WoW API: PlaySoundFile

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PlaySoundFile(SoundFile)

Play the specified sound file. The file will be played once. Unlike PlayMusic, you cannot stop the file from playing once it starts.

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Arguments

(SoundFile)

SoundFile

String - The path and name of the sound file you'd like to play. This has been successfully tested with .wav and .mp3 files. Note that the path is relative to the World of Warcraft installation directory.

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Example: Playing a sound file from within an AddOn's directory

PlaySoundFile("Interface\\AddOns\\MyAddOn\\mysound.wav")

or

PlaySoundFile("Interface\\AddOns\\MyAddOn\\mysound.mp3")

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Details

This has been successfully tested for playing sounds inside your AddOn's directory, so you don't have to worry about putting your sound files outside your AddOn directory.

However - it does appear that the sound file must be present in the AddOn directory BEFORE loading the game. A /console reloadui will not refresh the sound files.

There does not appear to be a bad error if the file is missing - it just won't play. There is a return status, which is 1 if the sound was OK and nil if it couldn't be found.

This API call was broken in patch 1.11 and was fixed in patch 1.11.2.

Some Popular Sounds

"Power of the Horde"

/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Music\\ZoneMusic\\DMF_L70ETC01.mp3") 

"Lament of the Highborne"

/script PlaySoundFile("Sound\\Music\\GlueScreenMusic\\BCCredits_Lament_of_the_Highborne.mp3")

Corrupted Ashbringer "Whispers"

Shade of Aran Emotes

Incomplete list

A gigantic (over one megabyte) list can be found at Parl2001's talk page.