Re: [openvrml-develop] Sound in OpenVRML

[-oli- <ol...@fr...>]

At 09:06 12.03.2002 -0500, you wrote:
>It [sound] was disabled a few releases ago. It was a matter of convenience 
>then.
>And I intended for it to be replaced with something better. I still do;
>but I didn't anticipate having to wait this long. In retrospect, I wish
>I hadn't disabled it. However, I now have higher priorities than turning
>it back on.

Oh, I understand!
Was there distance attenuation, spatalizing etc.?

>If you want to submit a patch to enable the sound support, it would be
>welcome.

I'm thinking about integrating OpenAL-support in OpenVRML, but there are 
major incompatibilities between the directivity model used in OpenAL 
(cones) and VRML (ellipsoids). I'm trying to find a solution here...

The problem also is that do not know how to generate a patch.
Do I need diff or something like this?

>In terms of something better, I want to do streaming.

With OpenAL this is possible - but not trivial.
I have also not the understanding of OpenVRML to see in which (main-?)loop 
the next chunk of the wave-file can be handed to the sound buffer...
Tips are welcome!

         -oli-
         (Oliver Baum)