[fpc-pascal] playing sound files (linux and windows)

[Roland Schaefer]

[I don't know if a previous email of similar content got through. Sorry
if this is a double post.]

As libsndfile has already been recommended, I would just add that the
simplest and most fool-proof way of playing back audio (once you have
figured out how to load it) is PortAudio. It abstracts away from WDM,
ASIO, ALSA, Jack, CoreAudio and what not. It is in my view much easier
to use than OpenAL.

Up-to-date PortAudio 1.9 bindings for FPC can be obtained here (not
tested on MacOS):
http://sourceforge.net/projects/humus/files/

Note that UltraStarDeluxe (mentioned in another reply) seems to have
bindings for PA 1.7, which is outdated. It also does not provide the
platform-specific extensions.

Cheers!
Roland

On 6/14/2010 3:37 PM, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Has anybody managed to play sound files under both Linux and Windows?
> Does FPC have a cross-platform API or FCL class for this?
> 
> If so, what sound format's are supported?  ogg, wav, mp3?
>