Sound input/output using C

ashlesha · 03-30-2007, 12:59 PM

Hi,

I want to write a C program that will output sound to the speakers on a laptop that runs the Fedora Core 6. Is there a standard library to do this? I am kind of stuck to even start!

Thanks,
Ashlesha.

acid_kewpie · 03-30-2007, 01:12 PM

check out the ALSA framework, should be simple enough, not that i've ever used it myself. ALSA is the current audio framework supported within the kernel. you could use desktop centric libraries like ARTS (KDE) and ESD (Gnome) but i don't think they really offer much more than alsa itself. additionally you can play back sound via SDL, normally thought of as a graphics library. but essentially anything that isn't ALSA sits on top of ALSA...

ashlesha · 03-30-2007, 01:12 PM

Ok, so there must be a port number or something similar that I can write the sound output to right? how do i find it?

ashlesha · 03-30-2007, 01:13 PM

great -- Thanks Chris -- hadnt seen your message before I responded!

Cheers,
Ashlesha.

schneidz · 04-02-2007, 03:09 PM

may i also suggest looking at the source of 'play'.

xhi · 04-02-2007, 03:30 PM

SDL provides a simple (and portable) interface to the sound system.. i would bet (based on absolutely nothing) that it (SDL) is easier to use that ALSA..