[Openal] Playing on two soundcards simultaneously (Win XP): First context stutters

Jason Daly jdaly at ist.ucf.edu
Mon Feb 11 08:53:10 PST 2008


Divide wrote:
> Hey just found out another reason to use OpenAL Soft over original OpenAL
> (and that point might be useful for you, as you want multiple output): I
> tested the original OpenAL in my home theater with the "playmultichannel"
> example, and what it did was just using the front left/right canals, even
> for the sounds supposed to be on rear speakers, center and bass. Then I
> added the OpenAL32.dll from OpenAL Soft, and guess what, it all played
> perfectly on the 6 channels ;)
>   

The old SI never implemented multi-channel sound support.  I think it 
should work with the Creative SDK, though.

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--"J"

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