Best Sound API For Irrlicht?

DarkWhoppy · Post by **DarkWhoppy** » Tue Dec 30, 2003 9:58 pm

I'm trying to decide on a sound API for my game. And I wondering what the Irrlicht community thinks.

niko · Post by **niko** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 8:35 am

I chose FMOD. I like working with it. Audiere is also nice, I included it in the SDK because it is open source.

VeneX · Post by **VeneX** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 9:29 am

Audiere hasn't 3d sound but is a great engine. Is one of the poll list a sound enigne with 3d sound?

Cleves · Post by **Cleves** » Wed Dec 31, 2003 1:33 pm

For my game i'm using OpenAL.It's very easy(almost like Irrlicht itself) and also it has 3D sound and a wide costumization system.And the most important thing it can read Ogg format, which is the best format for sound right now.

VeneX · Post by **VeneX** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 11:08 am

What is so good at ogg? I have never heared about it.

Cleves · Post by **Cleves** » Thu Jan 01, 2004 12:05 pm

It's a new format so maybe you didn't hear about it.
here is a link to some info:http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/

rt · Post by rt » Fri Jan 30, 2004 11:27 pm

VeneX wrote:Audiere hasn't 3d sound but is a great engine. Is one of the poll list a sound enigne with 3d sound?

Audiere has pan/volume/pitch control so a 3d wrapper could quickly be made. i wonder if niko would like this added to irrlicht...

keless · Post by **keless** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 5:05 am

OpenAL is 1) easy, 2) 3D and SoundBlaster Live 5.1 compatible, 3) cross-platform, and 4) free

madinitaly · Post by **madinitaly** » Sat Jan 31, 2004 1:48 pm

keless wrote:OpenAL is 1) easy, 2) 3D and SoundBlaster Live 5.1 compatible, 3) cross-platform, and 4) free

*totally agrees*

NinjaNL · Post by **NinjaNL** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 9:14 am

keless wrote:OpenAL is 1) easy, 2) 3D and SoundBlaster Live 5.1 compatible, 3) cross-platform, and 4) free

And 5) now supports OggVorbis.

5/5 for me, that gets my vote

thesmileman · Post by **thesmileman** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:49 pm

I really enjoy Audiere as it was the only program I had success with in my game. Maybe that is becuase I tried to do all of the audio in one night and the game took two months!

schick · Post by **schick** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 1:57 pm

Well, audiere has a very simple to use interface. Its free, so you might use it. The only real advance openal has over audiere is 3d sound (hardware supported) but in fact you will need to write your own openal wrapper class to use all the power openal has to offer, lots of work.

If you want to play sound with as little afford as possible use audiere. If you want to have a sound environment as doom3 will have use openal instead.

NinjaNL · Post by **NinjaNL** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 2:05 pm

But Audiere isn't free. OpenAl is!

If you read the aggreement on the Audiere site, it is free if your program is free. If you want to sell your program you have to pay for the privilege of using Audiere.

OpenAl has no such restriction.

disanti · Post by **disanti** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 1:03 am

Audiere has pan/volume/pitch control so a 3d wrapper could quickly be made. i wonder if niko would like this added to irrlicht...

I made a 3d audio class for Audiere if you would like it!

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schick · Post by **schick** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 7:55 am

NinjaNL wrote:But Audiere isn't free. OpenAl is!

Audiere is open source and licensed under the LGPL. It's free.

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