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Where the heck can I find the SEAL audio library? Headers are included but I need the lib. Seems the webpage is gonzo. I'm on 32 bit gentoo linux.

It is not worth the trouble use SEAL. You wouldn't get sound on Linux. I posted a patch here not to require SEAL. Use it and then compile meka.

BTW, SEAL is available here:
http://www.sonicspot.com/sealsdk/sealsdk.html

Andrea.

Is anyone working on sound for Linux? It would really be awesome. If no one owns it, maybe I could get to it sometime in the next six months. How would ppl feel about switching to SDL for sound? There is lots of documentation and projects using it that I could use for examples. I'm no expert, but a guy I work with develops and maintains Quake 2 World, which uses the SDL audio library. He told me it shouldn't be to hard to convert provided I can get a hold of a raw audio dump somewhere in the code. What do you guys think?

I think a full port to SDL would be nice too. However, I believe some of the MEKA architecture is somewhat bound to to SEAL's interrupt-based system, or something similar.

http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=46316#46316

Doesn't that defeat the purpose of having used the SEAL library in the first place?

I thought it was supposed to be multi-platform etc.

Well, SEAL was chosen as an audio library to abstract away sound cards interfaces in DOS. Any portability was a secondary effect. However, it hasn't been updated since 1999 and thus is somewhat lacking on that front.

OK then, I'll try and look into this. I'm sure everyone can understand that free time is limited between family, work and other project contributions(mainly trac now days). I'll try and get the ball rolling and if I get really into it, maybe we can have something by 2009.

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doki_pen Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Boston, MA	Compiling Mekanix - SEAL? Posted: Mon Jul 14, 2008 3:39 am
	Where the heck can I find the SEAL audio library? Headers are included but I need the lib. Seems the webpage is gonzo. I'm on 32 bit gentoo linux.

musuruan Joined: 14 May 2006 Posts: 34	Posted: Tue Jul 22, 2008 7:32 am
musuruan Joined: 14 May 2006 Posts: 34	It is not worth the trouble use SEAL. You wouldn't get sound on Linux. I posted a patch here not to require SEAL. Use it and then compile meka. BTW, SEAL is available here: http://www.sonicspot.com/sealsdk/sealsdk.html Andrea.

doki_pen Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Boston, MA	Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:47 pm
	Is anyone working on sound for Linux? It would really be awesome. If no one owns it, maybe I could get to it sometime in the next six months. How would ppl feel about switching to SDL for sound? There is lots of documentation and projects using it that I could use for examples. I'm no expert, but a guy I work with develops and maintains Quake 2 World, which uses the SDL audio library. He told me it shouldn't be to hard to convert provided I can get a hold of a raw audio dump somewhere in the code. What do you guys think?

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14745 Location: London	Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 1:58 pm
	I think a full port to SDL would be nice too. However, I believe some of the MEKA architecture is somewhat bound to to SEAL's interrupt-based system, or something similar. http://www.smspower.org/forums/viewtopic.php?p=46316#46316

thatawesomeguy Joined: 25 Jul 2007 Posts: 732 Location: Melbourne, Australia	Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:09 pm
	Doesn't that defeat the purpose of having used the SEAL library in the first place? I thought it was supposed to be multi-platform etc.

Maxim Site Admin Joined: 19 Oct 1999 Posts: 14745 Location: London	Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 3:37 pm
	Well, SEAL was chosen as an audio library to abstract away sound cards interfaces in DOS. Any portability was a secondary effect. However, it hasn't been updated since 1999 and thus is somewhat lacking on that front.

doki_pen Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Boston, MA	Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 10:00 pm
	OK then, I'll try and look into this. I'm sure everyone can understand that free time is limited between family, work and other project contributions(mainly trac now days). I'll try and get the ball rolling and if I get really into it, maybe we can have something by 2009.

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