MP3 playback for Prometheus

**Andru** · 09-10-2010, 01:17 PM

code_glitch

Originally Posted by code_glitch

what do you use for playing audio?

OpenAL and ogg libraries. Also I use DirectSound for Windows. All source source code of my library you can grab from svn here and try to understand how my sound subsystem works

If you want, I can try to add mp3 support through libmad.

**code_glitch** · 10-10-2010, 11:07 AM

Thats ok. I've dug up the Bass library, which can be compiled on linux, mac and windows, so its got the bases covered. Also its small and handles just about any file format you throw at it. But dont get me wrong, I still have an interest in any library that is cross platform, GPL and play's mp3 files. (the mp3 part there for compatibility's sake)

cheers,
code_glitch.

**arthurprs** · 10-10-2010, 10:56 PM

You can try mpg123 as the decoder, i have converted the headers for the dll some time ago.
But i think you should stick with BASS or something free like OGG + OpenAL

**WILL** · 10-10-2010, 11:45 PM

I'm more so for completely free options than Bass myself. Bass is great for freeware games, which any beginner would be doing, however as development gets more serious and beginners become novices, this choice in mp3 playback may scare away potential continuing usage of the game library once all the basics have been learned.

Even as beginners, us independent developers let our heads get big at the start. We all want to be able to release the next big thing and small things like shareware license fees can seem like large limitations so we will seek out newer alternatives. That's kind of what it was like in the days of DelphiX before 3D hardware acceleration was put in. Other game libraries were first spawned because of this missing feature.