PlaySound not working

[bubblegum]

I use a very simple indicator

protectedoverridevoid OnBarUpdate()
{
Plot0.Set(Close[0]);


PlaySound(@"C:\win.wav");
}

It plots, but it doesn't play the sound. The sound works fine in Windows Media Player. I have no idea what I'm going wrong.

This is in Ninja 7.

Are there any general settings that I need to turn on? Any help gratefully accepted.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

Hi bubblegum,

Are there any error messages noted in log tab of control center?

Are you trying this with real time updates coming in? It does not work on historical bars.

http://www.ninjatrader.com/support/helpGuides/nt7/playsound.htm

[bubblegum]

Aha! Thank you. The log says

Sound API only supports playing PCM wave files.

What does that mean?

I'm doing this in real-time.

[NinjaTrader_RyanM1]

PCM is a type of audio format. Unfortunately your sound file is not supported. For background on this, this page breaks down different ways wav files can be formatted.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV

[bubblegum]

OK, thank you.

I downloaded PCM files from Wikipedia and they work.

The files I was trying to play are standard Windows sound files. It's strange that you don't support these.

[luxurious_04]

Hello, can anyone help me? I have a problem with the PlaySound(). I just download a PCM from wikipedia or in this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV and put it in my C:\ drive but it will not work. It will only print on the output if my trigger is hit. There is no error on the log tab.

[koganam]

Hello, can anyone help me? I have a problem with the PlaySound(). I just download a PCM from wikipedia or in this link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAV and put it in my C:\ drive but it will not work. It will only print on the output if my trigger is hit. There is no error on the log tab.

I believe Playsound() will only play standard Windows uncompressed wav files. Almost all the files on that page are compressed files.