sound API

[3DModelerMan]

Does anyone know of better open source 3d sound librarys than openAL?.
I googled but could'nt find any thing.
Thanks .

[rooly]

well, it depends on what you want.

there's fmod, openal, irrklang, directsound, etc.

and before you guys say "but directsound waa waa wa wa"

they're all still api's.

anyway, from an x-platform perspective, NO THERE IS NONE BETTER.

I hear there's an audio thing over at deathtouchstudios.com

[torleif]

I personally recommend SDL_Mixer because of its free license and its example in the irrlicht demo folder.

But it's up to you to find a sound library you like

[rogerborg]

There's also audiere, but that's more or less abandonware and has an extant crash bug on Windows.

If you're not pure about open source, and just want to get on with it, then I'd recommend IrrKlang. It Just Works.

[3DModelerMan]

Well the problem with Irrklang is that event though it's thebest choice for Irrlicht, the exchange rate between euro and USD is'nt that good.I need something open source or free.

[hybrid]

irrKlang is free for non-commercial projects.

[rogerborg]

Irrklang is free for non-commercial use. For commercial use, it's between Euro 65 and Euro 490, depending on your product price.

If you're working on a commercial product, then even 490 Euros is a bargain, considering how time Irrklang will save compared to some shoddy hippy API with random documentation.

[wildrj]

You could try cAudio. Uses openal and its constantly being worked on *you would know this if you hanged out in irc*
Small example of code.

irrKlang Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include <irrKlang.h>
using namespace irrklang;
int main(int argc, const char** argv)
{
   ISoundEngine* engine = createIrrKlangDevice();
   engine->play2D("../../media/getout.ogg", true);
   char i = 0;

   while(i != 'q')
   {
      std::cout << "Press any key to play some sound, press 'q' to quit.\n";
      engine->play2D("../../media/bell.wav");		

      std::cin >> i; // wait for user to press some key
   }
   engine->drop();
}

cAudio Code:

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#include <iostream>
#include "IAudioManager.h"
using namespace std;
using namespace cAudio;

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{ 
  IAudioManager *audiomgr = cAudio::getAudioManager();
  audiomgr->init(argc,argv);
  audiomgr->create("awsomesound","/sounds/awsomesound.ogg",false);
  audiomgr->getSound("awsomesound")->play2d(false);

  while(){
    audiomgr->update();
  }

  audiomgr->release();
  audiomgr->shutDown();
}

[3DModelerMan]

That right there is probably the ticket, but the only thing I'm wondering is if it does 3D sound, does it?.

[wildrj]

Here is a feature list:
http://deathtouchstudios.com/xoops/modu ... p?itemid=3

I hope your using a gcc compiler....are visual studio build isnt done.

[rogerborg]

That right there is probably the ticket, but the only thing I'm wondering is if it does 3D sound, does it?.

Is there any chance that you will ever show the initiative to find things out yourself? I mean, any chance at all?

cAudio features.

[3DModelerMan]

I did look!!!... before I posted I googled cAudio cAudio.org was'nt working
and it was a broken link. I just after reading this searched the irrlicht forums... and...well found out it was death touch studios.