[Openal] no context open on non-dev computers

Vrej Melkonian vmelkon at yahoo.com
Sun Oct 8 05:19:51 PDT 2006


Install the OpenAL runtime
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--- Tim Mahrt <runeedge at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> I've developed a little test program for
> demonstrating OpenAL,
> however, it seems that it only works on my computer.
>  When I run it on
> someone elses, alcOpenDevice(NULL), fails to return
> a device.  This
> has been tried on three different computers that I
> do not develop on.
> I did get my project compiling on one of them
> though, however, it was
> unable to open a device.
> 
> Are there some pre-requisites required to get an
> OpenAL context?  Does
> the user have to install anything?  I tried to make
> my project
> stand-alone since its just a simple demo.
> 
> If it helps, the file can be downloaded here:
>
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/tmahrt2/shared/OpenGL/OpenAL/OpenALTestWithCode.zip
> Just run the exe file.  Pressing "z" on your
> keyboard will continually
> loop a laser sound.  Pressing "x" will play it once.
>  The sound is
> "tied" to the moving box.  The listener is at (0, 0,
> 0) although the
> camera is not.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim
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