[openal] streaming sounds clicking in 64 bit

[Jason Daly]

Jarryd Beck wrote:
> I'm running fedora 7 64 bit, and when I play streamed sounds, I get
> this horrible clicking noise
> the whole time it is playing. I've also noticed it in another game
> which I think uses openal too. It doesn't
> happen on my 32 bit computer or on windows.
>
> Does anyone know if this is a problem with the 64 bit implementation
> and if maybe openal soft would
> fix it?
> How would I use openal soft with fedora? I'm not sure how I would go
> about replacing distribution files, yum
> needs to think openal is installed but I won't actually be using the
> one it supplied.
>   

For now, I'd just recommend doing "yum remove openal" and just 
downloading, compiling, and installing OpenAL-Soft manually.  After 
following the "Installing" instructions on the web site, just do "make", 
and then "make install" (make sure you're root for the "make install" step).

Eventually, I'm hoping to get OpenAL-Soft to replace the old SI in all 
the distros, which should make this easier.


--"J"