view docs/man3/SDL_MixAudio.3 @ 3880:74e828c64315 SDL-1.2

Fixed bug #292 I might be on crack here. It looks like SDL_ConvertMono() in src/audio/SDL_audiocvt.c adds the left and right channels of a stereo stream together, and clamps the new mono channel if it would overflow. Shouldn't it be dividing by 2 to average the two sample points instead of clamping? Otherwise the mono sample point's volume doubles in the conversion. This would also make the conversion faster, as it replaces two branches per sample frame with a bitwise shift. --ryan.
author Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
date Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:45:37 +0000
parents e5bc29de3f0a
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.TH "SDL_MixAudio" "3" "Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:58" "SDL" "SDL API Reference" 
.SH "NAME"
SDL_MixAudio\- Mix audio data
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.PP
\fB#include "SDL\&.h"
.sp
\fBvoid \fBSDL_MixAudio\fP\fR(\fBUint8 *dst, Uint8 *src, Uint32 len, int volume\fR);
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This function takes two audio buffers of \fBlen\fR bytes each of the playing audio format and mixes them, performing addition, volume adjustment, and overflow clipping\&. The \fBvolume\fR ranges from 0 to \fBSDL_MIX_MAXVOLUME\fP and should be set to the maximum value for full audio volume\&. Note this does not change hardware volume\&. This is provided for convenience -- you can mix your own audio data\&.
.PP
.RS
\fBNote:  
.PP
Do not use this function for mixing together more than two streams of sample data\&. The output from repeated application of this function may be distorted by clipping, because there is no accumulator with greater range than the input (not to mention this being an inefficient way of doing it)\&. Use mixing functions from SDL_mixer, OpenAL, or write your own mixer instead\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fI\fBSDL_OpenAudio\fP\fR
...\" created by instant / docbook-to-man, Tue 11 Sep 2001, 22:58