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		<title>Allegro audio stream outputs no sound</title>
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		<webMaster>matthew@allegro.cc (Matthew Leverton)</webMaster>
		<lastBuildDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:41:14 +0000</lastBuildDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mockup v2"><p>I&#39;m having a problem implementing audio playback via a stream with allegro. The audio stream initializes, loads the audio (a .wav file) and al_get_audio_stream_playing doe return true but there is no sound whatsoever. al_get_audio_stream_fragment also returns a valid pointer for the subsequent stream fragments. Here are the functions that I call for this to happen.</p><div class="source-code"><div class="toolbar"><span class="button numbers"><b>#</b></span><span class="button select">Select</span><span class="button expand">Expand</span></div><div class="inner"><span class="number">  1</span><span class="c">/** Initializes the audio system</span>
<span class="number">  2</span><span class="c">  @return a pointer to an initialized Audio struct</span>
<span class="number">  3</span><span class="c">   */</span>
<span class="number">  4</span>  Audio <span class="k3">*</span> init_audio<span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number">  5</span>  <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number">  6</span>    <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_install_audio"><span class="a">al_install_audio</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span> perror_with_context<span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"Failed to install audio"</span>, __LINE__, __FILE__<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_298.html" target="_blank">exit</a><span class="k2">(</span>EXIT_FAILURE<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number">  7</span>    <span class="k1">else</span>
<span class="number">  8</span>     <span class="k2">{</span> 
<span class="number">  9</span>      <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_init_acodec_addon"><span class="a">al_init_acodec_addon</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span> perror_with_context<span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"Failed to initialize the codec addon"</span>, __LINE__, __FILE__<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_298.html" target="_blank">exit</a><span class="k2">(</span>EXIT_FAILURE<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 10</span>      <span class="k1">else</span> 
<span class="number"> 11</span>      <span class="k2">{</span>  
<span class="number"> 12</span>        <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_reserve_samples"><span class="a">al_reserve_samples</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>MAX_SAMPLES_NUMBER<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">{</span> perror_with_context<span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"Failed to reserve channels"</span>, __LINE__, __FILE__<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_298.html" target="_blank">exit</a><span class="k2">(</span>EXIT_FAILURE<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 13</span>      <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 14</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 15</span>    
<span class="number"> 16</span>    Audio <span class="k3">*</span> audio <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k2">(</span>Audio <span class="k3">*</span><span class="k2">)</span> <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_551.html" target="_blank">malloc</a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k1">sizeof</span><span class="k2">(</span>Audio<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 17</span>    audio-&gt;mixer <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_default_mixer"><span class="a">al_get_default_mixer</span></a><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 18</span>    audio-&gt;stream <span class="k3">=</span> NULL<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 19</span>    audio-&gt;stream_loaded  <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">false</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 20</span>     <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span> audio-&gt;mixer<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 21</span>    <span class="k2">{</span> perror_with_context<span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"Failed to get the default mixer"</span>, __LINE__, __FILE__<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_298.html" target="_blank">exit</a><span class="k2">(</span>EXIT_FAILURE<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 22</span>    <span class="k1">return</span> audio<span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 23</span>  <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 24</span>  
<span class="number"> 25</span>  <span class="c">/** Loads an audio stream</span>
<span class="number"> 26</span><span class="c">  @param the path to the to-be-loaded audio stream</span>
<span class="number"> 27</span><span class="c">  @param a pointer to an Audio struct</span>
<span class="number"> 28</span><span class="c">  @return a boolean, indicating whether the audio stream was loaded or !</span>
<span class="number"> 29</span><span class="c">  */</span> 
<span class="number"> 30</span>  <span class="k1">void</span> load_audio_stream<span class="k2">(</span><span class="k1">const</span> <span class="k1">char</span> <span class="k3">*</span> stream_path, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE</span></a> <span class="k3">*</span> queue, Audio <span class="k3">*</span> audio<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 31</span>  <span class="k2">{</span> 
<span class="number"> 32</span>    audio-&gt;stream <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_load_audio_stream"><span class="a">al_load_audio_stream</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>stream_path, MAX_BUFFER_NUMBER, MAX_STREAM_SAMPLES_NUMBER<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 33</span>    <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span> audio-&gt;stream<span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span> perror_with_context<span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"Failed to load the audio stream"</span>, __LINE__, __FILE__<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_298.html" target="_blank">exit</a><span class="k2">(</span>EXIT_FAILURE<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 34</span>    <span class="k1">else</span> 
<span class="number"> 35</span>    <span class="k2">{</span> 
