SD> Being that no one has answered my question, it means one of three
 SD> things: no one know how, it is not possible, or I haven't waited long
 SD> enough. BTW, my questions were how to load a picture into a program and
 SD> how to play music in c++ (or c). I have one question related to this. 
 SD> Is it just plain possible to do these things? Does anyone know how to
 SD> just play music in c/c++? Thanks for the help and attention.
Sure it's possible!  You can do ANYTHING in C/C++!    You just have
to have the right tools.  What types of pictures?  What types of
"music"?  MOD?  S3M?  MIDI? 
Sincerely,
Anthony Tibbs
... He's got Blue Wave fever and it's spreading through the message bases!
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