C# audio output without a stream or buffer

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I'm working on a program that I want to have some audio output. I would use System.Media.SoundPlayer, except that the data is generated dynamically and in real time. I really just want to set the speaker to a single byte value, and change that value when needed. Any buffers or streams would make this overly complicated.

You need buffers even at lowest level, since on audio hardware would allow you to send one sample at a time. — Daniel Mošmondor, Apr 05 '13 at 02:08

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 05 '13 at 02:10

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You can't. System.Media.SoundPlayer works on streams, either dynamically generated like you want or generated from a file.

Learn to work with streams. They're not complicated. Certainly less complicated then dynamically generating audio.

answered Apr 05 '13 at 02:10

Samuel Neff

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It's very little complication to have `Read()` overridden and return ONE sample at a time, and have `SoundPlayer` output it. – Daniel Mošmondor Apr 05 '13 at 02:29
@DanielMošmondor, one sample yes, but not one byte as the OP asked. `SoundPlayer` requires valid wav data and validates the header thoroughly. – Samuel Neff Apr 05 '13 at 02:44
Op will have to learn that audio granularity is one sample and not one byte. And wav header could easily be faked :) – Daniel Mošmondor Apr 05 '13 at 08:35

C# audio output without a stream or buffer

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