[Openal] Listener positioning versus source positioning.

[Tristan Grimmer]

Well, I'm pretty sure OpenAL does not implement doppler as it would 
occur in a medium like
air, but rather uses something similar to the (simpler) doppler equation 
for light.  There is an
asymmetry if doing it properly, but the limit of both equations (light 
and non-light) are the same
when the velocity is much smaller than the mediums propagation velocity.

It's something like:  f' = f(1-v*cos(a))/(1-v^2)^0.5 for light (and OpenAL)

The cos(a) is for getting the component of the velocity along the line of hearing, between the
source and listener, and is therefore a function of BOTH listener and source positions.  Even
using the more complex medium-based equation would need this.

Personally I think that an "audiological"  reason is the ONLY good reason to do it like this... unlike
OpenGL (where, of course the speed of light is infinitely large and red and blue doppler shifts
do not enter the scene)

It is, after-all, an audio library ;)

--tri


Garin Hiebert wrote:

>
>> Isn't
>> range attenuation going to be different through moving air for example?
>
>
> If so, I don't think any of the formulas used by any of the 
> implementations of OpenAL (including the EAX-enhanced versions) take 
> this into account.  I'm counting on a colleage correcting me if I'm 
> wrong...
>
> Garin
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