Looping a Sound

This section demonstrates how to loop a sound.

Complete Sample

The code in this topic shows you the technique for looping a sound. You can download a complete code sample for this topic, including full source code and any additional supporting files required by the sample.

Download LoopSoundWithoutXACT_Sample.zip

Simple Sound Looping

Not much extra code is needed to continiously loop a sound file in your game. Since the SoundEffect class does not provide looping support, you'll need to allocate a SoundEffectInstance object. The following procedure builds on the sample code provided in the Playing a Sound topic.

To loop a sound

1. Follow the instructions show in Playing a Sound topic.

2. To be able to loop a sound you will need to declare a SoundEffectInstance object, and set it to the return value of SoundEffect.CreateInstance.

   SoundEffectInstance instance = soundEffect.CreateInstance();
   

3. Set SoundEffectInstance.IsLooped to true and then play the sound.

   instance.IsLooped = true;
   

Concepts

• Playing a Sound
  Demonstrates how to play a simple sound by using SoundEffect.

Reference

• SoundEffect Class
  Provides a loaded sound resource.
• SoundEffectInstance Class
  Provides a single playing, paused, or stopped instance of a SoundEffect sound.