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About
clownaudio is a stereo sound engine, capable of playing and mixing sounds in a variety of formats.
Supported formats include...
- Ogg Vorbis
- MP3
- Opus
- FLAC
- WAV
- Various tracker formats ('.it', '.xm', '.mod', etc.)
- PxTone Music
- PxTone Noise
- SNES SPC
clownaudio is a 'full stack' sound engine, meaning that it handles everything from decoding to playback - the user merely has to provide it with sound data to process.
That said, clownaudio's internals are modular, meaning you can easily extract its mixer and use it as part of your own audio system if needed.
Decoding backends
In order to support a range of audio formats, clownaudio leverages numerous open-source libraries, dubbed 'decoding backends'. These libraries include...
| Library | Format | Licence | Included in-tree |
|---|---|---|---|
| libvorbis | Ogg Vorbis | BSD | No |
| stb_vorbis | Ogg Vorbis | Public-domain/MIT-0 | Yes |
| dr_mp3 | MP3 | Public-domain/MIT-0 | Yes |
| libopus | Opus | BSD | No |
| libFLAC | FLAC | BSD | No |
| dr_flac | FLAC | Public-domain/MIT-0 | Yes |
| dr_wav | WAV | Public-domain/MIT-0 | Yes |
| libsndfile | Various (includes Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, and others) | LGPL 2.1 | No |
| libopenmpt | Various (includes .mod, .it, .xm, .s3m, .mptm, and many others) | BSD | No |
| libxmp-lite | .mod, .it, .xm, .s3m | MIT | Yes |
| PxTone | PxTone Music/PxTone Noise | Custom (appears to be permissive) | Yes |
| snes_spc | SNES SPC | LGPL 2.1 | Yes |
clownaudio aims to be bloat-free and dependency-free: each decoding backend can be toggled at compile-time, and an effort is made to provide multiple backends for individual formats, to allow the user a choice between standard libraries (such as libvorbis), and lighter in-tree libraries (such as stb_vorbis).
Playback backends
In addition, clownaudio utilises one of the following libraries to provide audio-playback:
| Library | Licence | Included in-tree |
|---|---|---|
| Cubeb | ISC | No |
| miniaudio | Public-domain/MIT-0 | Yes |
| PortAudio | MIT | No |
| SDL1.2 | LGPL 2.1 | No |
| SDL2 | zlib | No |
Building
clownaudio is built with CMake - both shared and static libraries can be
produced. Built libraries can be accessed via pkg-config and CMake's
find_package.
As an alternative, CMake projects can embed clownaudio directly, using
add_subdirectory.
Example Makefile and CMakeLists.txt files for a demo tool are provided: the
Makefile demonstrates linking clownaudio with pkg-config, and the
CMakeLists.txt file demonstrates linking with find_package and embedding
with add_subdirectory.
PKGBUILD files for MSYS2 and Arch Linux are provided in the packages
directory.
Licensing
clownaudio itself is under the zlib licence.
Be aware that libraries used by the various backends are subject to their own licences.