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Here are patches for SDL12 and SDL_mixer for 4 or 6 channel surround sound on Linux using the Alsa driver. To use them, naturally you need a sound card that will do 4 or 6 channels and probably also a recent version of the Alsa drivers and library. Since the only SDL output driver that knows about surround sound is the Alsa driver, you���ll want to choose it, using: export SDL_AUDIODRIVER=alsa There are no syntactic changes to the programming API. No new library calls, no differences in arguments. There are two semantic changes: (1) For library calls with number of channels as an argument, formerly you could use only 1 or 2 for the number of channels. Now you can also use 4 or 6. (2) The two "left" and "right" arguments to Mix_SetPanning, for the case of 4 or 6 channels, no longer simply control the volumes of the left and right channels. Now the "left" argument is converted to an angle and Mix_SetPosition is called, and the "right" argu- ment is ignored. With two exceptions, so far as I know, the modified SDL12 and SDL_mixer work the same way as the original versions, when opened for 1 or 2 channel output. The two exceptions are bugs which I fixed. Well, the first, anyway, is a bug for sure. When rate conversions up or down by a factor of two are applied (in src/audio/SDL_audiocvt.c), streams with different numbers of channels (that is, mono and stereo) are treated the same way: either each sample is copied or every other sample is omitted. This is ok for mono, but for stereo, it is frames that should be copied or omitted, where by "frame" I mean a portion of the stream containing one sample for each channel. (In the SDL source, confusingly, sometimes frames are called "samples".) So for these rate conversions, stereo streams have to be treated differently, and they are, in my modified version. The other problem that might be characterized as a bug arises when SDL_mixer is passed a multichannel chunk which does not have an integral number of frames. Due to the way the effect_position code loops over frames, when the chunk ends with a partial frame, memory outside the chunk buffer will be accessed. In the case of stereo, it���s possible that because malloc may give more memory than requested, this potential problem never actually causes a segment fault. I don���t know. For 6 channel chunks, I do know, and it does cause segment faults. If SDL_mixer is passed defective chunks and this causes a segment fault, arguably, that���s not a bug in SDL_mixer. Still, whether or not it counts as a bug, it���s easy to protect against, so why not? I added code in mixer.c to discard any partial frame at the end of a chunk. Then what about when SDL or SDL_mixer is opened for 4 or 6 chan- nel output? What happens with the parts of the current library designed for stereo? I don���t know whether I���ve covered all the bases, but I���ve tried: (1) For playing 2 channel waves, or other cases where SDL knows it has to match up a 2 channel source with a 4 or 6 channel output, I���ve added code in SDL_audiocvt.c to make the necessary conversions. (2) For playing midis using timidity, I���ve converted timidity to do 4 or 6 channel output, upon request. (3) For playing mods using mikmod, I put ad hoc code in music.c to convert the stereo output that mikmod produces to 4 or 6 chan- nels. Obviously it would be better to change the mikmod code to mix down into 4 or 6 channels, but I have a hard time following the code in mikmod, so I didn���t do that. (4) For playing mp3s, I put ad hoc code in smpeg to copy channels in the case when 4 or 6 channel output is needed. (5) There seems to be no problem with .ogg files - stereo .oggs can be up converted as .wavs are. (6) The effect_position code in SDL_mixer is now generalized to in- clude the cases of 4 and 6 channel streams. I���ve done a very limited amount of compatibility testing for some of the games using SDL I happen to have. For details, see the file TESTS. I���ve put into a separate archive, Surround-SDL-testfiles.tgz, a couple of 6 channel wave files for testing and a 6 channel ogg file. If you have the right hardware and version of Alsa, you should be able to play the wave files with the Alsa utility aplay (and hear all channels, except maybe lfe, for chan-id.wav, since it���s rather faint). Don���t expect aplay to give good sound, though. There���s something wrong with the current version of aplay. The canyon.ogg file is to test loading of 6 channel oggs. After patching and compiling, you can play it with playmus. (My version of ogg123 will not play it, and I had to patch mplayer to get it to play 6 channel oggs.) Greg Lee <greg@ling.lll.hawaii.edu> Thus, July 1, 2004
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Sat, 21 Aug 2004 12:27:02 +0000
parents a5defa3b93e1
children d94b080ff6ce
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# Configure paths for SDL
# Sam Lantinga 9/21/99
# stolen from Manish Singh
# stolen back from Frank Belew
# stolen from Manish Singh
# Shamelessly stolen from Owen Taylor

dnl AM_PATH_SDL([MINIMUM-VERSION, [ACTION-IF-FOUND [, ACTION-IF-NOT-FOUND]]])
dnl Test for SDL, and define SDL_CFLAGS and SDL_LIBS
dnl
AC_DEFUN([AM_PATH_SDL],
[dnl 
dnl Get the cflags and libraries from the sdl-config script
dnl
AC_ARG_WITH(sdl-prefix,[  --with-sdl-prefix=PFX   Prefix where SDL is installed (optional)],
            sdl_prefix="$withval", sdl_prefix="")
AC_ARG_WITH(sdl-exec-prefix,[  --with-sdl-exec-prefix=PFX Exec prefix where SDL is installed (optional)],
            sdl_exec_prefix="$withval", sdl_exec_prefix="")
AC_ARG_ENABLE(sdltest, [  --disable-sdltest       Do not try to compile and run a test SDL program],
		    , enable_sdltest=yes)

  if test x$sdl_exec_prefix != x ; then
     sdl_args="$sdl_args --exec-prefix=$sdl_exec_prefix"
     if test x${SDL_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
        SDL_CONFIG=$sdl_exec_prefix/bin/sdl-config
     fi
  fi
  if test x$sdl_prefix != x ; then
     sdl_args="$sdl_args --prefix=$sdl_prefix"
     if test x${SDL_CONFIG+set} != xset ; then
        SDL_CONFIG=$sdl_prefix/bin/sdl-config
     fi
  fi

