# New to Fmod Studio API, basic minimalistic guide/tutorial/example for mp3 playback needed.

**URL:** <https://qa.fmod.com/t/new-to-fmod-studio-api-basic-minimalistic-guide-tutorial-example-for-mp3-playback-needed/13784>\
**Category:** FMOD Studio\
**Created:** [March 24, 2018, 10:34am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/new-to-fmod-studio-api-basic-minimalistic-guide-tutorial-example-for-mp3-playback-needed/13784 "2018-03-24T10:34:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![killerkunal999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b77776/32.png) [@killerkunal999](https://qa.fmod.com/u/killerkunal999)\
**Post date:** [March 24, 2018, 10:34am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/new-to-fmod-studio-api-basic-minimalistic-guide-tutorial-example-for-mp3-playback-needed/13784/1 "2018-03-24T10:34:18Z")

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I am new to FMOD Studio API, Can someone explain through a minimalistic example (like a hello world) how to just play an mp3 file, what is the proper order of function calls and initialisations that are to be followed? A simple example code will do, thanks!

Windows 7 SP1, MSVC 2012. #win #mp3

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**Author:** ![brett](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/qa.fmod.com/brett/32/261_2.png) [@brett](https://qa.fmod.com/u/brett)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 8:04am UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/new-to-fmod-studio-api-basic-minimalistic-guide-tutorial-example-for-mp3-playback-needed/13784/2 "2018-03-25T08:04:12Z")

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Hi, there are a whole suite of examples in the programmer API that do things like this.

look in the lowlevel\_api folder, examples, there areer playsound/playstream examples.

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**Author:** ![killerkunal999](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b77776/32.png) [@killerkunal999](https://qa.fmod.com/u/killerkunal999)\
**Post date:** [March 25, 2018, 10:27pm UTC](https://qa.fmod.com/t/new-to-fmod-studio-api-basic-minimalistic-guide-tutorial-example-for-mp3-playback-needed/13784/3 "2018-03-25T22:27:33Z")

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> Hi, there are a whole suite of examples in the programmer API that do things like this.
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> look in the lowlevel\_api folder, examples, there areer playsound/playstream examples.

Yeah just figured out the basics, and yeah i did the same, looked at the lowlevel api examples, thanks!