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Started by grady August 06, 2001 05:14 AM

4 comments, last by grady 22 years, 8 months ago

grady

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August 06, 2001 05:14 AM

Hello, what can you used for sound besides DirectX''s stuff. There''s OpenAL, www.openal.org, and fmod, www.fmod.org, that I know of. Does anyone know of others?

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wolfman8k

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August 06, 2001 05:48 AM

What are you using for your graphics? DirectDraw? Direct3D? OpenGL?

Anonymous

August 06, 2001 06:42 AM

Bass is another popular choice for windows. There is also Midas. It works on both windows and linux (and more Unices), but is still in beta AFAIK. I''m sure there are more, but these are the only ones I know.

I guess your best bet would be OpenAL, as it''s free, portable and, I think, Free (as in Free Software) or at least Open Source.

Rappler

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August 06, 2001 06:43 AM

It doesn''t matter what he''s using for his graphics.

FMOD is a very cool library. It''s fast, easy to use, and has MP3 support. I believe it uses DirectSound internally though.

Never tried anything else, FMOD is all I''ve ever needed.

"The Gates of Pearl have turned to gold, it seems you've lost your way."

Anonymous

August 06, 2001 07:13 AM

If you want a simple mp3 player API, try xaudio. It is very portable, free and easy to use.

I recommend Xaudio for music and OpenAL for