Linux上的OpenAL C ++

Question

I just need a simple program which allows me to play and stop an audio file. I'm guessing OpenAL is the way to go? All I need is this functionality - start audio file with spacebar and stop audio file with a second press of the spacebar. I notice the OpenAL documentation is quite involved. Can someone point me to something really simple in order to just get the start/stop functionality of a .wav file?

Answer 1

OpenAL may not be the simplest choice. If you use a gui-framework like QT, check for what their ecosystems provide for playing sound (eg qsound ). Another choice may be Allegro which may feel more straightforward.

For OpenAL, there is a working example to play a wav in the example repositories . Playback can be paused using alSourcePause .

Edit:

For choosing libraries I like to consult Awesome-cpp . The simple_playback.c example of mini_al looks extremely straightforward. Simply use mal_device_stop(&device) to pause the running playback and mal_device_start(&device) to continue. Works perfectly on my machine and seems very portable.