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openal
1. al
2. alc
3. alut
4. openal
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openal

This extension provides bindings for the OpenAL sound API, version 1.1.

Currently this has only been tested on Mac OS X with the binary release and with Linux. Windows support should be trivial, but needs modification of the openal.setup script.

Functionality is split into several sub-extensions:

al

Usage: (require-extension al)

[constant] al:BITS -> INT
[constant] al:BUFFER -> INT
[constant] al:BUFFERS_PROCESSED -> INT
[constant] al:BUFFERS_QUEUED -> INT
[constant] al:CHANNELS -> INT
[constant] al:CONE_INNER_ANGLE -> INT
[constant] al:CONE_OUTER_ANGLE -> INT
[constant] al:CONE_OUTER_GAIN -> INT
[constant] al:DATA -> INT
[constant] al:DIRECTION -> INT
[constant] al:DISTANCE_MODEL -> INT
[constant] al:DOPPLER_FACTOR -> INT
[constant] al:DOPPLER_VELOCITY -> INT
[constant] al:EXTENSIONS -> INT
[constant] al:FALSE -> INT
[constant] al:FORMAT_MONO16 -> INT
[constant] al:FORMAT_MONO8 -> INT
[constant] al:FORMAT_STEREO16 -> INT
[constant] al:FORMAT_STEREO8 -> INT
[constant] al:FREQUENCY -> INT
[constant] al:GAIN -> INT
[constant] al:INITIAL -> INT
[constant] al:INVALID -> INT
[constant] al:INVALID_ENUM -> INT
[constant] al:INVALID_NAME -> INT
[constant] al:INVALID_OPERATION -> INT
[constant] al:INVALID_VALUE -> INT
[constant] al:INVERSE_DISTANCE -> INT
[constant] al:INVERSE_DISTANCE_CLAMPED -> INT
[constant] al:LOOPING -> INT
[constant] al:MAX_DISTANCE -> INT
[constant] al:MAX_GAIN -> INT
[constant] al:MIN_GAIN -> INT
[constant] al:NO_ERROR -> INT
[constant] al:NONE -> INT
[constant] al:ORIENTATION -> INT
[constant] al:OUT_OF_MEMORY -> INT
[constant] al:PAUSED -> INT
[constant] al:PENDING -> INT
[constant] al:PITCH -> INT
[constant] al:PLAYING -> INT
[constant] al:POSITION -> INT
[constant] al:PROCESSED -> INT
[constant] al:REFERENCE_DISTANCE -> INT
[constant] al:RENDERER -> INT
[constant] al:ROLLOFF_FACTOR -> INT
[constant] al:SIZE -> INT
[constant] al:SOURCE_ABSOLUTE -> INT
[constant] al:SOURCE_RELATIVE -> INT
[constant] al:SOURCE_STATE -> INT
[constant] al:SOURCE_TYPE -> INT
[constant] al:STOPPED -> INT
[constant] al:TRUE -> INT
[constant] al:UNUSED -> INT
[constant] al:VELOCITY -> INT
[constant] al:VENDOR -> INT
[constant] al:VERSION -> INT

[procedure] (al:BufferData INT INT C-POINTER INT INT)
[procedure] (al:DeleteBuffers INT U32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:DeleteSources INT U32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:Disable INT)
[procedure] (al:DistanceModel INT)
[procedure] (al:DopplerFactor FLOAT)
[procedure] (al:DopplerVelocity FLOAT)
[procedure] (al:Enable INT)
[procedure] (al:GenBuffers INT U32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:GenSources INT U32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:GetBoolean INT) -> BOOL
[procedure] (al:GetBooleanv INT U8VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:GetBufferf INT INT S32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:GetBufferi INT INT F32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:GetDouble INT) -> FLOAT
[procedure] (al:GetDoublev INT F64VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:GetEnumValue STRING) -> INT
[procedure] (al:GetError) -> INT
[procedure] (al:GetFloat INT) -> FLOAT
[procedure] (al:GetFloatv INT F32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:GetInteger INT) -> INT
[procedure] (al:GetIntegerv INT S32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:GetListener3f INT) -> FLOAT FLOAT FLOAT
[procedure] (al:GetListenerf INT) -> FLOAT
[procedure] (al:GetListenerfv INT F32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:GetListeneri INT) -> INT
[procedure] (al:GetProcAddress STRING) -> C-POINTER
[procedure] (al:GetSource3f INT INT) -> FLLOAT FLOAT FLOAT
[procedure] (al:GetSourcef INT INT) -> FLOAT
[procedure] (al:GetSourcefv INT INT F32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:GetSourcei INT INT) -> INT
[procedure] (al:GetString INT) -> STRING
[procedure] (al:IsBuffer INT) -> BOOL
[procedure] (al:IsEnabled INT) -> BOOL
[procedure] (al:IsExtensionPresent STRING) -> BOOL
[procedure] (al:IsSource INT) -> BOOL
[procedure] (al:Listener3f INT FLOAT FLOAT FLOAT)
[procedure] (al:Listenerf INT FLOAT)
[procedure] (al:Listenerfv INT F32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:Listeneri INT INT)
[procedure] (al:SetDouble INT DOUBLE)
[procedure] (al:SetInteger INT INT)
[procedure] (al:Source3f INT INT FLOAT FLOAT FLLOAT)
[procedure] (al:Sourcef INT INT FLOAT)
[procedure] (al:Sourcefv INT INT F32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:Sourcei INT INT INT)
[procedure] (al:SourcePause INT)
[procedure] (al:SourcePausev INT U32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:SourcePlay INT)
[procedure] (al:SourcePlayv INT U32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:SourceQueueBuffers INT INT U32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:SourceRewind INT)
[procedure] (al:SourceRewindv INT U32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:SourceStop INT)
[procedure] (al:SourceStopv INT U32VECTOR)
[procedure] (al:SourceUnqueueBuffers INT INT U32VECTOR)

alc

Usage: (require-extension alc)

