP3 file.
• [filename] - The file name for the mIRC file.
• [stop|pause|resume|seek|skip] - Allows further control over the media 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.