Re: looking for game sound api

[learfox furry ao net]

> Can people recommend a sound api for linux game development?  
>
> Ideally it would be GPL, and install as obseqiously as possible.  As far
> as capabilities, I'd like to play back canned sound effects, varying the L
> and R speaker volume based on the (1 dimensional) location of the sound,
> and maybe have some background music.

You might want to look into YIFF, http://wolfpack.twu.net/YIFF.
It's the first sound server developed for Linux games.

You'll need to call YGetNextEvent() in a gtk time out function
as often as you can to handle events after you initialize the recorder.

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