[constant] alc:ALL_ATTRIBUTES -> INT
[constant] alc:ATTRIBUTES_SIZE -> INT
[constant] alc:CONVERT_DATA_UPON_LOADING -> INT
[constant] alc:DEFAULT_DEVICE_SPECIFIER -> INT
[constant] alc:DEVICE_SPECIFIER -> INT
[constant] alc:EXTENSIONS -> INT
[constant] alc:FALSE -> INT
[constant] alc:FREQUENCY -> INT
[constant] alc:INVALID -> INT
[constant] alc:INVALID_CONTEXT -> INT
[constant] alc:INVALID_DEVICE -> INT
[constant] alc:INVALID_ENUM -> INT
[constant] alc:INVALID_VALUE -> INT
[constant] alc:MAJOR_VERSION -> INT
[constant] alc:MINOR_VERSION -> INT
[constant] alc:MIXER_MAXIMUM_BUSSES -> INT
[constant] alc:MIXER_OUTPUT_RATE -> INT
[constant] alc:NO_ERROR -> INT
[constant] alc:OUT_OF_MEMORY -> INT
[constant] alc:REFRESH -> INT
[constant] alc:RENDER_CHANNEL_COUNT -> INT
[constant] alc:SPATIAL_RENDERING_QUALITY -> INT
[constant] alc:SYNC -> INT
[constant] alc:TRUE -> INT

[procedure] (alc:CloseDevice C-POINTER)
[procedure] (alc:CreateContext C-POINTER S32VECTOR) -> C-POINTER
[procedure] (alc:DestroyContext C-POINTER)
[procedure] (alc:GetContextsDevice C-POINTER) -> C-POINTER
[procedure] (alc:GetCurrentContext) -> C-POINTER
[procedure] (alc:GetEnumValue C-POINTER STRING) -> INT
[procedure] (alc:GetError C-POINTER) -> INT
[procedure] (alc:GetIntegerv C-POINTER INT INT S32VECTOR)
[procedure] (alc:GetProcAddress C-POINTER STRING) -> C-POINTER
[procedure] (alc:GetString C-POINTER INT) -> STRING
[procedure] (alc:IsExtensionPresent C-POINTER STRING) -> BOOL
[procedure] (alc:MakeContextCurrent C-POINTER) -> BOOL
[procedure] (alc:OpenDevice STRING) -> C-POINTER
[procedure] (alc:ProcessContext C-POINTER)
[procedure] (alc:SuspendContext C-POINTER)

alut

Usage: (require-extension alut)

[procedure] (alut:Exit)
[procedure] (alut:Init INT C-POINTER)
[procedure] (alut:LoadWAVFile STRING) -> INT C-POINTER INT INT BOOL
[procedure] (alut:LoadWAVMemory C-POINTER) -> INT C-POINTER INT INT BOOL
[procedure] (alut:UnloadWAV INT C-POINTER INT INT)

openal

Usage: (require-extension openal)

This extension loads al, alc and alut and provides few higher-level operations. Note that loading this unit automatically calls alut:Init.

[procedure] (openal:make-source INT) -> INT

Creates a source from a given buffer identifier and returns the source identifier.

[procedure] (openal:device-list) -> (STRING ...)

Returns a list of available device names.

[procedure] (openal:make-buffer DATA STEREO? FREQ)

Creates a buffer from sound data (either a u8vector, a s16vector or a foreign pointer object. Returns a buffer identifier.

[procedure] (openal:load-buffer FILENAME)

Loads sound data in WAV format from FILENAME and returns a buffer identifier.

Example

(use openal)

;; this code does no error checking

(define device (alc:OpenDevice #f))
(define context (alc:CreateContext device #f))

(alc:MakeContextCurrent context)

(define buf (openal:load-buffer "example.wav"))
(define source (openal:make-source buf))

(al:Sourcei source al:LOOPING 1)
(al:SourcePlay source)
(read-line)
(alc:MakeContextCurrent #f)
(alc:DestroyContext context)
(alc:CloseDevice device)

Author

felix winkelmann

License

Copyright (c) 2006, Felix L. Winkelmann
All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following
conditions are met:

  Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
    disclaimer. 
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    disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 
  Neither the name of the author nor the names of its contributors may be used to endorse or promote
    products derived from this software without specific prior written permission.

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Version History

0.3: fixed easyffi requirement in meta file (thanks to mario domenech goulart)
0.2: fixed invalid references to obsolete openal-check procedure
0.1: initial release