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    <p>I'm currently using OpenAL to play game music. It works fine, except that it doesn't work with anything except for raw WAV files. This means that I end up with a ~9mb soundtrack.</p> <p>I'm new to OpenAL, and I'm using code directly from Apple's example (<a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#samplecode/MusicCube/Listings/Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40008978-Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h-DontLinkElementID_9" rel="nofollow">https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#samplecode/MusicCube/Listings/Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40008978-Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h-DontLinkElementID_9</a>) to get the buffer data.</p> <p>Question: Is there any way to modify this function so it reads compressed audio and decodes it on the fly?<br> I'm not so worried about the audio file format, just as long as it can be played and is compressed (like mp3, aac, caf). The only reason I want to do this (obviously) is to reduce file size.</p> <p><strong>Edit:</strong> It seems that the problem is not so much in OpenAL as the method I'm using to get the buffer. The function at <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#samplecode/MusicCube/Listings/Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40008978-Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h-DontLinkElementID_9" rel="nofollow">https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#samplecode/MusicCube/Listings/Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40008978-Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h-DontLinkElementID_9</a> uses <code>AudioFileOpenURL</code> and <code>AudioFileReadBytes</code>. Is there any way to get the framework to decode the audio for me using <code>ExtAudioFileOpenURL</code> and <code>ExtAudioFileRead</code>?</p> <p>I have tried the code here: <a href="https://devforums.apple.com/message/10678#10678" rel="nofollow">https://devforums.apple.com/message/10678#10678</a>, but I don't know what to make of it. The function I use to get the buffer is at <a href="https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#samplecode/MusicCube/Listings/Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40008978-Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h-DontLinkElementID_9" rel="nofollow">https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#samplecode/MusicCube/Listings/Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h.html%23//apple_ref/doc/uid/DTS40008978-Classes_MyOpenALSupport_h-DontLinkElementID_9</a>, and I haven't really modified it, so that's what I need to build on.</p> <p>I've started a bounty because I really need this, hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.</p>
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    1. CODo you really have to use pure OpenAL to play your sounds? Why don't you use something that works out of the box like CocosDenshion, it would save you tons of worries. http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/wiki/doku.php/cocosdenshion:faq
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