Hi Samuel;

  Yes, laying MP3's is relatively easy. I have discovered two ways to accomplish this ..

Method1: MMCI (Multimedia Command Interface). You can call the mciSendString MS-Windows API to basically set, query, control, etc any Windows multimedia device for any type of media. You can see an example of this in my CDPlayer App.  http://chrispollach.blogspot.com/2015/08/cdplayer.html. The window class "wn_cdplayer_e" has a method called "of_mci_command" where you can see the actual calls coming through to the MMCI API. Running the debugger on that method will allow you to see the various MMCI commands I used and how they are formatted. The CDplayer controls speakers, volume, CD caddy, skip, replay, etc. Many of these features would also apply to MP3 media files.

The CDplayer App though has a MMCI test window class called "wn_mci_test_bench_e". You can run that test window and type in any MMCI command and see how it responds. For playing MP3's, the MMCI command should be (for example:  “play mp3”). So you can use this test window to get the basics going.

MMCI Command Reference: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/multimedia/classifications-of-mci-commands

https://www.khroma.eu/digimedia/htmlhelp/html/hs98.htm

Method2: MS-Windows Media Player (this O/S object can be embedded into your PB Apps). I have a wrapper object already set-up in my STD Framework. The Player class is called "vs_ole_media_player_master". You can see a working MM App built around this control that already plays various media (local or across the internet) - including MP3's - in this example App:  http://chrispollach.blogspot.com/2022/03/mm.html

BTW: The STD framework is free & open source, so you are welcome to use any part of it (including example apps) in your implementations.

HTH

Regards ... Chris