WoW API: PlaySoundFile

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Plays the specified audio file once. Unlike PlayMusic, you cannot stop the playback.

PlaySoundFile("path"[, "channel"])

Arguments

path

String – The path and name of the sound file you'd like to play, relative to the WoW directory; both ogg and mp3 formats are accepted. The file must exist prior to logging in to WoW.

channel

String – Either "Master" (this will play the sound also with disabled sounds like before 4.0.1), "SFX", "Ambience", "Music".

Examples

You can play a sound file included with your addon:

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

Or one of the ones shipped with WoW (Power of the Horde, in this case):

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

Notes

• 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.
• As of 4.0.1, custom .wav files are no longer supported.

See also

• PlaySoundFile macros for a listing of audio files shipped with the game.