Package
libopenal1Version
1:1.16.0-3Priority
extraSection
universe/libsSource
openal-softOrigin
UbuntuMaintainer
Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>Original Maintainer
Debian Games Team <pkg-games-devel@lists.alioth.debian.org>Bugs
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebugInstalled Size
508 kBPre Depends
multiarch-supportDepends
libopenal-data (= 1:1.16.0-3), libc6 (>= 2.16)Recommends
libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1)Suggests
libportaudio2 (>= 19+svn20101113)Homepage
http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.htmlTask
edubuntu-desktop-gnome, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-video, ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics, ubuntukylin-desktopSupported
5yDownload Size
164 kBAPT Manual Installed
noAPT Sources
http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 PackagesDescription
Software implementation of the OpenAL audio API (shared library)OpenAL, the Open Audio Library, is a joint effort to create an open,
vendor-neutral, cross-platform API for interactive, primarily spatialized
audio. OpenAL's primary audience are application developers and desktop
users that rely on portable standards like OpenGL, for games and other
multimedia applications.
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This library is meant as a compatible update/replacement to the OpenAL Sample
Implementation (the SI). The SI has been unmaintained for quite a while, and
would require a lot of work to clean up. This is a fork the old Windows version
to attempt an accelerated ALSA version of an OpenAL implementation.
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OpenAL Soft supports mono, stereo, 4-channel, 5.1, 6.1, and 7.1 output, as
opposed to the SI's 4-channel max (though it did have some provisions for 6
channel, this was not 5.1, and was seemingly a "late" addition). OpenAL Soft
does not support the Vorbis and MP3 extensions, however those were considered
deprecated even in the SI. It does, though, support some of the newer
extensions like AL_EXT_FLOAT32 and AL_EXT_MCFORMATS for multi-channel and
floating-point formats, as well as ALC_EXT_EFX for environmental audio effects,
and others.
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This package installs the OpenAL Soft shared library.