1using System.Media;
2
3// Play a WAV file
4SoundPlayer player = new SoundPlayer(@"C:\sounds\alert.wav");
5
6// Synchronous — blocks until playback completes
7player.PlaySync();
8
9// Asynchronous — returns immediately
10player.Play();
11
12// Loop continuously
13player.PlayLooping();
14
15// Stop playback
16player.Stop();

// Sound file added as embedded resource in project
SoundPlayer player = new SoundPlayer(Properties.Resources.alert);
player.Play();

1SystemSounds.Beep.Play();
2SystemSounds.Asterisk.Play();
3SystemSounds.Exclamation.Play();
4SystemSounds.Hand.Play();
5SystemSounds.Question.Play();

1// Simple beep at default frequency
2Console.Beep();
3
4// Custom frequency (Hz) and duration (ms)
5Console.Beep(440, 500);   // A4 note for 500ms
6Console.Beep(523, 500);   // C5 note for 500ms
7Console.Beep(659, 500);   // E5 note for 500ms

dotnet add package NAudio

1using NAudio.Wave;
2
3// Play a WAV file
4using var audioFile = new AudioFileReader(@"C:\music\song.wav");
5using var outputDevice = new WaveOutEvent();
6outputDevice.Init(audioFile);
7outputDevice.Play();
8
9// Wait for playback to complete
10while (outputDevice.PlaybackState == PlaybackState.Playing)
11{
12    Thread.Sleep(100);
13}

1using var audioFile = new AudioFileReader(@"C:\music\song.mp3");
2using var outputDevice = new WaveOutEvent();
3outputDevice.Init(audioFile);
4outputDevice.Play();
5
6// Event-based completion
7outputDevice.PlaybackStopped += (sender, args) =>
8{
9    Console.WriteLine("Playback finished");
10};

1using NAudio.Wave;
2
3var audioFile = new AudioFileReader(@"C:\music\song.mp3");
4var outputDevice = new WaveOutEvent();
5
6// Set volume (0.0 to 1.0)
7outputDevice.Volume = 0.5f;
8
9outputDevice.Init(audioFile);
10outputDevice.Play();
11
12// Seek to a position
13audioFile.CurrentTime = TimeSpan.FromSeconds(30);
14
15// Get duration
16Console.WriteLine($"Duration: {audioFile.TotalTime}");
17Console.WriteLine($"Position: {audioFile.CurrentTime}");
18
19// Pause and resume
20outputDevice.Pause();
21outputDevice.Play();
22
23// Stop and cleanup
24outputDevice.Stop();
25outputDevice.Dispose();
26audioFile.Dispose();

1using Windows.Media.Playback;
2using Windows.Media.Core;
3
4var player = new MediaPlayer();
5player.Source = MediaSource.CreateFromUri(new Uri("ms-appx:///Assets/sound.mp3"));
6player.Play();
7
8// With volume
9player.Volume = 0.7;
10
11// Event handling
12player.MediaEnded += (sender, args) =>
13{
14    Console.WriteLine("Playback complete");
15};

1// .NET MAUI Community Toolkit provides audio support
2// Install: dotnet add package CommunityToolkit.Maui
3
4using CommunityToolkit.Maui.Alerts;
5
6// Simple audio
7var audioPlayer = AudioManager.Current.CreatePlayer(
8    await FileSystem.OpenAppPackageFileAsync("sound.mp3"));
9audioPlayer.Play();
10
11// With duration tracking
12audioPlayer.PlaybackEnded += (s, e) => Console.WriteLine("Done");

1using NAudio.Wave;
2
3// From a byte array
4byte[] audioData = File.ReadAllBytes("sound.wav");
5using var ms = new MemoryStream(audioData);
6using var reader = new WaveFileReader(ms);
7using var output = new WaveOutEvent();
8output.Init(reader);
9output.Play();
10
11// From an HTTP stream
12using var httpClient = new HttpClient();
13using var stream = await httpClient.GetStreamAsync("https://example.com/sound.mp3");
14using var reader2 = new Mp3FileReader(stream);
15using var output2 = new WaveOutEvent();
16output2.Init(reader2);
17output2.Play();