mp3 player in C

yugic · 02-10-2012 4:21pm #1

Ima n00b in C but i want to program a chip to read mp3 and then play it but.... i need to make the program in C so does any1 know how to make it (tutorial,source code or documentation please)

and i REALLY has to be in C not c++ or c# or any other language (so i can make a static library)

thx

srsly78 · 02-10-2012 7:02pm

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/428884/how-to-play-mp3-files-in-c

Easy way: Use a library (fmod is used in link above)
Hard way: Write your own decoder (here be dragons etc)

Most modern devices like smartphones etc have special hardware onboard to perform the decoding, so there would be a system call to make use of this. Doing it via CPU would use a lot more power on a phone. PC is so powerful that decoding is no big deal tho.

Oh, you can write static libraries in C++ btw (and mix it with C). So that isn't a valid reason for choosing only C. If you are limited to C because it's an embedded platform with limited toolchain then that would be a more valid reason.

yugic · 02-10-2012 9:37pm

Thx alot

but how do i compile static librarys in C++ O.o

srsly78 · 02-10-2012 10:18pm

With some kind of compiler option.... It depends what compiler you use. Here is how to do it for gcc: http://www.adp-gmbh.ch/cpp/gcc/create_lib.html

yugic · 03-10-2012 3:07pm

Thx a lot

mp3 player in C

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