"My First BASS Application" BASS.NET application error

Question

I am trying to create an application with audio from the BASS.NET Library, but I am getting a few errors on the "My First BASS Application" sample. I followed the given directions on http://bass.radio42.com/help/, but when I try running the pasted code, an error comes up on this line:

if ( Bass.BASS_Init(-1, 44100, BASSInit.BASS_DEVICE_DEFAULT, IntPtr.Zero) )

the error I recieve is:

An unhandled exception of type 'System.TypeInitializationException' occurred in Bass Test.exe

I tried to follow all the directions, but for #4, instead of adding bass.dll, I added bass.net.dll thinking it was typo.

4.Copy the 'bass.dll' to your executable directory (e.g. .\bin\Debug).

The sample code is:

using System;
using Un4seen.Bass;

namespace MyFirstBass
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            // init BASS using the default output device 
            if (Bass.BASS_Init(-1, 44100, BASSInit.BASS_DEVICE_DEFAULT, IntPtr.Zero))
            {
                // create a stream channel from a file 
                int stream = Bass.BASS_StreamCreateFile("test.mp3", 0, 0, BASSFlag.BASS_DEFAULT);
                if (stream != 0)
                {
                    // play the stream channel 
                    Bass.BASS_ChannelPlay(stream, false);
                }
                else
                {
                    // error creating the stream 
                    Console.WriteLine("Stream error: {0}", Bass.BASS_ErrorGetCode());
                }

                // wait for a key 
                Console.WriteLine("Press any key to exit");
                Console.ReadKey(false);

                // free the stream 
                Bass.BASS_StreamFree(stream);
                // free BASS 
                Bass.BASS_Free();
            }
        }
    }
}

I am guessing that the code is fine but my computer's output device is whats causing the error.

Did you try to debug the application? Where does the error occur? The exception says that .NET couldn't create a type, probably because it couldn't locate all the dlls needed. If `bass.net.dll` is just a wrapper over `bass.dll` you'll need both dlls for your program to work — Panagiotis Kanavos, Oct 07 '14 at 07:04

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '14 at 07:17

BASS.NET is a thin wrapper over BASS, which means bass.dll is required. The link you provided explicitly warns:

The native BASS libraries are NOT included and need to be downloaded separately - so make sure to place the BASS library and the needed add-on libraries to your project executable directory (e.g. place the bass.dll to your .\bin\Debug folder).

You don't need to copy bass.net.dll to the Debug folder yourself because you've already added it as a reference to your project.

Thank you, I should really read the manual instead of skipping to the example. — William Lew, Oct 07 '14 at 18:12

"My First BASS Application" BASS.NET application error

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