Console Application - Opening a file or playing music?

[nobodyknowsme]

Firstly, I'm going to go ahead and guess a console application can't play music you set to it. However could I get pascal (in a console application) to open the file? Making this play in the background?

[skalogryz]

before Fred-VS sees this, I can suggest to look at OpenAL example.
Where console application plays music in the background.

[nobodyknowsme]

before Fred-VS sees this, I can suggest to look at OpenAL example.
Where console application plays music in the background.

What's openAL and may you link me an example for console applications playing music?

[nobodyknowsme]

before Fred-VS sees this, I can suggest to look at OpenAL example.
Where console application plays music in the background.

Even if it just repeats the same piece is music in the background. What would I need to install or do to do this??

[Fred vS]

before Fred-VS sees this

Too late, i am here... 

Hum, you may take a look at => https://github.com/fredvs/uos
=> Click on button [Download ZIP] in middle/right of page.

There is a console example => ~/uos/examples/consoleplay.lpi

Fre;D

[nobodyknowsme]

before Fred-VS sees this

Too late, i am here... 

Hum, you may take a look at => https://github.com/fredvs/uos
=> Click on button [Download ZIP] in middle/right of page.

There is a console example => ~/uos/examples/consoleplay.lpi

Fre;D

Will I have to install a plugin for this to work? If so where do I download the pascal plugin

[Fred vS]

Will I have to install a plugin for this to work? If so where do I download the pascal plugin

All you need is => Lazarus working. 

After you have downloaded the ZIP file, unzip it.
Then, in Lazarus,  open project  =>  ~/uos/examples/consoleplay.lpi
Compile it and run it.

All is included in uos package, libraries and sources.

Fre;D

[skalogryz]

Even if it just repeats the same piece is music in the background. What would I need to install or do to do this??

you'll have to have OpenAL installed on the system.
If you're using Windows (which I'm guessing you're), you'll need to have openal.dll in the Windows or at the application directory.
You should be able to get one from here

If you're using any Unix system, it's very likely you already have OpenAL installed. If not, refer to your distro manuals on how to install it (through apt-get or rpm packages or something else)

[Never]

here a funy ex.
you can play this way videos as well
the pacage in the ex. is cross platform playsoundpackage from lazarus components
the demo is modified