  AC_REQUIRE([AC_CANONICAL_TARGET])
  PATH="$prefix/bin:$prefix/usr/bin:$PATH"
  AC_PATH_PROG(SDL_CONFIG, sdl-config, no, [$PATH])
  min_sdl_version=ifelse([$1], ,0.11.0,$1)
  AC_MSG_CHECKING(for SDL - version >= $min_sdl_version)
  no_sdl=""
  if test "$SDL_CONFIG" = "no" ; then
    no_sdl=yes
  else
    SDL_CFLAGS=`$SDL_CONFIG $sdlconf_args --cflags`
    SDL_LIBS=`$SDL_CONFIG $sdlconf_args --libs`

    sdl_major_version=`$SDL_CONFIG $sdl_args --version | \
           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\1/'`
    sdl_minor_version=`$SDL_CONFIG $sdl_args --version | \
           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\2/'`
    sdl_micro_version=`$SDL_CONFIG $sdl_config_args --version | \
           sed 's/\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\).\([[0-9]]*\)/\3/'`
    if test "x$enable_sdltest" = "xyes" ; then
      ac_save_CFLAGS="$CFLAGS"
      ac_save_LIBS="$LIBS"
      CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $SDL_CFLAGS"
      LIBS="$LIBS $SDL_LIBS"
dnl
dnl Now check if the installed SDL is sufficiently new. (Also sanity
dnl checks the results of sdl-config to some extent
dnl
      rm -f conf.sdltest
      AC_TRY_RUN([
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include "SDL.h"

char*
my_strdup (char *str)
{
  char *new_str;
  
  if (str)
    {
      new_str = (char *)malloc ((strlen (str) + 1) * sizeof(char));
      strcpy (new_str, str);
    }
  else
    new_str = NULL;
  
  return new_str;
}

int main (int argc, char *argv[])
{
  int major, minor, micro;
  char *tmp_version;

  /* This hangs on some systems (?)
  system ("touch conf.sdltest");
  */
  { FILE *fp = fopen("conf.sdltest", "a"); if ( fp ) fclose(fp); }

  /* HP/UX 9 (%@#!) writes to sscanf strings */
  tmp_version = my_strdup("$min_sdl_version");
  if (sscanf(tmp_version, "%d.%d.%d", &major, &minor, &micro) != 3) {
     printf("%s, bad version string\n", "$min_sdl_version");
     exit(1);
   }

   if (($sdl_major_version > major) ||
      (($sdl_major_version == major) && ($sdl_minor_version > minor)) ||
      (($sdl_major_version == major) && ($sdl_minor_version == minor) && ($sdl_micro_version >= micro)))
    {
      return 0;
    }
  else
    {
      printf("\n*** 'sdl-config --version' returned %d.%d.%d, but the minimum version\n", $sdl_major_version, $sdl_minor_version, $sdl_micro_version);
      printf("*** of SDL required is %d.%d.%d. If sdl-config is correct, then it is\n", major, minor, micro);
      printf("*** best to upgrade to the required version.\n");
      printf("*** If sdl-config was wrong, set the environment variable SDL_CONFIG\n");
      printf("*** to point to the correct copy of sdl-config, and remove the file\n");
      printf("*** config.cache before re-running configure\n");
      return 1;
    }
}

],, no_sdl=yes,[echo $ac_n "cross compiling; assumed OK... $ac_c"])
       CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
       LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
     fi
  fi
  if test "x$no_sdl" = x ; then
     AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
     ifelse([$2], , :, [$2])     
  else
     AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
     if test "$SDL_CONFIG" = "no" ; then
       echo "*** The sdl-config script installed by SDL could not be found"
       echo "*** If SDL was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in"
       echo "*** your path, or set the SDL_CONFIG environment variable to the"
       echo "*** full path to sdl-config."
     else
       if test -f conf.sdltest ; then
        :
       else
          echo "*** Could not run SDL test program, checking why..."
          CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $SDL_CFLAGS"
          LIBS="$LIBS $SDL_LIBS"
          AC_TRY_LINK([
#include <stdio.h>
#include "SDL.h"

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{ return 0; }
#undef  main
#define main K_and_R_C_main
],      [ return 0; ],
        [ echo "*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means"
          echo "*** that the run-time linker is not finding SDL or finding the wrong"
          echo "*** version of SDL. If it is not finding SDL, you'll need to set your"
          echo "*** LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf to point"
          echo "*** to the installed location  Also, make sure you have run ldconfig if that"
          echo "*** is required on your system"
	  echo "***"
          echo "*** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although"
          echo "*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH"],
        [ echo "*** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file config.log for the"
          echo "*** exact error that occured. This usually means SDL was incorrectly installed"
          echo "*** or that you have moved SDL since it was installed. In the latter case, you"
          echo "*** may want to edit the sdl-config script: $SDL_CONFIG" ])
          CFLAGS="$ac_save_CFLAGS"
          LIBS="$ac_save_LIBS"
       fi
     fi
     SDL_CFLAGS=""
     SDL_LIBS=""
     ifelse([$3], , :, [$3])
  fi
  AC_SUBST(SDL_CFLAGS)
  AC_SUBST(SDL_LIBS)
  rm -f conf.sdltest
])