[Openal-devel] Spatialized Stereo Sounds? also Set Playback Time?

[Anders Modén]

It would be nice with a stride possibility when uploading samples so  
you don't need to split and copy the data yourself.

/Anders Modén

9 okt 2006 kl. 22.23 skrev Daniel PEACOCK:

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> Hi,
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> 1. That is correct - Stereo sounds are not spatialized.  If you  
> want to do
> this you will have to de-interleave the audio data into two mono  
> buffers
> and set their 3D positions individually.   You can use the vector  
> play call
> (alSourcePlayv) to start the two mono sounds synchronously - but  
> not all
> platforms and devices will guarantee sample accurate  
> synchronization (e.g
> the "Generic Hardware" device cannot do this).
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> 2. Yes you can start playback mid sample.  Attach a Buffer to a  
> Source,
> then set a playback offset (using alSourcei or alSourcef with
> AL_SEC_OFFSET, AL_BYTE_OFFSET or AL_SAMPLE_OFFSET), then call Play and
> playback will start from the offset you specified (assuming it is  
> valid).
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> Dan
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> Hello All,
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> I have two questions.
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>    1. I think I read in one of the docs that OpenAL does not allow  
> stereo
>       sounds to be spatialized. Is this true? If so, is there a way  
> around
>       this?
>    2. Is there a way to play a sound at a certain time instead of  
> at the
>       beginning?
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