I was just browsing through CPAN and discovered that somebody uploaded a module which actually allows for the playing of various types of media files on Windows.
Win32::MediaPlayer -
It's a pure Perl module which uses Win32::API (so you'll need to install that, which can be easily done via PPM).
I just thought I'd post it here to help those who have been looking for a way to play MIDI and MP3 files in particular on Windows (I know I've been looking for a way to play MIDI files. The best I came up with was using a separate command-line MIDI player, but there was a long delay with that, but Win32::MediaPlayer starts playing the file immediately!)
Win32::MediaPlayer -
It's a pure Perl module which uses Win32::API (so you'll need to install that, which can be easily done via PPM).
I just thought I'd post it here to help those who have been looking for a way to play MIDI and MP3 files in particular on Windows (I know I've been looking for a way to play MIDI files. The best I came up with was using a separate command-line MIDI player, but there was a long delay with that, but Win32::MediaPlayer starts playing the file immediately!)