RE: [GD-Windows] MP3 Playback under Windows

[Daniel V. <vo...@ep...>]

> MP3 requires licensing per file, and I think as a result, many games
> ship in violation. But if you use the Miles sound system, it comes with
> a royalty-free MP3 license. That's most of the motivation for us for
> using Miles. Plus it's fully backwards compatible with even non-DirectX
> systems, not too expensive, and has wicked fast decoding/mixing.

Or you could use Ogg Vorbis which works fine for us. There should be sample
apps available at http://www.vorbis.com.


- Daniel Vogel, Programmer, Epic Games Inc.