Please dont niuter me for ths

I know this is totally of topic!!
but please be nice.

here i go

i have my OpenGL app works exelently and has sound using the PlaySound() which i getting the wav data from memory. I wish to load an mp3 into memory and play that (i know i could convert it to wav but i would prefer to make life harder just for fun)

My question is which functions should i look up, what information is out there that could help me.

Thanks

Naj

P.S
ohh and sorry for the off topic post again

check out ‘fmod api’ or ‘bass api’

Check out the MP3-code related site: http://www.mp3-tech.org/