[Openal] Distribution of OpenAL

Brian Matzon brian at matzon.dk
Fri Mar 26 12:17:13 PST 2004


Garin Hiebert wrote:
> "Install the lastest Creative or NVIDIA nForce drivers before running my 
> installer."
Yeah, but thats the whole problem.
Either I:
A: Use my own supplied openal (the creative one) and don't use the 
router at all.
B: Use the router, and trust that people know how to install the corrct 
driver (or I include every possible oal driver).

A seems to be the simplest solution, but will force everyone to use a 
"generic" implementation. B seems to be the potentially more troublesome 
solution - silent install or not.

> Your app looks for OpenAL32.dll, and that DLL in turn exposes all the 
> other backends through enumeration.  If you don't use enumeration and 
heh, except that I can't enumerate* ;) so I will always have to use the 
default device for the time being.

*Enumeration isn't possible using a Java binding because the enumeration 
  uses \0 as seperator (only with some serious doubtfull hacks).

/matzon



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