Hi Guys,
I want to make a game for Windows & Mac. Are there any cross platform Sound programming libraries? Is OpenAL pretty much gone now?
cheers
Cross Platform Audio Programming
If it's for a personal project, you might want to take a look at fmod. Unless they changed it, it is free for personal use (with some restrictions, check the site for that).
Personally never used OpenAL before, but I still hear people are using it, and I think (not sure) that SDL is using it under the hood, so it might be a viable option still.
Personally never used OpenAL before, but I still hear people are using it, and I think (not sure) that SDL is using it under the hood, so it might be a viable option still.
OpenAL can give hardware mixed EAX and 3D in Windows Vista and 7 by talking directly to hardware but only for the players with a specific brand of sound cards. I did not get 4.1 surround in hardware OpenAL with my sound card. Then I thought that I might as well use software mixing for the sake of determinism between computers.
One of OpenAL implementations is open-source and works as software mixer without depending on hardware features. It is called OpenAL Soft: http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html
FMOD is probably what you're after.
There's also BASS if you don't mind paying for a licence.
If you do't need anything too complex you could also use the audio part of SFML or SDL.
There's also BASS if you don't mind paying for a licence.
If you do't need anything too complex you could also use the audio part of SFML or SDL.
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Thanks for your input guys.
Its a commercial game.
Looking like I'm going to have to code the sound for each platform
Its a commercial game.
Looking like I'm going to have to code the sound for each platform
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