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Memory access fixes.
author Ryan C. Gordon <icculus@icculus.org>
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1 SDL_sound. An abstract soundfile decoder.
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3 Check here, until I get to write more of this README:
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4 http://icculus.org/SDL_sound/
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6 SDL_sound _REQUIRES_ Simple Directmedia Layer (SDL) to function, and cannot
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7 be built without it. You can get SDL from http://www.libsdl.org/. SDL_sound
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8 has only been tried with the SDL 1.2 series, but may work on older versions.
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9 Reports of success or failure are welcome.
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11 Some optional external libraries that SDL_sound can use and where to find them:
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12 SMPEG (used to decode MP3s): http://www.lokigames.com/development/smpeg.php3
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13 libvorbis (used to decode OGGs): http://www.xiph.org/ogg/vorbis/
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14 libFLAC (used to decode FLACs): http://flac.sourceforge.net/
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15 libModPlug (used to decode MODs, etc): http://modplug-xmms.sourceforge.net/
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16 libMikMod (used to decode MODs, etc, too): http://www.mikmod.org/
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18 These external libraries are OPTIONAL. SDL_sound will build and function
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19 without them, but various sound file formats are not supported unless these
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20 libraries are available. Unless explicitly disabled during initial build
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21 configuration, SDL_sound always supports these file formats internally:
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23 - Microsoft .WAV files (uncompressed and MS-ADPCM encoded).
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24 - Creative Labs .VOC files
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25 - Shorten (.SHN) files
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26 - Audio Interchange format (AIFF) files
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27 - Sun Audio (.AU) files
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28 - MIDI files
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29 - Raw waveform data
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32 Building/Installing:
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33 Please read the INSTALL document.
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35 Reporting bugs/commenting:
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36 There is a mailing list available. To subscribe, send a blank email to
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37 sdlsound-subscribe@icculus.org. This is the best way to get in touch with
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38 SDL_sound developers.
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41 --ryan. (icculus@clutteredmind.org)
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