So Fmod is not really free for Linux?

[Julio Jerez]

what decent sound library is free to use for linux systems?

[FSA]

OpenAL I guess.

[Julio Jerez]

Yes I thonk I will go wit that.

Long time ago I try to get OpenAL SDK but I though it vanish, I down no get the SDK from the site, by nwo I see there is a open source group that distribute an open source package

http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html

I am migration to that

[belfegor]

You could also use SMFL sound system, witch uses OpenAL. Its prety easy to integrate into demos and it is multiplatform.

http://www.sfml-dev.org/index.php

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#include <SFML\Audio.hpp>
...

sf::Listener sndListener;
sf::SoundBuffer sndBuffer;
sf::Sound snd;
...
sndBuffer.loadFromFile("barrel_hit.ogg"));
snd.setBuffer(sndBuffer);
snd.setLoop(false);
...
void loop()
{
    sndListener.setPosition(cam.pos.x, cam.pos.y, cam.pos.z);
    sndListener.setDirection(cam.dir.x, cam.dir.y, cam.dir.z);
}

void ContactProcess (const NewtonJoint* contactJoint, dFloat timestep, int threadIndex)
{
    ....
    if(bestSound.getStatus() != sf::SoundSource::Playing)
    {
   bestSound.setPosition(contactPos.x, contactPos.y, contactPos.z);
   bestSound.play();
    }
    ...
}


[Julio Jerez]

Too late, I already integrated openAL, which is opensource and for what I can see in very nice,
not all the mombo jumbo evens, callback and update that do not really work in fmod

open AL, is low lever and almost ideatical to openGL, I am loving it.