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Line 1: {{Short description\|API for rendering audio}} {{~~distinguish~~Distinguish\|OpenAI}} {{more citations needed\|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox software \|name = OpenAL Line 27 ⟶ 25: ==History== OpenAL was originally developed in 2000 by [[Loki Software]] to help them in their business of [[porting]] [[Microsoft Windows\|Windows]] games to [[Linux]].<ref>{{cite press release \|url=http://linux.omnipotent.net/article.php?article_id=7626 \|title=Press release with regards to OpenAL \|access-date=2011-07-18 \|archive-date=2016-03-06 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306095132/http://linux.omnipotent.net/article.php?article_id=7626 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> After the demise of Loki, the project was maintained for a time by the [[free software community\|free software]]/[[open source community]], and implemented on [[NVIDIA]] nForce sound cards and motherboards. It was hosted (and largely developed) by [[Creative Technology]] until circa 2012. Since 1.1 (2009), the sample implementation by Creative has turned proprietary,{{Citation needed\|reason=Creative's SVN OpenAL source files dated from 2006 are marked with LGPL.\|date=November 2021}} with the last releases in free licenses still accessible through the project's [[Apache Subversion\|Subversion]] [[source code repository]]. However, [[#Implementations\|OpenAL Soft]] is a widely used open source alternative and remains actively maintained and extended. Line 33 ⟶ 31: While the OpenAL charter says that there will be an "Architecture Review Board" (ARB) modeled on the OpenGL ARB,{{cn\|date=April 2023}} no such organization has ever been formed and the OpenAL specification is generally handled and discussed via email on its public mailing list. The original mailing list, openal-devel hosted by Creative, ran from March 2003 to circa August 2012.<ref>{{cite web \|title=Wayback Machine prefix query: openal-devel archive \|url=https://web.archive.org/web//http://opensource.creative.com/pipermail/openal-devel/ ~~\|website=web.archive.org~~ \|access-date=25 April 2023}}</ref> Ryan C. Gordon, a Loki veteran who went on to develop [[Simple DirectMedia Layer]], started a new mailing list and website at OpenAL.org in January 2014.<ref>{{cite web \|title=The openal January 2014 Archive by thread \|url=https://openal.org/pipermail/openal/2014-January/thread.html \|website=openal.org}}</ref> As of February 2023, the list remains in use. ==API structure and functionality== Line 53 ⟶ 51: ==Supported platforms== The API is available on the following [[computing platform ~~(computing)~~\|platforms]] and [[~~Operating~~operating system]]s:<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.adalin.com/index.html?frame2=product_aeonwave.html\|title=OpenAL – Platforms\|access-date=May 10, 2012}}</ref> [[Android (operating system)\|Android]] (supports [[OpenSL ES]]), [[AmigaOS]] 3.x and 4.x,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://se.aminet.net/dev/lib/openal-soft.readme \|title=Archived copy \|website=se.aminet.net \|access-date=6 June 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180316151848/http://se.aminet.net/dev/lib/openal-soft.readme \|archive-date=16 March 2018 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Bada]], [[BlackBerry 10]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://github.com/blackberry/OpenAL\|title=blackberry/OpenAL 路 GitHub\|website=Github.com\|access-date=January 14, 2013}}</ref> [[BlackBerry PlayBook]], [[BSD]], [[iOS]] (supports [[Core Audio]]), [[IRIX]], [[Linux]] (supports [[ALSA (Linux)\|ALSA]], [[Open Sound System\|OSS]], [[PortAudio]] and [[PulseAudio]]), [[Mac OS 8]], [[Mac OS 9]] and [[macOS\|Mac OS X]] ([[Core Audio]]), [[Microsoft Windows]] (supports [[DirectSound]], [[Windows Multimedia API]] and Windows Multimedia Device (MMDevice) API), [[MorphOS]], [[OpenBSD]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://openports.se/audio/openal\|title=OpenAL for OpenBSD\|access-date=2011-07-18\|archive-date=2012-03-18\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318180218/http://openports.se/audio/openal\|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Solaris (operating system)\|Solaris]], [[QNX]], and [[AROS]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://aros-exec.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=33758\|title=OpenAL/alut/ogg/vorbis [Forum – Development (General)\|publisher=AROS-Exec\|access-date=June 16, 2013\|archive-date=May 26, 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526135417/http://aros-exec.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=33758\|url-status=dead}}</ref> Supported gaming devices are for instance: [[GameCube]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Xbox (console)\|Xbox]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Wii]], and [[PlayStation Portable]]. Line 135 ⟶ 133: ==See also== {{Portal\|Free and open-source software}} * [[OpenCL]] * [[Khronos Group\|OpenML]] * [[OpenMAX AL]] * [[FMOD]] * [[Java OpenAL]] * [[Irrlicht engine extensions#irrKlang\|irrKlang]] * [[Lightweight Java Game Library]] * [[Web Audio]] – defines an API similar in some ways to OpenAL ==References== Line 151 ⟶ 149: Implementations: * [~~http~~https://~~www~~github.com/kcat/openal-soft~~.org/~~ OpenAL Soft] * [~~http~~https://www.adalin.com/index.html?frame2=product_aeonwave.html AeonWave-OpenAL] * [~~http~~https://www.blueripplesound.com/index.php?target=technology Rapture3D] advanced OpenAL 1.1 driver Developer resources: Line 166 ⟶ 164: [[Category:Computer libraries]] [[Category:Cross-platform software]] [[Category:Formerly open-source or free software]] [[Category:Linux APIs]] [[Category:Video game engines]]