# FMOD play\_stream example

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-play-stream-example/11596>\
**Category:** FMOD Engine\
**Created:** [August 5, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-play-stream-example/11596 "2014-08-05T15:29:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![eragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@eragon](https://qa.fmod.com/u/eragon)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-play-stream-example/11596/1 "2014-08-05T15:29:21Z")

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I want to play an mp3 file so I searched and came to know about FMOD. I downloaded it [http://52.88.2.202/download/](http://52.88.2.202/download/) (the FMOD Studio Programmer’s API for linux).

Also I was getting errors about fmod.hpp not found so I copied all the header files in the inc folder to the examples folder and got rid of them but I get this now.

Now I tried compiling the play\_stream.cpp example but I get this and I have absolutely no idea what i’m looking at… Can anyone explain what i’m doing wrong?

```
$ gcc play_stream.cpp
/tmp/ccNQrP48.o: In function `main':
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x24): undefined reference to `Common_Init(void**)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x40): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x54): undefined reference to `FMOD::System::getVersion(unsigned int*)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x64): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x8b): undefined reference to `Common_Fatal(char const*, ...)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0xaf): undefined reference to `FMOD::System::init(int, unsigned int, void*)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0xbf): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0xcb): undefined reference to `Common_MediaPath(char const*)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0xf5): undefined reference to `FMOD::System::createSound(char const*, unsigned int, FMOD_CREATESOUNDEXINFO*, FMOD::Sound**)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x105): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x119): undefined reference to `FMOD::Sound::getNumSubSounds(int*)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x129): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x14d): undefined reference to `FMOD::Sound::getSubSound(int, FMOD::Sound**)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x159): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x18f): undefined reference to `FMOD::System::playSound(FMOD::Sound*, FMOD::ChannelGroup*, bool, FMOD::Channel**)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x19f): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x1a4): undefined reference to `Common_Update()'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x1b0): undefined reference to `Common_BtnPress(Common_Button)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x1c8): undefined reference to `FMOD::ChannelControl::getPaused(bool*)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x1d8): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x1f3): undefined reference to `FMOD::ChannelControl::setPaused(bool)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x203): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x20f): undefined reference to `FMOD::System::update()'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x21f): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x259): undefined reference to `FMOD::ChannelControl::isPlaying(bool*)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x277): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x28b): undefined reference to `FMOD::ChannelControl::getPaused(bool*)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x2a9): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x2c5): undefined reference to `FMOD::Channel::getPosition(unsigned int*, unsigned int)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x2e3): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x2ff): undefined reference to `FMOD::Sound::getLength(unsigned int*, unsigned int)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x31d): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x329): undefined reference to `Common_Draw(char const*, ...)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x335): undefined reference to `Common_Draw(char const*, ...)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x341): undefined reference to `Common_Draw(char const*, ...)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x34d): undefined reference to `Common_Draw(char const*, ...)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x359): undefined reference to `Common_Draw(char const*, ...)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x365): undefined reference to `Common_BtnStr(Common_Button)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x375): undefined reference to `Common_Draw(char const*, ...)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x381): undefined reference to `Common_BtnStr(Common_Button)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x391): undefined reference to `Common_Draw(char const*, ...)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x39d): undefined reference to `Common_Draw(char const*, ...)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x501): undefined reference to `Common_Draw(char const*, ...)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x50d): undefined reference to `Common_Sleep(unsigned int)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x519): undefined reference to `Common_BtnPress(Common_Button)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x530): undefined reference to `FMOD::Sound::release()'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x540): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x54c): undefined reference to `FMOD::System::close()'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x55c): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x568): undefined reference to `FMOD::System::release()'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x578): undefined reference to `ERRCHECK(FMOD_RESULT)'
play_stream.cpp:(.text+0x57d): undefined reference to `Common_Close()'
/tmp/ccNQrP48.o: In function `FMOD::System_Create(FMOD::System**)':
play_stream.cpp:(.text._ZN4FMOD13System_CreateEPPNS_6SystemE[_ZN4FMOD13System_CreateEPPNS_6SystemE]+0xd): undefined reference to `FMOD_System_Create'
/tmp/ccNQrP48.o:(.eh_frame+0x4b): undefined reference to `__gxx_personality_v0'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
```

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**Author:** ![nick1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/47e85d/32.png) [@nick1](https://qa.fmod.com/u/nick1)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 2:10am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-play-stream-example/11596/2 "2014-08-06T02:10:56Z")

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You need to use the Make files contained in the make directory underneath the examples directory.

For example to build play\_stream you would run this command inside the make directory:

```
make --file play_stream.makefile CONFIG=Debug CPU=x86
```

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**Author:** ![eragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/22d042/32.png) [@eragon](https://qa.fmod.com/u/eragon)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 3:12pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/fmod-play-stream-example/11596/3 "2014-08-06T15:12:29Z")

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> [@](#):
>
> You need to use the Make files contained in the make directory underneath the examples directory.
> 
> For example to build play\_stream you would run this command inside the make directory:
> 
> ```
> make --file play_stream.makefile CONFIG=Debug CPU=x86
> 
> ```

Thank You… That was very noob of me