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API PlayMusic
Last wiki revision 2022-08-01
Plays the specified sound file on loop to the "Music" sound channel. willPlay = PlayMusic(musicfile or fileDataID)
- musicfile: - Path to a custom .ogg or .mp3 file from an addon. The file must exist prior to logging in to WoW.
- or fileDataID: - FileDataID of the sound file.
- willPlay: - Seems to always return true even for invalid file paths or FileDataIDs.
Plays Stormstout Brew from the Mists of Pandaria Soundtrack -- by file path (dropped in 8.2.0) PlayMusic("sound/music/pandaria/mus_50_toast_b_03.mp3")
-- by FileDataID 642878 (added support in 8.2.0) PlayMusic(642878)
- If any of the built-in music is playing when you call this function (e.g. Stormwind background music), it will fade out.
- The playback loops until it is stopped with, when the user interface is reloaded, or upon logout. Playing a different sound file will also cause the current song to stop playing. It cannot be paused.
- OggVorbis (.ogg) files are supported since World of Warcraft uses the FMOD sound engine.
- You can find a full list here: https://wow.tools/files/#search=sound/music
Source
https://warcraft.wiki.gg/wiki/API_PlayMusic · retrieved 2023-11-13 · CC BY-SA 4.0
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