<span class="number"> 36</span>      <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_register_event_source"><span class="a">al_register_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>queue, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_audio_stream_event_source"><span class="a">al_get_audio_stream_event_source</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>audio-&gt;stream<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 37</span>      <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k3">!</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_attach_audio_stream_to_mixer"><span class="a">al_attach_audio_stream_to_mixer</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>audio-&gt;stream, audio-&gt;mixer<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 38</span>      <span class="k2">{</span> perror_with_context<span class="k2">(</span><span class="s">"Failed to attach the audio stream to the mixer"</span>, __LINE__, __FILE__<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <a href="http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/libc/libc_298.html" target="_blank">exit</a><span class="k2">(</span>EXIT_FAILURE<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 39</span>      audio-&gt;stream_loaded  <span class="k3">=</span> <span class="k1">true</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 40</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 41</span>  <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 42</span>  
<span class="number"> 43</span>  <span class="c">/** Streams audio</span>
<span class="number"> 44</span><span class="c">  @param a pointer to an Audio struct</span>
<span class="number"> 45</span><span class="c">  @param a pointer to an ALLEGRO_EVENT struct</span>
<span class="number"> 46</span><span class="c">  */</span>
<span class="number"> 47</span>  <span class="k1">void</span> stream_audio<span class="k2">(</span>Audio <span class="k3">*</span> audio, <span class="k1">const</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_EVENT"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_EVENT</span></a> <span class="k3">*</span> event<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 48</span>   <span class="k2">{</span> 
<span class="number"> 49</span>     <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span>event-&gt;type <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> ALLEGRO_EVENT_AUDIO_STREAM_FRAGMENT<span class="k2">)</span> 
<span class="number"> 50</span>     <span class="k2">{</span> 
<span class="number"> 51</span>       <span class="k1">void</span> <span class="k3">*</span> stream_fragment <span class="k3">=</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_get_audio_stream_fragment"><span class="a">al_get_audio_stream_fragment</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>audio-&gt;stream<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> 
<span class="number"> 52</span>       <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_set_audio_stream_fragment"><span class="a">al_set_audio_stream_fragment</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>audio-&gt;stream, stream_fragment<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> 
<span class="number"> 53</span>     <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 54</span>     <span class="k1">else</span> <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span>event-&gt;type <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> ALLEGRO_EVENT_AUDIO_STREAM_FINISHED<span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span> <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_drain_audio_stream"><span class="a">al_drain_audio_stream</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>audio-&gt;stream<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 55</span>   <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 56</span>   
<span class="number"> 57</span>   <span class="c">/** Terminates an audio stream</span>
<span class="number"> 58</span><span class="c">   @param a pointer to an Audio struct</span>
<span class="number"> 59</span><span class="c">   */</span>
<span class="number"> 60</span>   <span class="k1">void</span> end_audio_stream<span class="k2">(</span>Audio <span class="k3">*</span> audio<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 61</span>   <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 62</span>     <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span>audio-&gt;stream <span class="k3">!</span><span class="k3">=</span> NULL<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 63</span>      <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 64</span>         <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_detach_audio_stream"><span class="a">al_detach_audio_stream</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>audio-&gt;stream<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 65</span>         <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/al_destroy_audio_stream"><span class="a">al_destroy_audio_stream</span></a><span class="k2">(</span>audio-&gt;stream<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 66</span>      <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 67</span>   <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 68</span>
<span class="number"> 69</span><span class="k1">void</span> run_event<span class="k2">(</span>Game_event_queue <span class="k3">*</span> game_event_queue, Levels <span class="k3">*</span> levels,  Videos <span class="k3">*</span> videos, Audio <span class="k3">*</span> audio, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_EVENT_QUEUE</span></a> <span class="k3">*</span> queue, <a href="http://www.allegro.cc/manual/ALLEGRO_EVENT"><span class="a">ALLEGRO_EVENT</span></a> <span class="k3">*</span> event<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 70</span>  <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 71</span>    <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span>event-&gt;type <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> ALLEGRO_EVENT_TIMER<span class="k2">)</span>
<span class="number"> 72</span>    <span class="k2">{</span>
<span class="number"> 73</span>      play_video<span class="k2">(</span>game_event_queue, videos, audio, queue<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span>
<span class="number"> 74</span>    <span class="k2">}</span>
<span class="number"> 75</span>    <span class="k1">else</span> <span class="k1">if</span><span class="k2">(</span><span class="k2">(</span>event-&gt;type <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> ALLEGRO_EVENT_AUDIO_STREAM_FRAGMENT<span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k3">|</span><span class="k3">|</span> <span class="k2">(</span>event-&gt;type <span class="k3">=</span><span class="k3">=</span> ALLEGRO_EVENT_AUDIO_STREAM_FINISHED<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">)</span> <span class="k2">{</span> stream_audio<span class="k2">(</span>audio, event<span class="k2">)</span><span class="k2">;</span> <span class="k2">}</span>  
<span class="number"> 76</span>  <span class="k2">}</span>
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Not sure what I&#39;m doing wrong here. Your feedback would be gladly appreciated. <br />Thanks.</p><p><b>Update</b> Fixed it.
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		<author>no-reply@allegro.cc (iam_donald)</author>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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