[casual_games] Audio Engines

[Kane]

Any other audio engine options?



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From: Paul Brobst <brobst at speakeasy.net>
Reply-To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List <casual_games at igda.org>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 00:31:51 -0800
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List <casual_games at igda.org>
Subject: Re: [casual_games] Audio Engines

http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/744/744595p1.html

I don't know how relevant 3D sound is to casual games, but OpenAL is
positioned as the solution to move to for Vista if you want any hardware
acceleration.  DirectSound doesn't sound like a great option anymore.

-Paul

Chris Dillman wrote:

>> I've heard OpenAL is buggy and not as compatible as DirectSound.

>> I wouldn't use it, at least not yet.

>>     

>

> Well its has been shipping in different forms in many games on Mac

> and windows for some years now.

>

> There are private and public OSS versions of the lib.

>

> Apple for instance ships one with the last few versions of the OS.

>

> There have been complaints that version is not thread safe.

>

> If you use a OSS version you are free to fix any bugs that show up.

>

>

>

>   


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