Win/Linux/Mac OSX Sound API with no .DLL/.SO dependencies?

[Andru]

Windows - DirectSound
Linux/MacOS X - OpenAL is de facto standard

If you want something like WaveOut in Windows, then you will be needed to use ALSA(as much popular than OSS) for Linux and CoreAudio for MacOS X.

[paul_nicholls]

Thanks for the info mate

One question...does OpenAL come pre-installed on Linux/MacOSX...or does one need to install it themselves? I am guessing that maybe Linux needs the user to install it, but maybe not in Mac OSX.

I will look up ALSA and CorAudio...

cheers,
Paul

[Andru]

OpenAL is pre-installed on MacOS X and iOS. What about Linux - you can always use dependencies list, but Linux system with games and without OpenAL - something far from reality, IMHO )

[WILL]

OpenAL is pretty much the best thing you could use for cross-platform. If you are doing windows only, you can just use DirectSound if you prefer, but I woudn't try using much else unless you want headaches while trying to port your sound system over to new platforms. You'll just end up having to rewrite your games sound code for each platform.

Linux users shouldn't need user-friendliness, they're all super-geeks anyways. Just tell them what they need. Mac users will love you for using OpenAL and putting everything into one single bundle nicely/properly. Esp. those that like the new Launchpad for Lion.

[paul_nicholls]

linux users shouldn't need user-friendliness, they're all super-geeks anyways.

bwahahahahaha!!!

Ok, I'm sold...I will go for OpenAL then guys, thanks all! I will just ignore the fact that I need to deploy the extra DLL then

cheers,
Paul

[code_glitch]

Just dropping a line to say two things really:
1. OpenAL
2.

linux users shouldn't need user-friendliness, they're all super-geeks anyways.

That wasn't entirely true when I started out, but now I'd have to almost agree. Ever since I stopped using a mouse for most things and replaced it by Ctrl + Alt + t and Alt + F2 with the ls, top, cat and similar reflexes - windows feels ancient

[paul_nicholls]

Just dropping a line to say two things really:
1. OpenAL
2.

hehe, shouldn't that have been:

1. OpenAL
2. OpenAL
3. OpenAL
...
N. OpenAL

That wasn't entirely true when I started out, but now I'd have to almost agree. Ever since I stopped using a mouse for most things and replaced it by Ctrl + Alt + t and Alt + F2 with the ls, top, cat and similar reflexes - windows feels ancient

cheers,
Paul