// CLASS: BackGroundMusicGP
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.IO;

namespace BackGroundMusicGP
{
class BkGrndMusic
{
private string _command;
private bool isOpen;
[DllImport("winmm.dll")]

private static extern long mciSendString(string strCommand,StringBuilder strReturn,int iReturnLength, IntPtr hwndCallback);

public void Close()
{
_command = "close MediaFile";
mciSendString(_command, null, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
isOpen = false;
}

public void Open(string sFileName)
{
_command = "open \"" + sFileName + "\" type mpegvideo alias MediaFile";
mciSendString(_command, null, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
isOpen = true;
}

public void Play(bool loop)
{
if(isOpen)
{
_command = "play MediaFile";
if (loop)
_command += " REPEAT";
mciSendString(_command, null, 0, IntPtr.Zero);
}
}
public void playMusic()
{
string path = "E:\\abc\\Habib.mp3";
string filename = Path.GetFileName(path);
Open(filename);
Play(false);
}
}
}

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public partial class Form1 : Form
{
BkGrndMusic objBkMusic;

public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
objBkMusic = new BkGrndMusic();
}
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)

{
Thread t = new Thread(new ThreadStart(objBkMusic.playMusic));
t.Start(); // it doesn't work
//objBkMusic.playMusic(); // it works
}

How can i play background music using thread? when i call directly using object of the class then it works. But when i call using thread it doesn't work.

I suspect it has to do with the thread immediately exiting when you call it. Try calling the synchronous version of the MCI command (I believe you append 'wait' to the command string).

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